A man is wanted in custody on suspicion of gross illegal intelligence activities after the Security Police’s raid on Tuesday morning. Another person suspected of aiding and abetting was released on Thursday.
The people who live at the address at the scene of the crackdown are a couple in their 60s born in Russia.
The man has several businesses and his wife is involved in one of them. One of the companies trades in, among other things, industrial equipment, aircraft equipment and other IT equipment. In the latest annual report it is stated that they also deal with banking and securities trading in Russia and that they offer marketing promotion services to Swedish companies on the Russian market.
According to TV4 Nyhetern’s information, Säpo suspects that the companies were used for espionage by having various “business meetings” and through that committing the illegal intelligence activities, as well as meeting others connected to the crimes. In a technology-based company, they have done business with a subcontractor to the defense industry and during the same period that they are suspected of having committed their crimes.
In the player above: Here’s what we know about the suspected spy couple.