Sweden's Supreme Court has approved the extradition of a Russian national to the United States on charges related to allegedly circumventing sanctions by exporting military components to Russia through Hong Kong. The case highlights international cooperation in enforcing export controls and trade sanctions against Russia.

Swedish authorities have arrested two individuals and conducted raids across southern and western Sweden in connection with suspected violations of EU sanctions against Russia.

Swedish authorities have arrested a second crew member from the seized oil tanker Sea Owl I on suspicion of using false documents related to the vessel's purported re-registration. The Coast Guard's investigation continues to uncover irregularities in the ship's documentation following its initial seizure in March, when doubts were raised about the validity of its Comorian flag registration.

On Saturday Swedish authorities took control of the cargo vessel, Caffa. Video of the seizure has been released.

It is being reported that the Swedish authorities have commenced three preliminary investigations into possible Russian sanctions breaches during 2024.

Swedish courts have taken unprecedented action by ordering the formal seizure of the cargo ship Caffa, allegedly used to transport grain from Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory.

After a Russian vessel had engine trouble and entered Swedish territorial waters, Swedish Customs boarded the vessel and commenced...

It is being reported that Sweden's Security Service, Säpo, conducted an operation in December involving raiding premises...

Press reporting of a civil dispute between Sweden's SEB Bank and certain Russian customers associated with Olga Pavlova...

Sweden’s Public Prosecutor has issued a press release making public raids conducted this morning at the premises of an unnamed “large company” in Sundsvall.

On Friday 3 April, the Swedish Coast Guard boarded and seized control of the sanctioned “shadow fleet” tanker the Flora 1. The vessel is suspected of having caused a 12 km (8 mile) oil spill in the Baltic Sea near the island of Gotland.

Further to our earlier post regarding an investigation in Latvia into the activities of the designated Russian state entity "Pravfond", it has now been reported that a number of other investigations...

On 24 October 2017, the Swedish government proposed stricter rules on weapon export. The proposal suggests that the destination country's democratic status shall be of central consideration in a licence application.

Further to our earlier post regarding the boarding and capture of a cargo vessel, the Caffa, the Swedish Prosecutor’s Office has announced that the vessel has now been formally seized the vessel...

On Thursday the Swedish authorities seized the oil tanker the Sea Owl I, in Swedish water.

The Swedish Police have issued a report on sanctions compliance in the country, concluding that trade flows to countries neighbouring Russia suggests...

On 18 December 2023, the European Commission adopted a new package of sanctions against Russia (the twelfth) through amendments to Regulation (EU) 833/2014 ("the Regulation").

Further to our previous sanctions newsletters we herewith inform about recent sanctions developments as follows.

The Swedish Government formally adopted a National Control List for Dual-Use Products and Technologies on 25 September, 2025, to cover certain dual-use items not already included in Annex I of the EU Dual-Use Regulation.

The Swedish Supreme Court has issued a landmark ruling on whether investors can use most-favoured-nation clauses in bilateral investment treaties to access dispute resolution mechanisms from other treaties. The decision addresses a long-standing split among international arbitral tribunals and establishes criteria for when such jurisdictional "treaty shopping" is permissible under Swedish law.