![]() ![]() A person who, in order to benefit a foreign power, without authorisation obtains, transmits, gives or divulges information, whose revelation to a foreign power could result in detriment to Sweden’s security is guilty of espionage.(The Swedish Criminal Code, Chapter 19, Section 4) A Swedish citizen who, without authorisation by the Government or whoever is empowered by the Government, allows themselves to be used as an agent of a foreign power in a diplomatic matter concerning the country, and any person who, on pretext of being an authorised agent, enters into discussions on such a matter with someone representing the interests of a foreign power, is guilty of unauthorised negotiations with a foreign power.Chapter 19 of the Swedish Criminal Code lists offences against Sweden's security, including espionage with a penalty of imprisonment from two years and up to lifetime in cases of gross espionage. The Swedish Security Service investigates all indications that individuals have been tasked by another country to engage in espionage against Sweden. The information may also cause us to open a criminal investigation into suspected offences against Sweden’s security. ![]() Some information may lead us to carry out surveillance or talk to informants and, from there, take various measures to counter security-threatening activities carried out by foreign powers. Therefore, the Service actively gathers information for the purpose of analysing and countering foreign espionage and security-threatening activities. Intelligence activities are carried out in order to attain a country’s security policy objectives and strengthen its power and information advantage.Ĭounter-espionage is included in the Swedish Security Service’s remit. espionage or unlawful intelligence activities targeting refugees. 28, 2021.Several countries engage in various forms of intelligence activities against Sweden, e.g. " 18 U.S.C., Chapter 90-Protection of Trade Secrets." Accessed Sept. " The Threat Posed by the Chinese Government and the Chinese Communist Party to the Economic and National Security of the United States." Accessed Sept. 28, 2021.įederal Bureau of Investigation. ![]() " Prosecuting 'Chinese Spies': An Empirical Analysis of the Economic Espionage Act." Accessed Sept. " Survey of Chinese-Linked Espionage in the United States Since 2000." Accessed Sept. 28, 2021.Ĭenter for Strategic & International Studies. " FBI Announces Economic Espionage Awareness Campaign." Accessed Sept. " Foreign Economic Espionage in Cyberspace, 2018,". National Counterintelligence and Security Center. " China: Effects of Intellectual Property Infringement and Indigenous Innovation Policies on the U.S. " Information About the Department of Justice's China Initiative and Compilation of China-Related Prosecutions Since 2018." Accessed Sept. " What Is 'Economic Espionage'?" Accessed Sept. " The Economic and Innovation Impacts of Trade Secrets." Accessed Sept. Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive. " Executive Summary-China: The Risk to Corporate America." Accessed Sept. " Public Law 104-294, Economic Espionage Act of 1996," Stat. ![]()
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