The following articles have been tagged with "Siba":
Science & Technology: 9 Jul 12
An ex-Volvo engineer in Sweden who recently tried to change the battery on his iPhone got a shock and lost a tooth after the popular Apple smartphone exploded and caught fire.
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National: 14 Jan 11
An increasing number of Sweden's top business executives are hiring bodyguards as the threat and risk of robbery and extortion grows in the country.
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National: 27 Dec 09
The post-Christmas shopping frenzy is in full swing, giving the Swedish economy a much needed boost. Consumer spending is also up compared to the same period last year.
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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.
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Business & Money: 4 Jan 07
Sweden's retailers are crediting the green Christmas with record high December sales. Ikea and Åhléns have done well, but sports chains have been disappointed by the lack of snow.
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National: 22 Sep 06
A reporter for Swedish tabloid Expressen has been convicted of impersonating a police officer in connection with last year's kidnapping of Siba boss Fabian Bengtsson. "We're surprised," say Expressen.
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National: 23 Jan 06
On trial in Gothenburg, an Expressen journalist accused of pretending to be a policeman during the case of the kidnapped director of Siba, Fabian Bengtsson, denies the charges.
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National: 11 Aug 05
A reporter from Swedish tabloid Expressen is being prosecuted for posing as a policeman. The reporter called Interpol, among others, allegedly identifying himself as "a colleague".
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Smörgåsbord: 20 Jul 05
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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.
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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.
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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.
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National: 9 Jun 05
Three men being held for abducting Fabian Bengtsson, CEO of the Siba electronics chain, have confessed to some of the charges against them. Bengtsson was kidnapped in January, and was held for 17 days.
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National: 17 Feb 05
Gothenburg, Vienna, Copenhagen - and Gothenburg again. The hunt for the kidnappers of Swedish businessman Fabian Bengtsson continues to cross European borders as a fourth suspect is arrested.
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National: 11 Feb 05
"I've been waiting for you," a man tells police, as he admits to being involved in the kidnapping of Siba chief executive, Fabian Bengtsson. Meanwhile, a man arrested in Vienna says his ransom demands were "just a joke".
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National: 9 Feb 05
A week after the release of kidnapped Siba chief executive, Fabian Bengtsson, Austrian police arrest a suspect in Vienna. As the net appears to tighten around the gang, fascinating details of Bengtsson's captivity begin to emerge.
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National: 3 Feb 05
The boss of the Siba electronics firm, who has been missing for over two weeks, has been found alive in Gothenburg. He's said to be in reasonable condition and police are certain that no ransom was paid for his release. The search is now on for the kidnappers.
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National: 31 Jan 05
As two more messages appear on the Siba website, the Bengtsson family appear to be getting increasingly desperate to get Fabian home safely. But what do the messages mean? What's actually going on? What are the police doing? Nobody seems to know, but you can always have a guess...
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National: 26 Jan 05
In a dramatic few days, the family of kidnapped Siba chief executive, Fabian Bengtsson, broadcast an appeal to the abductors and a message on the company web site suggests contact has been made between the family and the gang.
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National: 20 Jan 05
Three mobile phone calls, a cash withdrawal and four suspicious men in a car park: these are the main leads in the hunt for the kidnapped chief executive of the SIBA electronics chain, at least as far as the Swedish press are concerned.
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National: 18 Jan 05
The head of Swedish electronics retail giant SIBA is thought to have been kidnapped in Gothenburg. Police have found the car belonging to managing director Fabian Bengtsson, but his company says that media intrusion is putting him in danger.
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National: 18 Jan 05
The head of a major Swedish electronics retailer is feared kidnapped in Gothenburg. Police say they are taking the disappearance of Siba managing director Fabian Bengtsson very seriously.
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