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            <title><![CDATA[Sweden’s Prison Shortage Sparks Clash Over Tougher Sentences Between Social Democrats and Moderates]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer (M) and Swedish Prison and Probation Service Director General Rikard Jermsten have been summoned to the Justice Committee (a parliamentary committee) to report on the shortage of prison places. “We are now heading towards a serious situation,” says committee chair Teresa Carvalho (S).]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:35:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sweden’s Prison Service Raises Long-Term Prison Capacity Needs to 45,000 Places]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The need for new prison and detention facilities may be much greater than the Swedish Prison and Probation Service has so far estimated. In the long term, the need may rise from the current 13,000 places to 45,000.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 10:47:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedish Military May Assist Police in More Situations Under New Proposal]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Defence Forces should be called in to support the police in more cases than today, proposes a government inquiry. The threat picture against Sweden has broadened and we see that internal and external threats are increasingly intertwined, says investigator Rikard Jermsten.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2025 14:38:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sweden Considers Reintroducing Reserve Police for Crisis Situations]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Sweden should establish a modernized form of preparedness police, a so-called "reserve police", which should be able to be called in at heightened preparedness and war.]]></description>
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            <category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2025 12:34:45 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Economic Crimes Targeting Banks, Pensions, and Welfare Systems in Europe]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Bankers, construction projects, the premium pension system, and welfare are now the criminals' favorite areas. The perpetrators are targeting industries where the profits can be large and the risk of detection is low. It is a threat to the system, says Rikard Jermsten, Director-General of the Economic Crime Authority.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2025 03:50:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[He becomes the new head of the Economic Crime Authority]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2024 11:00:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Uppsala Region Threatened with Multi-Million Fines]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Region Uppsala breached the law on public procurement by directly extending a contract regarding rental doctors and nurses last autumn, according to the Competition Authority.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jul 2024 17:12:25 GMT</pubDate>
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