February 14, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Wiretapping":
Politics: 8 Dec 11
Swedish law enforcement agencies should have access to signals intelligence gathered by the National Defence Radio Establishment to help combat terrorism, the ministry of justice proposed on Thursday.
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National: 8 Aug 11
Monday saw the start of the trial against the so-called "Old–timer gang" (Gubbligan), facing charges for a slew aggravated robberies in southern Sweden between 2007 and 2010.
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Politics: 14 Dec 10
A leading Social Democrat has proposed restoring the ability of Swedish security service Säpo to request signals intelligence in order to make it easier to follow terrorist groups.
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Society: 12 Dec 09
A police officer in Malmö has avoided both prosecution and a disciplinary hearing after wiretapping the wrong telephone number and listening in to private telephone conversations over the course of a number of hours.
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Politics: 14 Oct 09
An amended version of Sweden's controversial new signals intelligence law was passed in the Riksdag on Wednesday, with 158 members voting in favour and 153 against, while one member abstained from voting.
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National: 17 Jun 09
Three men have been convicted and given lengthy prison sentences for their roles in a heroin smuggling operation.
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Society: 4 Jun 09
The Expressen newspaper has sacked its US correspondent following revelations that he had close contact with the former leader of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang in Sweden, Thomas Möller.
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National: 24 Feb 09
Changes to Sweden’s wiretapping law have been met with stinging criticism in a new round of comments by two government agencies.
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Politics: 16 Feb 09
A high-ranking Moderate Party politician and former defence minister has resigned from his post as head of Sweden’s intelligence oversight agency in protest against the country’s controversial wiretapping law.
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Politics: 13 Feb 09
A lawyers’ organization from Norway has submitted a petition supporting a case pending in the European Court of Human Rights which challenges Sweden’s controversial wiretapping law.
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Analysis & Opinion: 30 Jul 08
Jessica Rosencrantz of the Moderate Party youth organization explains why she and others in the group disagree with their mother party's stance on Sweden's new surveillance law.
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National: 27 Jun 08
Nearly half of all Swedes are against the wiretapping law, while just over one-third support it, according to a new survey.
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Analysis & Opinion: 11 Jun 08
As Sweden's parliament prepares to pass a controversial new surveillance law, Faisal Enayat Khan takes a closer look at the development of a far-reaching tapping scheme.
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Analysis & Opinion: 10 Jun 08
With just a week to go before the Swedish parliament is expected to pass a controversial wiretapping law, Pirate Party leader Rickard Falkvinge urges people to do all they can to block the legislation.
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Politics: 30 May 07
Google's leading privacy expert has alleged that Sweden's proposed wiretapping legislation is more befitting of a totalitarian regime than a western democracy.
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Analysis & Opinion: 7 Mar 07
A far-reaching wiretapping programme proposed by the government has stirred up a fiery debate, with critics decrying the creation of a 'big brother' state.
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As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »
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