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Why Sweden Is Sending Its Inmates To Prisons Abroad
The Swedish government said Wednesday that it was examining the possibility of sending some inmates to serve their sentences in prisons abroad, anticipating heavy pressure on its own prisons in the coming years.
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Swedish Woman Who Enlisted Son, To Fight For ISIS, Jailed
A court in Sweden on Friday sentenced a mother to six years in jail for allowing her son to fight for the Islamic State (ISIS) group as a child soldier in Syria.
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Sweden Forced to Pay Jailed Drug Dealer Over $1.5 Million in Bitcoin: Find Out Why
In a recent ruling, Sweden's government is being forced to pay more than $1.5 Million (roughly Rs. 11 crores) to a drug dealer who was jailed in 2019 after the Bitcoin he had illegally amassed appreciated while he was in custody. Read all about it here.
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Focus On "Real Crime": Trump Hits Out At Sweden In Rapper A$AP Rocky Case
President Donald Trump tweeted his displeasure with Sweden on Thursday after prosecutors there charged rapper A$AP Rocky with assault, extending his jail time until a trial date is set.
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Swedish Man Sentenced to Prison For Porn Surfer Extortion
A Swedish man who sent bills to thousands of people who visited a porn site and threatened to publish their names if they failed to pay was sentenced Monday to two and a half years' jail for extortion.
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Pirate Bay Co-Founder Released From Jail
A Swedish founder of file-sharing site The Pirate Bay was freed from prison on Monday, a week after his colleague was arrested in Thailand after years on the run.
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Swedish prisoner escapes to get toothache treated
A Swedish convict was so desperate to get rid of his toothache that he escaped from prison to visit a dentist.
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Sarabjit Singh's Pakistani lawyer gets asylum in Sweden
Pakistani lawyer Awais Sheikh, who defended Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, have taken asylum in Sweden with his family after receiving threats, his colleagues and friends said.
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Bradley Manning verdict is a 'strategic victory', says WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks hailed the sentencing of US soldier Bradley Manning to 35 years in jail as a "significant strategic victory" today.
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Sweden jails Rwandan for life for role in 1994 genocide
A Swedish court on Thursday sentenced a man of Rwandan origin to life imprisonment for his role in the 1994 genocide in the African county, the first such case in the Nordic state.
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Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg sentenced to two years in Sweden hacking case
A co-founder of file-sharing website Pirate Bay was sentenced to two years in jail today for hacking into computers at a company that manages data for Swedish authorities and making illegal online money transfers, a court said.
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Teen in Sweden jailed eight years for honour killing
A Swedish court on Tuesday sentenced a 17-year-old man to eight years in prison for stabbing his sister 107 times in what judges called an honour killing.
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Why Sweden Is Sending Its Inmates To Prisons Abroad
The Swedish government said Wednesday that it was examining the possibility of sending some inmates to serve their sentences in prisons abroad, anticipating heavy pressure on its own prisons in the coming years.
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Swedish Woman Who Enlisted Son, To Fight For ISIS, Jailed
A court in Sweden on Friday sentenced a mother to six years in jail for allowing her son to fight for the Islamic State (ISIS) group as a child soldier in Syria.
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Sweden Forced to Pay Jailed Drug Dealer Over $1.5 Million in Bitcoin: Find Out Why
In a recent ruling, Sweden's government is being forced to pay more than $1.5 Million (roughly Rs. 11 crores) to a drug dealer who was jailed in 2019 after the Bitcoin he had illegally amassed appreciated while he was in custody. Read all about it here.
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Focus On "Real Crime": Trump Hits Out At Sweden In Rapper A$AP Rocky Case
President Donald Trump tweeted his displeasure with Sweden on Thursday after prosecutors there charged rapper A$AP Rocky with assault, extending his jail time until a trial date is set.
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Swedish Man Sentenced to Prison For Porn Surfer Extortion
A Swedish man who sent bills to thousands of people who visited a porn site and threatened to publish their names if they failed to pay was sentenced Monday to two and a half years' jail for extortion.
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Pirate Bay Co-Founder Released From Jail
A Swedish founder of file-sharing site The Pirate Bay was freed from prison on Monday, a week after his colleague was arrested in Thailand after years on the run.
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Swedish prisoner escapes to get toothache treated
A Swedish convict was so desperate to get rid of his toothache that he escaped from prison to visit a dentist.
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Sarabjit Singh's Pakistani lawyer gets asylum in Sweden
Pakistani lawyer Awais Sheikh, who defended Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, have taken asylum in Sweden with his family after receiving threats, his colleagues and friends said.
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Bradley Manning verdict is a 'strategic victory', says WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks hailed the sentencing of US soldier Bradley Manning to 35 years in jail as a "significant strategic victory" today.
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Sweden jails Rwandan for life for role in 1994 genocide
A Swedish court on Thursday sentenced a man of Rwandan origin to life imprisonment for his role in the 1994 genocide in the African county, the first such case in the Nordic state.
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Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg sentenced to two years in Sweden hacking case
A co-founder of file-sharing website Pirate Bay was sentenced to two years in jail today for hacking into computers at a company that manages data for Swedish authorities and making illegal online money transfers, a court said.
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Teen in Sweden jailed eight years for honour killing
A Swedish court on Tuesday sentenced a 17-year-old man to eight years in prison for stabbing his sister 107 times in what judges called an honour killing.
