Jale Poljarevius, head of intelligence at the police in the Mitt region, sees the new law as an interesting tool in the fight against criminal networks.
– Previously we had to have direct concrete suspicions, now we will have a significantly lower degree of suspicion.
The means of coercion that may be relevant are, for example, wiretapping of mobile phones, reading of secret data traffic and acquisition of people’s positions, but also camera surveillance and wiretapping of premises.
Poljarevius emphasizes that the interceptions will continue to be decided by the court.
– If we get the right hit, this can be very, very good, I think.
“Long step”
Fredrik Sjöshult, crime columnist at Expressen, is positive about the change in the law and points out that it will not be possible to do it anyway.
– There must be a suspicion of a crime and a person who is suspected of being a leader in this, he says in SVT’s Morgonstudion.
Dennis Martinsson, lecturer in criminal law, however, thinks that it is a too far-reaching measure.
– Preventive measures have so far only been able to be used for very serious crime, such as terror and other things. But now they are transferring the tools to someone who is loosely connected to a group and could conceivably commit a crime. That’s quite a long step.
Hear more of the discussion about the team change in the player above.