An employee of a Swedish high-tech company has been arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia.<\/p>\n
The person, who has not been identified, was arrested in Stockholm on Tuesday evening, officials said.<\/p>\n
Counter-intelligence chief Daniel Stenling said they believed the suspect was\u00a0recruited by a Russian intelligence officer posing as a diplomat.<\/p>\n
Swedish media released video purporting to show the suspect being led from a restaurant after meeting their contact.<\/p>\n
The suspect had been working on “tasks known to be the type of intelligence sought after by foreign powers”, a security service statement said, without giving details.<\/p>\n
“It is suspected that the criminal activities have been going on since 2017,” it added.<\/p>\n
A witness quoted by Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet said several officers of the Swedish security police, known as Sapo, stormed the restaurant and surrounded a table where two people were sitting having a meal.<\/p>\n
Swedish media said a second person was also detained in the operation but later released after claiming diplomatic immunity.<\/p>\n
Mr Stenling said security threats to Sweden were the most extensive for several years.<\/p>\n
“Technological developments have made state actors’ efforts to gather intelligence in cyberspace more sophisticated,” he said.<\/p>\n
“At the same time, the more traditional intelligence-gathering approach, using recruited agents to collect information, is still being used. This combination enables state actors to broaden and deepen their collection of classified information.”<\/p>\n
Last year,\u00a0the head of Sweden’s security service told the BBC the agency was concerned about growing foreign political interference.<\/p>\n
“It’s very important for us to follow this and we are not shy in Sweden – we say that the biggest threat to our security in that perspective is Russia,” Anders Thornberg said.<\/p>\n
Analysts believe it is a debate within Sweden about whether to move closer to Nato that has made the country a particular target for Moscow.<\/p>\n
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BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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