PREVENTIVE MEASURES AGAINST TERRORISTS BY THE SWEDISH POLICE - NCJRS TRANSLATION

• NCJ Number: 32520
• Author(s): L JILMSTAD
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 7 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: National Institute of Justice/NCJRS
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: TRANSLATION BY NELSON B ROSE OF ORGINAL ARTICLES IN SWEDISH APPEARING IN SVENSK POLIS, N 4 (1975), P 1-6, PUBLISHED BY SVENSK POLIS, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN

Annotation

DISCUSSION OF SWEDISH LEGISLATION AND POLICE EQUIPMENT AND PLANNING TO COUNTERACT TERRORIST CRIME IN COOPERATION WITH NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES.

Abstract

THE PRINCIPAL TARGETS OF TERRORISTS IN SWEDEN CAN BE EXPECTED TO BE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT, VISITING FOREIGN DIGNITARIES, AND PERSONNEL OF FOREIGN DIPLOMATIC ESTABLISHMENTS AND INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES. INFORMATION ON KNOWN TERRORISTS AND TRAVEL BY THEIR IS EXCHANGED WITH NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES. THE SWEDISH TERRORIST LAW MAY BE ALLOWED TO LAPSE IN THE NEAR FUTURE, BUT THE POLICE HOPE THAT ITS ESSENTIAL PROVISIONS WILL FIND A PLACE IN ANOTHER GROUP OF LAWS. THE PROBLEM OF THE POLICE IN DEALING WITH TERRORISTS IS COMPLICATED BY THE FACT THAT PASSPORTS ARE NOT REQUIRED FOR TRAVEL WITHIN SCANDINAVIA AND PASSPORT REGULATIONS ARE RELAXED AMONG THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY COUNTRIES. SPECIAL POLICE EQUIPMENT FOR DEALING WITH TERRORIST CRIME DOES NOT CONSIST OF WEAPONS AND SOPHISTICATED TECHNICAL DEVICES, BUT RATHER OF MATERIAL FOR THE PROTECTION OF WORKERS, SUCH AS BOMB SHIELDS AND BOMB-DISARMING EQUIPMENT USING MECHANICAL HANDS. FOR ORIGINAL ARTICLE IN SWEDISH, SEE NCJ-30028.