Sweden – World Justice News

IPTV Pirate’s Bitcoin Booty Sold at Auction For Just Over $1 Million

December 12, 2025 World Justice News 0

In 2024, a man convicted for his involvement in pirate IPTV service Viking IPTV received a relatively modest suspended sentence, despite serving several thousand customers. However, a cryptocurrency analysis revealed transactions dating back to 2018 […]

Pirate IPTV Arrests in Sweden Should Include Users, Rightsholders Tell Govt.

September 10, 2024 World Justice News 0

Swedish anti-piracy group Rights Alliance has just announced the prosecution of a man allegedly behind pirate IPTV service ‘Ghost Farmer TV’. The case is one of several initiated in Sweden in recent years but, for […]

Sweden’s ‘Queen of Trash’ on trial for mountains of waste

September 4, 2024 World Justice News 0

A businesswoman who styled herself as the “Queen of Trash” has gone on trial in Sweden accused of illegally dumping mountains of waste, in the country’s biggest ever environmental crime case. Bella Nilsson is one […]

Iranian convicted of war crimes freed in Swedish swap

June 16, 2024 World Justice News 0

An Iranian convicted in Sweden of war crimes has been freed as part of a prisoner swap between the two countries. Hamid Noury, who was serving a life sentence, has returned to Tehran while Johan […]

Swedish £6,000 dine and dash investigation reopened

January 11, 2024 World Justice News 0

A dine and dash investigation in Sweden over an 82,000 kronor (£6,300; $8,000) meal on Christmas Day will be reopened after it was dropped by police. A party of 35 reportedly ate and drank their […]

Pirate IPTV Owners Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison & $18m Damages

October 13, 2023 World Justice News 0

Two men who operated a pirate IPTV service have been handed 36-month prison sentences by a specialist IP court in Sweden. Anonymous tips led to an investigation, police surveillance including wiretapping, and subsequent raids which […]

Pirate IPTV Operator Ordered to Pay $231,000 in Damages

February 12, 2022 World Justice News 0

A man from Sweden has been convicted for selling subscriptions to pirate IPTV service MacIPTV. The 21-year-old served around 3,000 customers and came to the attention of local anti-piracy group Rights Alliance in 2019, which […]

Swedish Coop supermarkets shut due to US ransomware cyber-attack

July 3, 2021 World Justice News 0

Some 500 Coop supermarket stores in Sweden have been forced to close due to an ongoing “colossal” cyber-attack affecting organisations around the world. Coop Sweden says it closed more than half of its 800 stores […]

China-Sweden: Ex-ambassador Lindstedt on trial for risking security

June 5, 2020 World Justice News 0

For the first time in modern Swedish history, an ex-ambassador has gone on trial and faces a possible jail term. Anna Lindstedt is accused of going beyond her remit by holding unauthorised talks with a […]

Sweden abortion: Nurses fail in European court case

March 15, 2020 World Justice News 0

Two nurses denied jobs as midwives in Sweden because of their refusal to perform abortions have lost their legal action against Sweden at the European Court of Human Rights. Swedish-born Ellinor Grimmark and Linda Steen […]

Human Rights

Double murderer awarded £7,500 compensation over human rights breaches

January 2, 2026 0

A double murderer has been awarded £7,500 compensation by the High Court over breaches of his human rights. Fuad Awale, who is serving a life sentence for shooting two teenagers in the head in 2011, […]

Human Rights

US plans to start checking all tourists’ social media

December 10, 2025 0

All tourists – including those from Britain – will have to undergo a social media screening before being allowed entry into the US under new plans being considered by the country’s border force. At the […]

Australia

Children locked out of social media apps after Australia’s world-first ban

December 10, 2025 0

Australia’s world-first social media ban for children has taken effect, with throngs of teenagers waking up to find their accounts have gone dark. Others tell BBC they have already snuck past barriers and will continue […]