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Sweden: Man prosecuted for mapping the locations of military facilities

In Sweden, a man will appear in court for “illegal possession of confidential data” about the location of sensitive military installations, the public prosecutor responsible for the case said on Wednesday.

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This 66-year-old man carried out detailed mapping of several sensitive military sites in Sweden between December 2015 and November 2017, prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist said in the indictment.

“These are a variety of installations that are important to Sweden’s ability to defend itself in the event of war,” the prosecutor said in a statement. “Disclosure of this information could jeopardize national security.”

The collection of this data, in which, according to the indictment, “several people” were involved, was carried out “systematically” and with a “high level of specialist knowledge”.

This secret information was found in the suspect's house.

Contacted by AFP, Mats Ljungqvist said the man had “carried out military missions for the Swedish Armed Forces”.

Forty pieces of evidence in the form of USB sticks, cameras or files were seized and will be presented during the trial, the indictment says.