The following articles have been tagged with "Brottsförebyggande_rådet_-_brå":
National: 22 Apr 13
A bank robber in the making on Monday morning tried to force bank personnel in central Stockholm to hand him money, before having to leave empty-handed because the office did not deal with cash.
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National: 1 Oct 12
The websites of several Swedish companies and organizations were crippled on Monday by a cyber attack which left internet servers overloaded in what experts say is an increasingly common phenomenon for websites in Sweden.
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Business & Money: 9 Jul 12
The number fraud cases reported in Sweden has doubled in the past ten years, with people born outside of Sweden among those most often targeted, according to new statistics.
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Society: 3 Jul 12
While men continue to dominate Sweden's indecent exposure crime statistics, Swedish women also have the urge to expose themselves but generally prefer doing so in front of a webcam, researchers have found.
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Society: 7 Jun 12
A continuing boom in home-grown marijuana has made Sweden nearly "self-sufficient" in terms of the country's cannabis supply, while the popularity of home-brewed booze has declined sharply.
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National: 29 Jan 12
Threats and attempts to scare off both crime victims as well as young witnesses have become more common in Sweden, with threats in connection with court cases up more than 70 percent in the last decade, according to a new report.
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Politics: 22 Dec 11
The full extent of threats and violence directed against Swedish politicians is to be mapped for the first time in what is thought to be the world's largest investigation of its kind.
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Business & Money: 10 Oct 11
A leading expert has refuted claims that corruption is becoming more widespread in Sweden, arguing there is no evidence to back up the claims.
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Lifestyle: 2 Sep 11
Behind the Stockholm council's draconian "zero tolerance" policy on graffiti is hidden a rich but underground Swedish graffiti culture, inspired by the scene in New York City, contributor Katherine Dunn discovers.
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National: 2 Sep 11
Sweden’s juvenile offenders are increasingly sentenced to community service rather than juvenile detention or paying fines, according to an assessment by the National Council.
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National: 16 Jul 11
A 12-year-old girl was raped in central Stockholm on Friday evening. A major police search has been initiated, but a suspect has yet to be arrested for the deed.
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Business & Money: 29 Apr 11
Police statistics reveal a 30 percent increase in the number of reported cases of money laundering in Sweden for 2010, prompting calls for the creation of a new agency to combat the problem.
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Politics: 11 Apr 11
A Sweden Democrat member of parliament has escaped censure from the party hierarchy despite linking group rape to men with foreign backgrounds and arguing that their "culture of gender inequality" was to blame.
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National: 7 Jul 09
Political extremists in Sweden are generally more violent than their counterparts in Germany and Denmark, a new report shows.
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National: 20 Apr 08
The Swedish Association for Sexuality Education (RFSU) wants a national helpline for would-be sex offenders.
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National: 25 Feb 08
A new report has shown that Sweden’s judicial system suffers from discrimination.
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National: 22 Nov 07
Security is to be stepped up for Sweden's prosecutors following a bomb attack on a prosecutor on Tuesday.
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Society: 17 Sep 07
The number of reported cases of child abuse in Sweden has seen a five fold increase since 1988.
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