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On June 30, 2026, the Swedish Government published a partial report titled "Effective Interventions Against Crime in the Cyber Environment" (SOU 2026:45) from the Ministry of Justice's inquiry into secret and preventive coercive measures. The report concludes that increased digitalisation and technological development have created new opportunities for criminals, with nearly all crime now containing a digital component. Cybercrime represents a growing threat to both individuals and national security. The report identifies that law enforcement agencies lack effective tools to address contemporary cybercrime, necessitating a new strategy focused on preventing, disrupting, and interrupting crime and criminal activity in the cyber environment. The inquiry proposes a new law on police interventions in the cyber environment, granting the Swedish Police Authority (Polismyndigheten), the Security Police (Säkerhetspolisen), and the Swedish Customs Agency (Tullverket) authority to intervene against cybercrime during criminal investigations and intelligence operations. Interventions may be conducted where particularly important for preventing or interrupting crime, disrupting criminal activity, or mapping whether an information system is being used for criminal purposes. The agencies would gain rights to access information systems and modify or block data within them. In certain cases, agencies may also delete data, such as abuse material or malware, though deletion must be used restrictively when less intrusive measures prove insufficient and the intervention is of particular importance. The report proposes safeguards including clear requirements for crimes' connection to Sweden, proportionality, documentation, special oversight, and protection for particularly sensitive information systems and data. Interventions must concern crime of a certain severity level and remain limited to what is necessary for the purpose. The proposed law is set to enter into force on July 1, 2027, and will be time-limited, applying for five years.

On June 30, 2026, the Swedish government published a partial report titled "Effective Interventions Against Crime in the Cyber Environment" from the Ministry of Justice's inquiry into secret and preventive coercive measures. The report concludes that increased digitalisation and technological development have created new opportunities for criminals, with nearly all crime now containing a digital component. Cybercrime represents a growing threat to both individuals and national security. The report identifies that law enforcement agencies lack effective tools to address contemporary cybercrime, necessitating a new strategy focused on preventing, disrupting and interrupting crime and criminal activity in the cyber environment. The inquiry proposes a new law on police interventions in the cyber environment, granting the Swedish Police Authority (Polismyndigheten), the Security Police (Säkerhetspolisen) and the Swedish Customs Agency (Tullverket) authority to intervene against cybercrime during criminal investigations and intelligence operations. Interventions may be conducted where particularly important for preventing or interrupting crime, disrupting criminal activity or mapping whether an information system is being used for criminal purposes. The agencies would gain rights to access information systems and modify or block data within them. In certain cases, agencies may also delete data, such as abuse material or malware, although deletion must be used restrictively when less intrusive measures prove insufficient and the intervention is of particular importance. The report proposes safeguards, including clear requirements for the connection of crimes to Sweden, proportionality, documentation, special oversight and protection for particularly sensitive information systems and data. Interventions must concern crime of a certain severity level and remain limited to what is necessary for the purpose. The proposed law is set to enter into force on July 1, 2027, and will be time-limited for five years.

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