Sweden in Focus

Anger over prisoner swap with Iran, and how strawberries fuel Sweden's gangs

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Episode notes

Strawberries linked to organised crime, US designates Swedish neo-Nazis as terrorists, opinion divided over prisoner swap with Iran.

Host Paul O’Mahony is joined this week by regular panelists James Savage and Emma Löfgren. 

Here are links to some of the topics discussed in the episode:

Crime

• Illegal Swedish strawberry sales raise billions of kronor for organised crime

Terrorism

• US designates Nordic far-right group as terrorists 

Sweden and Iran

• Swedish EU diplomat freed from Iran says he's 'in seventh heaven' 
• 'Why not me?' Imprisoned academic Djalali delivers stinging rebuke over prisoner swap 

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