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Financial crimes hit record levels

Sweden’s National Economic Crimes Bureau (EBM) last year held more people to account for economic crimes than in any previous year.

Published: 22 February 2008 18:15 CET

In addition, 832 cases resulted in legal proceedings, an increase of 23 percent, according to the Bureau’s 2007 annual report.

The average amount of time required to go from a crime being reported to an indictment also dropped by 34 percent, from 14 months in 2006 to around nine months last year.

“We’re devoting more and more resources specifically against organized crime,” said EBM head Gudrun Antemar.

Last year the agency strengthened is operational capacity by recruiting intelligence analysts and increasing its cooperation with the tax crimes division of the National Tax Board.

STRIKES

Swedish appeals court throws out Tesla licence plate complaint

A Swedish appeals court rejected Tesla's attempt to force the Transport Agency to provide them with licence plates during an ongoing strike.

Published: 17 May 2024 10:54 CEST
Swedish appeals court throws out Tesla licence plate complaint

The Göta Court of Appeal upheld a decision by the district court to throw out a request by US car manufacturer Tesla to force the Swedish Transport Agency to provide them with licence plates, on the grounds that a general court does not have jurisdiction in this case.

The district court and court of appeal argued that Tesla should instead have taken its complaint to an administrative court (förvaltningsdomstol) rather than a general court (allmän domstol).

According to the rules regulating the Transport Agency’s role in issuing licence plates in Sweden, their decisions should be appealed to an administrative court – a separate part of the court system which tries cases involving a Swedish public authority, rather than criminal cases or disputes between individuals which are tried by the general courts.

The dispute arose after postal service Postnord, in solidarity with a major strike by the Swedish metalworkers’ union, refused to deliver licence plates to Tesla, and the Transport Agency argued it wasn’t their responsibility to get the plates to Tesla in some other way.

The strike against Tesla has been going on for almost seven months.

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