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Blackmail

The following articles have been tagged with "Blackmail":

Police detain Ikea blast suspects

National: 8 Oct 11
Two men have been arrested in Poland on suspicions of carrying out a series of bomb blasts against several European stores of Swedish furniture giant Ikea. READ »

Actor blackmailed over masturbation film

Society: 5 Oct 11
A 26-year-old man has been charged with blackmail after using a female online alias to demand money from a famous Swedish actor to prevent a film of him masturbating going public. READ »

Ikea blasts linked to extortion scheme

Business & Money: 21 Sep 11
Officials at Swedish retail giant Ikea have confirmed that the company is the target of an extortion attempt following a string of blasts and other incidents at Ikea outlets throughout Europe. READ »

Swedish teen charged for pocket change extortion

Society: 3 Sep 11
A 15-year-old boy who threatened to beat up a 13-year-old school mate if the latter didn't hand over 20 kronor ($3) is set to appear in court in Gothenburg to face extortion charges. READ »

'Set Dawit Isaak free'

Analysis & Opinion: 4 Jul 11
As Swedish citizen Dawit Isaak endures his tenth year in Eritrean captivity, publicist Arne Ruth and historian Susanne Berger explain why the Swedish government should give its full backing to a new legal initiative aimed at securing his release. READ »

Former Swedish minister 'sex-chatted': newspaper

National: 3 Jul 11
Former employment minister Sven Otto Littorin chatted anonymously on internet sex forums while in office, according to a Swedish newspaper report. READ »

King Carl XVI Gustaf: the complete interview

Lifestyle: 1 Jun 11
The denials offered by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden in an interview on Monday night have much of the country talking about the future of the King and the monarchy. See and read the interview and form your own opinion. READ »

Alleged King pics to be released: ex-gangster

National: 1 Jun 11
Ex-porn club owner and reputed gangster Mille Markovic said on Tuesday he plans to publish compromising pictures of Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf, while demands for a truth commission to look into the King's alleged actions remain. READ »

Scandal-hit King denies all allegations

Society: 30 May 11
Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf on Monday denied all reports of alleged visits to strip clubs and contact with the criminal underworld. READ »

King unaware of friend's contact with criminal

National: 21 May 11
The royal court confirmed Friday that it was King Carl XVI Gustaf's friend that can be heard on a tape negotiating with reputed criminals. But a press secretary for the royal court says the king was unaware that the contact took place. READ »

Four held in paedophile blackmail scheme

National: 14 Apr 11
Four men from the same family in eastern Sweden, accused of posing as children on the internet and blackmailing paedophiles, were remanded in custody on Thursday. READ »

Sahlin and Åkesson clash in first Riksdag duel

Politics: 3 Nov 10
Social Democratic leader Mona Sahlin and the Sweden Democrats' Jimmie Åkesson traded barbs on the floor of the Riksdag on Wednesday in the first party leader debate since Sweden's September 19th general election. READ »

Swedish man charged for blackmailing sex buyer

National: 18 Nov 09
A businessman from southern Sweden who attempted to pay for sex from two 18-year-old women instead found himself caught up in a blackmail scheme. READ »

Criminals caught up in benefits cheat probe

Society: 5 Sep 09
A campaign by Sweden’s social insurance agency to root out benefits cheats has found that about 100 seasoned criminals have received millions in unwarranted payments. READ »

'Ferrari Swede' mobster sentenced to prison

National: 11 Jul 09
Stefan Eriksson, the former leader of the Uppsala Maffia who infamously crashed a rare Ferrari in California in 2006, has been sentenced to 1.5 years in prison for making illegal threats, attempted blackmail, and robbery. READ »

Woman jailed for rape of boy

National: 6 Jul 09
A 39-year-old woman who sexually assaulted an underage boy and photographed the attack has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison. READ »

'Refugee spy' remanded into custody

Society: 6 Jun 09
A Swedish citizen of Chinese Uyghur decent who was arrested on suspicions of spying on refugees was remanded into custody on Friday on suspicions of gross unlawful espionage. READ »

