The military intelligence service of
Sweden warned last week that there were increasing incidents of
espionage perpetrated against Sweden by operatives identified “beyond
doubt” as agents of foreign powers. In its annual report
for 2016, the Swedish Military Intelligence and Security Service (MUST)
said large numbers of spies were detected around “sensitive
installations” mostly of a military nature. Headed by an Army general,
MUST is responsible for military intelligence and counterintelligence in
Sweden. Every year it produces a report of its activities for the
Swedish government and defense establishment, and also publishes a
declassified version. Its latest report warns about growing attempts by
foreign countries to “gather intelligence about Sweden’s defense assets
and capabilities”.
On Friday, Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet published an interview
with senior MUST official Jan Kinnander. He told the paper that MUST
was able to identify beyond doubt that certain individuals were
“connected to the intelligence services of foreign states”. These
persons traveled to Sweden “under false pretenses”, according to the
official. A few of them were diplomats, said Kinnander, while most
attempted to travel around the Scandinavian country using
“conspiratorial methods”. Many were detected prowling around government
installations that are linked to Sweden’s national defense while having
“no reasonable cause” to be there, said Kinnander.
When asked to identify the countries that
engage in espionage against Sweden, Kinnander said he could not
elaborate, except to say that MUST linked the alleged spies with
“several countries, including Russia”. In December of last year, MUST
Director Gunnar Karlsson told Swedish media that Russia was a leading perpetrator
of intelligence operations against Sweden. These operations included
active measures involving propaganda, deception and other psychological
activities, he said. In recent years, the Swedish authorities have
arrested Polish, Lithuanian and other Eastern European nationals,
allegedly because they were seen photographing Swedish military
installations.
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