Swedish security service says Iran uses criminal networks in Sweden
STOCKHOLM, May 30 (Reuters) – Swedish security service SAPO said on Thursday that the Iranian government had been using criminal networks within Sweden to carry out violent acts against other states, groups, and individuals.
The Security Service said that Iran recently had targeted the interests of other states in Sweden, and specifically Israel, and had also sought to act against Iranian dissident groups and individuals from the Iranian diaspora.
“The security Service can now confirm that criminal networks in Sweden are proxies that Iran uses,” Daniel Stenling, Head of Counter-Intelligence at the Swedish Security Service, told a news conference.
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Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/swedish-security-service-says-iran-uses-criminal-networks-sweden-2024-05-30/