Pirate Bay fugitive Peter Sunde arrested in Sweden

The co-founder of notorious piracy listings site The Pirate Bay has been arrested in Sweden after two years on the run.

Peter Sunde, 35, had been sentenced to eight months in prison for violating copyright laws.

He was understood to be living in Germany, and had been on Interpol's Wanted Persons list.

The arrest comes days after Sunde failed to win a seat in the European Parliament elections.

He had been standing for the Finnish arm of the Pirate Party, a political movement which advocates, among other things, reformed copyright law.

The Pirate Bay, which is blocked in the UK, is one of the most-visited websites in the world.

The site does not host pirated content, but instead offers an expansive list of links to where it can be found.

A court ruled in 2013 that the UK's major internet service providers (ISPs) must stop users from accessing the site.

However, the site is still popular among determined users who make use of other tools to get around the ban.

:story: BBC News