Through a European operation, the Swedish police have participated in stopping the hacker forum Raidforums, which was started in 2015 and was used as a marketplace for members who have traded in various types of hacked information.

It has been about account information, customer information and medical records from different countries. 

- Three domains have been seized during the investigation.

They have been seized from 2016 to February 2022, says Björn Eriksson, group manager of complex cybercrime at the police's national operational department, Noa.

Swedish man played a significant role

A total of three people have been arrested, including a man from Portugal who is the founder of the forum.

According to Björn Eriksson, these people have played crucial roles in the marketplace's survival and functioning.

- Three people have been arrested.

A suspected administrator who is Portuguese who was arrested in the UK at the end of January.

Since then, two assistants have been arrested for him, who have helped run this marketplace or this forum, says Björn Eriksson and continues:

- We can comment on one person and it is a Swedish man who has been arrested here in Sweden on suspicion of a serious money laundering offense.

The police do not want to comment on how the Swedish police received the information about the Swedish man due to an ongoing preliminary investigation, but Björn Eriksson confirms that the Swedish man has worked mainly from Sweden. 

Swedish police played a major role in the international operation

Swedish police have both conducted the Swedish preliminary investigation, but also played a major role in the international investigation into the marketplace.

According to Björn Eriksson, the effort is of significant importance and that the hacker forum has been very widespread in the cyber world as over half a million members have used it.

- It takes a while to build that trust in a forum for people to trust it and for people to post their material and buy on the marketplace.

- That Raidforums would open up again, I see as less likely, says Björn Eriksson.