In other, rather ironic, news, two Irishmen brutally assaulted a Swedish citizen on a ferryboat from Sweden to Finland. They were taken into custody on arrival in Finland, but were later released because the crime occurred on Swedish waters. The men subsequently returned to Ireland.

The Swedish police decided to drop the case irrespective of ample CCTV evidence and both men having pleaded guilty. Quoting prosecutor Thomas Holst: "Were we to try to get everyone suspected of a less serious crime extradited, we would have to work around the clock."