# The Weird World of Thieves in Sweden https://blog.cynexia.com/the-weird-world-of-thieves-in-sweden Author: [Rob Aleck](https://blog.cynexia.com/pages/about) · https://github.com/mnbf9rca · https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertaleck/ · https://family-foqos.app/ Published: 2018-06-04 Categories: LinkedIn cross-post As Sweden turns to an increasingly cashless society, criminals are having to find other ways to line their pockets. Last year a high profile string of robberies of moving trucks of Apple merchandise ([https://web.archive.org/web/20180604083500/http://digg.com/2017/sweden-truck-heist]()) were finally bought to an end by a police sting, but now criminals have started catching and selling endangered species - some can go for around $120,000 per animal. [https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/06/stealing-owls/559136/]()As the country ditches cash, some criminals turn to stealing owls.