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Sweden tightens arrest-warrant rules for foreign sentences

Skaraborg District Court entrance and facade in Skövde, photographed in May2024.
AleWi / CC BY-SA 4.0

Sweden will require the country issuing a European arrest warrant to agree before a person can serve the foreign sentence in Sweden instead of being surrendered abroad. The change takes effect on 1 December.

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