Sweden shuns formal joint investigation of Nord Stream leak, citing national security

Sweden has rejected plans to set up a formal joint investigation team with Denmark and Germany to look into the recent ruptures of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, said a Swedish prosecutor investigating the leaks, Report informs via Reuters.

Sweden had rejected the proposal for a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) from the judicial co-operation agency Eurojust because such a joint investigation would include legal agreements under which Sweden would have to share information from its own investigation that it deemed confidential.