{"id":1148,"date":"2026-02-18T07:36:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T11:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/?p=1148"},"modified":"2026-02-18T07:36:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T11:36:43","slug":"sweden-man-arrested-for-possible-extradition-to-face-us-sanctions-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2026\/02\/18\/sweden-man-arrested-for-possible-extradition-to-face-us-sanctions-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweden &#8211; man arrested for possible extradition to face US sanctions charges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tv4.se\/artikel\/7FaHmSi6TJWlO2qWZpZe9m\/rysk-man-gripen-av-saepo-pa-order-av-usa\">being reported<\/a> that Sweden&#8217;s Security Service, S\u00e4po, conducted an operation in December involving raiding premises in Stockholm and arresting a Russian national for potential extradition to the US to face charges of breaching the US sanctions against Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Stockholm District Court has ordered the man&#8217;s detention pending extradition proceedings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The alleged conduct is said to have taken place in 2022 and 2023 but no further details are available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is being reported that Sweden&#8217;s Security Service, S\u00e4po, conducted an operation in December involving raiding premises in Stockholm and arresting a Russian national for potential extradition to the US to face charges of breaching the US sanctions against Russia. The Stockholm District Court has ordered the man&#8217;s detention pending extradition proceedings. The alleged conduct &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2026\/02\/18\/sweden-man-arrested-for-possible-extradition-to-face-us-sanctions-charges\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sweden &#8211; man arrested for possible extradition to face US sanctions charges&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":656,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[104],"tags":[18,87,34,63],"ppma_author":[7],"class_list":["post-1148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-104","tag-russia","tag-sweden","tag-trade-sanctions","tag-us-extradition"],"authors":[{"term_id":7,"user_id":656,"is_guest":0,"slug":"mhandley","display_name":"Mark Handley","avatar_url":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/09\/handleymark-100x100.jpg","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1148\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1148"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=1148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}