A threatened man went to the police in Malmö and confessed to smuggling hundreds of kilos of 3-CMC, commonly called 'crystal'. Three people are charged with particularly serious drug smuggling in a previously known network. The man who reported himself confesses to gross drug offense but not particularly gross drug offense, while the other two deny the crime. According to the indictment, the Signal alias 7Eleven is alleged to have controlled the man's and his friend's smuggling.
3-CMC is an amphetamine-like drug described by the Customs Service as increasingly common as a party drug among younger circles. It is part of a group called cathinones that stimulate the central nervous system by increasing the release of dopamine, noradrenaline, and serotonin. The Customs Service describes the drug as difficult to dose, which can lead to life-threatening side effects like seizures, psychoses, and brain damage. 3-CMC has been classified as a narcotic in Sweden since 2019.
In November, a 32-year-old man was arrested outside a supermarket in Östersund. A few days later, a house search was conducted in his home in Krokom municipality, including with the help of a dog patrol. In the house and in the man's work car, one kilo of amfetamin, 40 grams of cocaine, and 360 grams of hash were found, in addition to 20,000 kronor in cash. At the suspected accomplice's home, a 35-year-old living in Östersund municipality, police also seized narcotics, though a smaller amount, and discovered 62,000 kronor in cash. Both men are now charged with gross drug offense.
The prosecutor alleges that the two jointly acquired the narcotics in Stockholm in October 2025 and transported it to Krokom with the intent to sell it further. In interrogations, the 32-year-old man confesses to what he is suspected of, while the 35-year-old only admits drug possession for personal use but denies sales. The prosecutor suspects that the drug trade financed the purchases, meaning the 35-year-old was paid for old drug debts and thus could afford the purchases. The investigation shows that the 35-year-old both bought and sold a large amount of brand-name goods on Tradera and similar sites, despite lacking income. The prosecutor requests in the indictment that the goods be forfeited.
A Swedish financier was extradited from São Tomé and Príncipe, a West African island nation with about 200,000 inhabitants. He is suspected of rape, gross weapons offense, and gross assault on an archipelago island in Bohuslän during 2024, including in a property owned by another well-known Swedish businessman. The financier received a diplomatic passport in a West African nation and a role as the president's special advisor, leading to a domestic political scandal. He became internationally wanted in connection with the detention in absentia in February this year. According to local police, the Swede was arrested at a hotel, and the suspect was arrested in São Tomé and Príncipe and it was also from there that he was extradited.
At the end of last year, about twenty people were convicted for involvement in a large drug network in Kristianstad. During the investigation, a condominium that was not owned by any of the suspects was noted, suspected to be financed with money from the network and used by criminals. Now the district court has decided that the value of the condominium, one million kronor, should be forfeited. According to police in Kristianstad, it is the first case in Sweden where such an asset forfeiture has occurred. The owner of the condominium claims that the money not from his work, among other things, were loans from childhood friends, but the court sides with the prosecutor's line, that the money more likely originally comes from criminal activity.
A Swede who, according to police, is part of a violence-driven criminal network based in Sweden has been arrested in Morocco. A 27-year-old Swedish citizen has been arrested in Morocco, where he had been hiding for about a year. The man is suspected of serious crimes including large-scale drug smuggling and attempted extortion, and will be requested for extradition to Sweden. The arrest near an airport in Tanger is part of Moroccan authorities' crackdown on drug crime. The arrested Swede in Morocco is pointed out as the 'principal' or 'client' in criminal activities.
Eight people were charged with aggravated narcotics crime, drug smuggling, and money laundering for crimes committed between 2006 and 2010. The crimes were picked up on during a record drug bust in June 2010 on a sailboat off Martinique when a 56-year-old sailor was arrested with a 1.4 ton cargo of cocaine. Jonas Oredsson, a 39-year-old Swede, is believed to be the mastermind behind the trafficking, with help from several people including his 58-year-old mother. The investigation has been ongoing for three years, with Swedish police having help from police in the US, Colombia, and France, and cooperation with Eurojust and Europol.
Oredsson has a history of criminal activities, including bank robberies and escapes from authorities. Oredsson's mother is charged with having hidden 26 million kronor in a foundation in Switzerland. The criminal network spent 115 million kronor between 2007 and 2010, including purchasing houses and boats in up to five different countries. Members of the group are charged with money laundering in Spain.
