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Sweden seeks new tools to aid file sharing hunt

Business & Money: 16 Feb 12
The Swedish government wants police and prosecutors to have more power to crack down on illegal file sharing by making it easier to force internet service providers to reveal the identity of individual computer users. READ »

Fake cop groomed and handcuffed kids

Society: 26 Sep 11
A 25-year-old man in Skåne in southern Sweden is facing charges for grooming children over the internet, impersonating a police officer and handcuffing several of them. READ »

The Austrian resort that made me learn to love skiing

Travel: 19 Sep 11
With an eight months ski season, incredible facilities and spectacular shows, Sölden – a popular skiing resort in eastern Austria – has something for everyone, as travel writer and ski-beginner Malin Nyberg discovers. READ »

Swedish police launch paedophile victim appeal

National: 25 Aug 11
A 41-year-old suspected paedophile currently in police custody may have had contact dozens more children via internet chat sites, Swedish police warn, appealing to the public for help in identifying potential victims. READ »

Four wounded in Gothenburg shootout

National: 22 Apr 11
Two men were gunned down at 2pm Friday on a busy street in northern Gothenburg while two others were rushed to the hospital. All four have survived. READ »

Swedish court jails internet paedophile

National: 2 Mar 11
A 36-year-old man in southern Sweden charged with committing sex crimes against 30 young girls has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison. READ »

Man fined after demanding sex refund from teen's dad

Society: 21 Dec 10
A 57-year-old man has been fined by a Swedish court for grooming a 13-year-old girl for sex after he approached the girl's father for a cash refund when she declined to show up as agreed. READ »

Sweden to extend police powers on data access

Science & Technology: 27 Oct 10
The Swedish government wants to extend the powers of police and prosecutors to access personal details from internet service providers in cases of less serious offences such as file sharing and libel. READ »

Police powerless to close paedophile forums

National: 9 Apr 10
Despite a new law designed to tackle grooming of young people by suspected paedophiles on internet websites, police are unable to act against those hosting chat forums, contact sites and advice pages. READ »

Fifteen boys abused by sports coach

National: 17 Mar 10
At least fifteen boys are now believed to have been sexually abused by a sports coach in the Stockholm area as the case against a 22-year-old suspect widens. READ »

Online sex 'grooming' law lacks teeth

Society: 24 Jan 10
Despite surveys indicating half of Swedish girls under 15 have received online sexual advances, Sweden's 'anti-grooming' law has not led to any convictions since entering into force six months ago. READ »

Swedish becomes official 'main language'

Society: 1 Jul 09
Swedish is now officially considered the main language in Sweden, according to a new language law which, along with more than two dozen other laws, took effect on Wednesday. READ »

Growing online sex threat for Swedish girls

Society: 20 Jan 09
More than 60 percent of Swedish teenage girls have received unwanted sexual overtures over the internet, according to fresh figures presented on Tuesday. READ »

New law could ban 'grooming'

Society: 23 Apr 07
A new Swedish law could ban paedophiles from 'grooming' children over the internet. The law, if enacted, would mean Sweden had gone further than most countries in tackling the problem. READ »

Stop internet grooming - Bodström

Politics: 1 Nov 05
New laws are needed to stop internet grooming of children, says Justice Minister Thomas Bodström. He also wants to crack down on child pornography, he tells the Social Democrat conference in Malmö. READ »

Queenology

National: 2 Sep 04
They say being a queen is in the blood - it's not something you can learn from books or from training. Oh yes it is - in Sweden. READ »


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