Migrationsverket Employee Leaks Sensitive Data to Iranian Agent

• •A Migrationsverket employee leaked sensitive data to an Iranian agent.
• •The employee had extensive contact with an Iranian intelligence officer.
• •A supervisor at Migrationsverket is under investigation for unauthorized data access.

A Migrationsverket employee leaked confidential information about exiled Iranians in Sweden to an Iranian agent, a refugee spy, and the leadership of the Bandidos motorcycle gang. The employee was dismissed in February 2025 after alerts from the Swedish Security Service (Säpo) regarding his disloyalty to the Swedish state. Investigations revealed that the employee had frequent contacts with an Iranian intelligence officer stationed at the Iranian embassy in Stockholm, which included 85 digital communications and several in-person meetings from 2016 to 2017. Following this incident, a supervisor at Migrationsverket has been suspended and reported to the police for unauthorized access to sensitive databases, raising concerns about data security within the agency. The police investigation into the supervisor is ongoing, and Migrationsverket has classified the actions as very serious.