Porn king reports police over crime gang sting

National: 7 May 09
Swedish porn baron Berth Milton has filed a complaint accusing police of using him in a sting operation targeting one of Sweden’s most dangerous criminal gangs without his knowledge. READ »

'Ferrari Swede' arrested in Stockholm

National: 31 Mar 09
Stefan Eriksson, the reputed Swedish gangster who made global headlines when he crashed an exclusive Ferrari in Malibu, California in 2006, was arrested in Stockholm on Monday on suspicions of blackmail and other crimes. READ »

What does Sweden have against rational Nordic energy solutions?

Analysis & Opinion: 10 Mar 09
Sweden’s continued opposition to a natural gas pipeline running along the floor of the Baltic Sea is more political than it is environmental, but that doesn’t make it any more rational, argues researcher Timo Kivimäki. READ »

Danish gang war spills over into Malmö

National: 3 Mar 09
A Danish gangster from has been remanded into custody on suspicion of blackmail by a Malmö court as police fear that a Copenhagen gang war is spilling over onto the southern Swedish city's streets. READ »

Swedish parliament passes copyright bill

Politics: 25 Feb 09
As expected, the Riksdag passed a controversial new measure on Wednesday designed to make it easier to investigate suspected cases of illegal file sharing. READ »

Gothenburg woman on trial for ordering 'hit' against son-in-law

National: 16 Feb 09
A well-known Gothenburg businesswoman who hired two hitmen to assault her son-in-law contends she should have the charges against her dropped because she never followed through on the order. READ »

Gangsters threatening shop owners at Stockholm mall

National: 5 Feb 09
Criminal gangs have tried to blackmail shop owners and managers at one of the Stockholm area’s most popular shopping centres, according to employees at the mall. READ »

Prison for sex buyer blackmailers

National: 23 Dec 08
Three men have been imprisoned for the robbery and blackmail of men looking to buy sex from teenage girls over the internet. READ »

Lines drawn in battle over file sharing bill

Politics: 14 Nov 08
Debate in Sweden is growing ever hotter over a proposed law that will make it easier for law enforcement to track down those suspected of illegally downloading copyrighted material from the internet. READ »

Engineer convicted in Saab blackmail case

Business & Money: 10 Nov 08
The 48-year-old engineer charged with attempting to blackmail Saab Microwave Systems for 16 million kronor ($2.1 million) was sentenced on Monday to four years in prison. READ »

Sweden to consider tougher sentences for violent crime

National: 15 Oct 08
Sweden needs to have tougher punishments for violent crime and recidivism, and make changes to the range of sanctions for serious cases of abuse and blackmail, according to a new report from a government commission. READ »

Engineer charged in Saab blackmail case

Science & Technology: 6 Oct 08
Formal charges were filed on Monday against a 48-year-old engineer who has been held since July on suspicions of industrial espionage against Saab Microwave Systems in Gothenburg. READ »

Stockholm taxpayers funding surgically restored 'virginity'

Society: 29 Jul 08
Surgical reconstructions of the hymen are being performed by both public and private practitioners in Stockholm, a new report shows. READ »

Man arrested for spying on Saab

Business & Money: 11 Jul 08
A Gothenburg court has remanded in custody a man suspected of spying on Saab Microwave Systems. READ »

Sex text messages central in blackmail case

National: 5 Apr 08
A sexual affair between a 40-year-old woman and a local celebrity has heated up a courtroom in southeastern Sweden. READ »

Swedish Mafia: fighting a losing battle

Lifestyle: 8 Nov 07
To an outsider, Sweden would seem an unlikely place to find rising gang crime. But the problem has snowballed since the nineties, leaving police clamouring for better tools to deal with the problem. Daniel Boman reports. READ »

Blackmail on the rise

Business & Money: 29 Jun 07
The number of cases of blackmail aimed at business leaders in Sweden has almost trebled over the last decade, according to a new report. READ »