We really hope that this will have follow-up effects, that the criminals realize it's not the right way to convert their money.
The main suspect of a large-scale digital sale of illicit drugs was formally indicted, having made profits of around EUR 1 million by selling heroin, cocaine, amphetamines, and cannabis via the Darknet. The suspect's activities had been ongoing for over three years when he was arrested in Lund in September 2018. Eurojust supported Swedish authorities with European Investigation Orders and rogatory letters to Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Panama. Investigations started in 2017, with drug sales mainly in Sweden amounting to a street value of approximately EUR 35 million.
In 324,000 online transactions, about 17,000 persons in Sweden bought illicit drugs from the suspect via the Darknet, with encrypted payments in bitcoins and delivery by mail. The suspect ran the sale by himself but worked with a group of suppliers; a group of accomplices has already been prosecuted and convicted. The suspect is charged for particularly gross drugs trafficking, money laundering, and falsification of documents, with four co-defendants prosecuted for money laundering. The court case will start on 2 March in the District Court of Stockholm.
A veterinarian in Strängnäs prescribed narcotic-classified medications to themselves on multiple occasions. The veterinarian was convicted of minor drug offenses for prescribing 430 codeine tablets, regular tablets containing codeine, and 100 oxazepam tablets to themselves between March 1, 2024, and October 17, 2024. A man in his 30s grew cannabis in a basement room in Österbymo and has been convicted of drug offenses. Police discovered the cannabis cultivation on October 25, 2024, after seeing a strong purple light from a basement window.
A 25-year-old mother from Eskilstuna was arrested on October 10 last year in Malung-Sälen municipality after receiving about 30 kilograms of narcotics in Södertälje the same day. She handed over eight kilograms of the drugs at an unknown location in Sweden and six kilograms to another person in Vansbro municipality. Two men from Linköping were arrested by police at lunchtime on Tuesday and are suspected of serious drug offenses committed between October 2024 and March 24 this year. A 40-year-old is suspected of nine cases of serious drug offenses. One of five people on the 'Sundsvall Swish list' charged with buying cocaine through Swish was acquitted by Sundsvall district court. The man is one of hundreds in the Sundsvall area whose name and number was on a list of Swish payments to a 28-year-old man later convicted of serious narcotics offences.
Marios Alexandridis, the real target of a dawn raid on a $27 million Sydney mansion, has been charged with supplying a commercial quantity of cocaine. Heavily armed officers broke down the door of Stephanie and Garrett Jandegian's Bellevue Hill home on February 6 last year. Alexandridis allegedly supplied 794.6g of cocaine at Elizabeth Bay on the day of the raids. Alexandridis was also charged with recklessly dealing with the proceeds of crime, relating to $1 million in Australian currency between October 2024 and January last year. Neither Stephanie nor Garrett Jandegian was arrested, and there is no suggestion they have been involved in any wrongdoing.
On the afternoon of September 5, officials from the Enforcement Authority and plainclothes police were en route to an apartment in Österängen, Jönköping, to confront a person with a debt of over 145,000 kronor. Criminals are returning to using cash when buying and selling narcotics. The reason behind using cash is to keep police in the dark and make it harder to track drug transactions.
Jonny Uvén is the main suspect in the largest economic crime scandal ever in Norrbotten and risks a long prison sentence. Interrogations with Jonny Uvén have begun in Umeå, and he denies the crimes.
These cases set legal precedents, such as the condominium forfeiture in Kristianstad, and highlight increased international cooperation through agencies like Europol and Eurojust. Law enforcement is adapting to evolving tactics, including darknet sales and cash usage, to combat drug networks. According to a local source, the image of the country has been colored by this scandal involving the Swedish financier. Fredrik Liljeroos, area police chief in Kristianstad, stated that they hope this will have follow-up effects, making criminals realize it's not the right way to convert their money.
Key unresolved questions include the exact amount of money missing in the military funds investigation at CFB Esquimau and the identity of the Signal alias '7Eleven' in the Malmö network. The extradition request for the Swedish citizen arrested in Morocco and the full scope of the financier's activities from São Tomé and Príncipe also remain pending.