Sweden adds details to arrest warrant for Assange

STOCKHOLM - Swedish authorities have added details to an international arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, wanted over allegations of sexual crimes, officials said Friday.

The founder of the whistleblower website is being sought by Swedish authorities on suspicion of rape, sexual molestation and unlawful coercion.

Assange has denied the allegations, saying they are part of a smear campaign.

Prosecutor Marianne Ny told DPA that she did not know if the information had reached British authorities.

Britain required that the warrant mention the maximum sentences for all the alleged crimes for which Assange is being investigated, while the Swedish legal authorities only listed the sanction for rape, the crime with the longest term.

The Swedish Supreme Court Thursday rejected an appeal filed by Assange against the detention order.

Ny said she assumed all authorities would work to ensure Assange’s arrest.

The whereabouts of Assange, 39, are unknown, and he has recently given interviews from an undisclosed location.

WikiLeaks is the focus of international attention after it began publishing some 250,000 confidential US diplomatic cables Sunday.