As has become clear over recent years, violent crime in Sweden has been getting out of hand and the police and authorities ...

STOCKHOLM, July 16, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A Swedish court on Wednesday sentenced four men ages 19 to 22 to prison terms for their roles in the killing of a rapper in last year.

A Swedish businesswoman who called herself the Queen of Trash has been sentenced to six years in prison in one of the country's biggest environmental crime cases. Fariba Vancor, formerly known as ...

In May, around 7,300 inmates were held in 5,235 cells - an occupancy rate of 141%, figures from the Swedish Prison and Probation Service showed. Including standby accommodation, the occupancy rate ...

Stockholm: The Swedish government said Wednesday that it was examining the possibility of sending some inmates to serve their sentences in prisons abroad, anticipating heavy pressure on its own ...

Sweden's jails and prisons are full and the Prison and Probation Service says it will need about 27,000 beds by 2033, up from 11,000 today. Mattias Wahlstedt, head of the commission, ...

Around half of Estonia's prison spaces are currently vacant, with several countries in addition to Sweden already having ...

Joakim Medin. Swedish journalist Joakim Medin was released from a Turkish prison earlier this month after spending seven weeks behind bars. Medin was arrested immediately upon arriving at Istanbul ...

Sweden will send up to 600 criminals to serve their sentences in an Estonian prison under an agreement announced by the government on Wednesday aimed at reducing pressure on the country's overcrowded ...

Sweden will send up to 600 criminals to serve their sentences in an Estonian prison under an agreement announced by the government on Wednesday aimed at reducing pressure on the country's ...