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Female Swedish ‘spy’ officer off the hook

There is to be no indictment against a female officer suspected of having leaked secret NATO and United Nations documents to her Serbian lover whilst on duty in Kosovo.

Published: 16 June 2008 12:48 CEST

On Monday, chief prosecutor Tomas Lindstrand finally closed the case. According to him, the female officer is no longer under suspicion of breaching national security.

Ever since the 35-year-old woman was sent home to Sweden in 2006, she has been subject to a number of investigations. Following preliminary investigations by the Military Intelligence and Security Service (Militära underrättelse- och säkerhetstjänsten – MUST), it was decided that there were not sufficient grounds to remove her from the army.

However, the lieutenant-ranked woman was then subject to further investigations during 2007 and 2008. She was suspected of sending sensitive information to her Serbian spy lover via e-mail.

The man, referred to in the investigation as ‘Z’, was working as an interpreter for the UN in Kosovo when he met the female officer.