Peter Sunde arrested in Sweden

Peter Sunde arrested in Sweden
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Peter Sunde arrested in Skåne

One of the brains behind the file sharing site The Pirate Bay has been arrested.

Peter Sunde, 35, was arrested today in a raid in southern Sweden.

- He has been on the run since 2012 , says Carolina Ekéus , press contact at NCIS .

Rikskriminalen state that Peter Sunde has been wanted by Interpol and that he is now arrested.

- He was arrested for him to serve a prison sentence of eight months. It's about the Pirate Bay case , says Caroline Ekéus .

Expressen says that the raid took place at a farm in Skåne Tonganoxie . According to the newspaper shall Polish police and skånsk picket police have participated in the arrest . Sentenced to prison

Peter Sunde were sentenced for aiding copyright infringement along with two other men in the Svea Court of Appeal in November 2010. Together sentenced Pirate Bay founders in addition to prison to pay damages of around 46 million.

In its judgement, the Court of Appeals held that the men through file-sharing site The Pirate Bay " has facilitated illegal file sharing in a way that lead to penalties for those who run the service ."

Peter Sunde has repeatedly applied for revision of the Supreme Court , most recently in February this year. He also refers to new cases from the European Court which deals with how to assess aiding and abetting . "Deeply unhappy '

Peter sundes defender Peter Althin says to Aftonbladet that he still finds it difficult to accept the verdict .

- Has a final judgment , you have to enter and serve this . I kväljer them but I still think that the judgement is deeply unfortunate and inaccurate when it comes to him. There was nothing that showed that he had an active part in this as he was sentenced for, says Peter Althin.

He says that an open prison now awaits Peter Sunde.

- It does not get Kumla Security or something like that. It will be a little more open prison and that will happen pretty soon, says Peter Althin.

Personal bankruptcy is usually out of the question for debts arising from unlawful behaviour. You cannot evade damages or a penalty imposed by a court just by filing bankruptcy.

Imagine a legal system where you could. Preposterous.