{"id":1226,"date":"2026-05-11T08:21:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T12:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/?p=1226"},"modified":"2026-05-11T08:21:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T12:21:54","slug":"sweden-raids-and-two-arrested-as-part-of-russian-sanctions-breach-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2026\/05\/11\/sweden-raids-and-two-arrested-as-part-of-russian-sanctions-breach-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweden &#8211; raids and two arrested as part of Russian sanctions breach investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Swedish Security Service has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sakerhetspolisen.se\/ovriga-sidor\/other-languages\/english-engelska\/press-room\/news\/news\/2026-05-11-two-individuals-arrested-on-suspicion-of-gross-violation-of-sanctions.html\">issued a press release<\/a> confirming raids on multiple residential properties in southern and western Sweden, as well as the arrest of two individuals suspected of gross violations of the EU&#8217;s sanctions against Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The breaches are said to relate to the &#8220;procurement of advanced products on behalf of Russia&#8221; but no further detail has been provided at this stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Swedish Security Service has issued a press release confirming raids on multiple residential properties in southern and western Sweden, as well as the arrest of two individuals suspected of gross violations of the EU&#8217;s sanctions against Russia. The breaches are said to relate to the &#8220;procurement of advanced products on behalf of Russia&#8221; but &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2026\/05\/11\/sweden-raids-and-two-arrested-as-part-of-russian-sanctions-breach-investigation\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sweden &#8211; raids and two arrested as part of Russian sanctions breach investigation&#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":[104,2],"tags":[18,87,34],"ppma_author":[7],"class_list":["post-1226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-104","category-general","tag-russia","tag-sweden","tag-trade-sanctions"],"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","author_category":"","last_name":"Handley","first_name":"Mark","job_title":"","user_url":"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/attorneys\/markhandley.html","description":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/attorneys\/markhandley.html\">Read Mark's bio.<\/a>"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1226","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=1226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1226\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1226"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=1226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}