The co-founder of file-sharing site The Pirate Bay has been arrested in Sweden after being on the run for nearly two years.
Peter Sunde was arrested in southern Sweden to serve an outstanding sentence for copyright violations, Swedish police said on Saturday.
Sunde had been wanted by Interpol since 2012 after being sentenced in Sweden to prison and fined for breaching copyright laws.
Carolina Ekeus, spokesman at the Swedish National Police Board, said: 'We have been looking for him since 2012.
'He was given eight months in jail so he has to serve his sentence.'
Ekeus said Sunde had been arrested on Saturday in the southern Swedish county of Skane but she was not able to provide further details.
Four men linked to Pirate Bay were originally sentenced to one year in prison and a fine of 32 million crowns ($4.8 million).
An appeals court later reduced the prison sentences by varying amounts, but raised the fine to 46 million Swedish crowns ($6.9 million).
In September, 2012, Cambodia arrested and deported another Pirate Bay co-founder at Sweden's request.
Refrence: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2645729/Pirate-Bay-founder-arrested.html
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