Lars Ericsson
 Lars Ericsson  (spook) | ||||||||||
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| Died | June 2012 | |||||||||
Cause of death | drowning "suicide" | |||||||||
| Nationality | Swedish | |||||||||
Leader of Sweden's most powerful and secretive intelligence service Office for Special Acquisition, found drowned in 2012.
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Colonel Lars Ericsson was leader of the Office for Special Acquisition (KSI). He disappeared without a trace, before he was found drowned in June 2012.[1][2][3] The disappearance and death of the Swedish spy chief triggered a crisis at the highest level in the military leadership.
Career
During his career, he had served in several senior positions in the Armed Forces before becoming head of KSI. As head of KSI, the colonel was one of very few people who has full insight into Sweden's most secret spy operations.[1]
Official narrative
The disappearance also occurred at the same time as Chief Prosecutor Thomas Lindstrand conducted a large number of interrogations in his investigation of Project Simoom. Both the military and Säpo have investigated his suicide. All documents about his death have been classified with regard to national security.
There is no suspicion of crime, said General Counsel of the Armed Forces Stefan Ryding-Berg. Ryding-Berg also confirms that the investigation also had a special purpose, namely to try to find out if the colonel may have been subjected to extortion or something similar. There are no signs that indicate any other external influence that caused the death", he stated. The investigators at the Security Police investigated in particular how it went when the Swedish Defence Research Agency received SEK 250,000 in cash from the military intelligence service to start the illegal company SSTI.