Extortion doubles in Sweden

National: 5 Mar 07
The number of cases of extortion in Sweden has doubled since 1999, according to figures from the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention. Organised crime is apparently becoming more organised. READ »

'Swedes of the Year' stood up to criminal gangs

Society: 21 Dec 06
The owners of a Gothenburg restaurant who refused to pay up when gangs tried to extort protection money have been named Swedes of the year. Masoud and Shahnaz Garakoei "acted with exceptional courage." READ »

Porn pics 'endangered military security'

Society: 28 Sep 06
A senior Swedish officer has been accused of risking national security after hard-core porn was found in his possession. Major General Tony Stigsson made himself vulnerable to blackmail, it is alleged. READ »

Hell's Angels find protected witness

Society: 21 Jul 06
A restaurateur who was under police protection while waiting to testify against a Hell's Angel member was tracked down at a hotel in Stockholm. READ »

Sex abuse victim blackmailed attacker

Society: 28 Jun 06
After being sexually abused as a youth, a 28 year old man found himself in court after blackmailing his alleged attacker for thousands of kronor over two years. READ »

Protagonist or puritan? The truth about Sweden and porn

Lifestyle: 13 May 06
Sweden’s reputation as the first country of filth is one of those lingering stereotypes. Like high taxes. But whilst there’s no denying the latter, what truth really is there in the triple X typecast? The Local’s Christine Demsteader investigates. READ »

Four arrested for Gothenburg airport heist

National: 25 Apr 06
Four men have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the audacious robbery at Gothenburg's Landvetter airport in March. At least one of them is linked to the notorious Bandidos gang. READ »

Too many cooks?

Analysis & Opinion: 14 Oct 05
With healthcare parties, Eurosceptic parties, communists and feminists competing for their 4% of the vote, are we losing sight of the main question: who do you want to lead you? READ »

Man shot in kneecap in rape revenge attack

National: 13 Oct 05
Four men and a woman are prosecuted with seriously assaulting a suspected rapist in an apparent revenge attack in Gothenburg - even though no charges were brought against him. READ »

Three found guilty of kidnapping Siba heir

National: 15 Jul 05
The leader of a gang which kidnapped Fabian Bengtsson, whose family owns the Siba electrical retail chain, has been sentenced to ten years in prison followed by deportation. One accomplice got six years while another will serve two years for sending text message threats to chop off Bengtsson's fingers. READ »

Bengtsson box shown to court

National: 30 Jun 05
Fabian Bengtsson sees the box in which he was held captive for seventeen days, at the trial of the men accused of kidnapping him. The court also heard a phone message from Bengtsson to his parents. READ »

Bengtsson kidnap trial starts

National: 23 Jun 05
Three men go on trial in Gothenburg for the kidnapping of Fabian Bengtsson. The men kept the Siba chief executive imprisoned in a box for seventeen days, in the hope of extorting money from his family. READ »

Bomb suspect held by police

National: 27 May 05
A 39 year old man is in custody after three suspected bombs were discovered in Södertälje oil harbour, 40km south west of Stockholm. Police have confirmed that specific threats have been made against one of the oil companies based in the area. READ »

Union outraged at ICA job threat

Smörgåsbord: 8 Dec 04
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Council workers in hot water over Russian brothel trip

National: 16 Nov 04
A "joke" blackmail threat prompts a council leader to go public with news of her colleagues' extra-curricular activities, while a Swedish girl and her Norwegian boyfriend are counting the cost of their own public display. READ »

Priest and judge admit child sex offences

National: 28 Oct 04
Ruined careers and ruined lives as a Malmö priest pays the price for revealing his sexual fantasies to '14 year old girls' on an internet chat room. And a Borås judge is first blackmailed and then charged for possessing pornographic images on his computer. READ »

Bad judgment

National: 22 Sep 04
Two judges on Sweden's west coast appear to have forgotten the old adage, 'People who live in glass houses shouldn't visit prostitutes or have child pornography on their computers'. READ »

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