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Originally Posted by mmbutter
So, in Sweden a thief can not be arrested if all he does is claim that he bought the stolen items and "had no reason to suspect it was stolen"? He gets away scott free and is even allowed to keep the stolen items?
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Up until 2003 that defence were possible in Sweden, yes. However the judge would also consider if the argument were plausible or not. If the judge decides that the story is false and the defendant is actually the thief (s)he would not get away with it and the gods would be returned to the original owner.
But if the goods were bought second hand and the current user could for example show a receipt from the thief the current user would keep the goods.