A person arrested in Stockholm as suspicious for espionagethe Swedish intelligence services announced on Monday (12.05.2025), without giving more information.
“A business was held in Stockholm and a person was arrested,” the New News Agency told the French News Agency. Johan Victromrepresentative of the Swedish Security Service (Säpo), clarifying that This is a “espionage” case.
Vikstrom refused to disclose the nationality or sex of the suspect, as well as any other element, citing the confidentiality of the research.
In Sweden, there have been several espionage cases in recent years.
In January 2023, a Former Swedish Intelligence Services Agent was sentenced to life imprisonment for espionage in favor of Russia.
In September of the same year, A Russian citizen was tried for the transfer of Western technologies to the Russian army.
A Stockholm Court concluded that he exported technology material to Russia, but ruled that his actions did not constitute a collection of information.
In February 2024, The Swedish Religious Support Service abolished the funding of Russian Orthodox Church in Sweden Following Säpo’s warning that the church was used for intelligence services.
In their annual evaluation, released in March, information services identified the Russia, China and Iran as the main factors carrying out information collection activities aimed at the Scandinavian country.