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Sweden Will Deliver Pirate Bay Co-Founder To Denmark
wiredmikey writes "Sweden said it will hand over Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg to Denmark where he is wanted for questioning on alleged hacking charges. 'It (the extradition) will take place on November 27,' the prosecutor in charge of the case, Henrik Olin, said, adding that Sweden was responding to an arrest warrant issued by Copenhagen. In June, Danish police revealed that the 30-year-old Swedish hacker is suspected of illegally downloading police files between April and August 2012. He is currently serving a one-year sentence in Sweden for hacking into the computer systems of contractors working for the national tax authority."
Free Julian? .... Thanks, but I have all I want already.
Seems like transporting him to Denmark means there is already a preformed conclusion.
It is customary to bring the accused to the judicial system where charges are to be considered, not the other way around, even in the EU.
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Yah this doesn't make much sense to me. If you want to question someone, why does this require shipping him around? Seems that sort of thing should be reserved at least for people who have actually been charged with something.
"I opened my eyes, and everything went dark again"
Yah this doesn't make much sense to me. If you want to question someone, why does this require shipping him around?
It's not like they're sending him to gitmo. It's the country next door. 300 miles at most. He doesn't even need to show his passport. Chill out dude.
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Yah this doesn't make much sense to me. If you want to question someone, why does this require shipping him around?
It's not like they're sending him to gitmo. It's the country next door. 300 miles at most. He doesn't even need to show his passport. Chill out dude.
300 miles or 3. We still use phones for a fucking reason. He's wanted for questioning, not a goddamn makeover.
I'm confused--isn't he hiding out because he's worried about getting extradited to Sweden to face rape charges?
Okay but does Denmark not have telephones? email? iChat? Skype?
Also I'm an American, does Denmark have the right against self incrimination like we do? It would be a waste of money to ship him 300 miles for him to just say nothing and get shipped back.
Extraditing someone for charges is indeed customary. Extraditing someone for questioning is not.
In SOVIET RUSSIA... erm...NSA AMERICA, the Internet logs onto YOU!
Hack mainframes and exfiltrate police data, as well as hack back mainframes and attempt to grab get hold of other people's money, and you will very likely be charges.
Of course Warg aka anakata claims he had nothing to do with it, that it's traced back to him because he had an "open lab computer", but that's the oldest excuse in the book... and with the kind of boasting anakata used to do online, well, I think there's a pretty good chance he did play an active part. If it was because the USAnians wanted to get hold of him, Sweden is really already their little bitch and would gladly roll over.
Coffee-driven development.
According to this he is being charged in Denmark. The extradition is not just for question. Denmark wants to put him on trial.
What I'm asking is why people are concerned about him being extradited to the US when, as far as anyone knows, the US doesn't want him.
Also I'm an American, does Denmark have the right against self incrimination like we do?
Not only does Denmark have a right against self incrimination, defendants in criminal cases cannot commit perjury and do not have to swear to tell the truth. There is no doubt that he will be given the rights of an accused person.
I believe the article is wrong though, the case against him has been under preparation by the Danish police for a long time. Formal charges cannot be far away.
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Don't be silly. He's hiding out because he's afraid of the United States. That's why he was freely roaming the streets of America's closest ally, a country with long-standing extradition agreements with the United States, and only decided to seek refuge after exhausting his appeals in the Swedish investigation.
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
We do have all of that ...
Skype was actually developed by a Dane and a Swede, but your ignorance is forgiven since you are american.
The original investigation was carried out by swedish police who found the ties to the crime in Denmark. A Swedish judge has decided that the evidence is strong enough for a trial in Denmark.
What he is accused for is a crime in both Sweden and Denmark and the offended part is a danish authority. The penalty is also similar in both countries so it makes sense the trial him in Denmark.
He does have the right to stay silent, but he also has the right to defend himself, and compared to the cost of the investigation i don't think a couple of policemens salary and some plane tickets are going to matter much.