2024-10-022024/25:JuU3 · p.2JuUJustice
Crimes that can trigger expanded forfeiture
Which crimes should be able to trigger extended confiscation
What's at stake: The decision affects how far authorities can go in confiscating proceeds from serious organised and economic crime, and whether certain serious economic offences risk falling outside the scope of extended confiscation.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The question is whether the range of crimes that can trigger extended confiscation should be expanded to explicitly include aggravated accounting offences, aggravated money laundering and aggravated business money laundering, or whether the proposed catalogue of crimes is already sufficiently comprehensive.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee agrees with the government's assessment that the new confiscation legislation, including the possibility of independent confiscation of unexplained assets, is fit for purpose in reaching proceeds from organised crime, and sees no reason to expand the proposed catalogue of crimes further at this time; the motion is therefore rejected.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 1 (C)
The reservation (C) wants to add aggravated accounting offences, aggravated money laundering and aggravated business money laundering to the list of crimes that can trigger extended confiscation, arguing that this would help law enforcement agencies coordinate resources and streamline investigations into serious economic crime.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 1 by C.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The decision would have held
Explicit commitments that contradicted the vote: MModeraterna, SDSverigedemokraterna
Ja 267–19Ja 151–135
Counterfactual: the parties above are moved to the position their own documents explicitly point at, carrying their whole contingent present. Every other party keeps its real figures, including dissenters and absentees.
How the AI parties would have voted
For each party: what its own plan – election manifesto and party programme – argues for in this case, next to how the party actually voted. The AI can only answer Yes or No; a party can also abstain.
| AI | Vote | Confidence | Evidence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | No | Yes 20/0/0/4 | differs | confidence: medium | derived |
| S | No | Yes 86/0/0/20 | differs | confidence: high | not addressed |
| MP | No | Yes 15/0/0/3 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| C | No | No 0/19/0/5 | match | confidence: medium | derived |
| L | No | Yes 13/0/0/3 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| KD | No | Yes 16/0/0/3 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| M | No | Yes 54/0/0/14 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: medium | explicit |
| SD | No | Yes 62/0/0/10 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: high | explicit |
Committee proposal
The Riksdag rejects motion 2023/24:2921 by Ulrika Liljeberg et al. (C) demand 1.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motion 2023/24:2921 av Ulrika Liljeberg m.fl. (C) yrkande 1.
Riksdag decision: The Riksdag agreed to the Government's proposal for new forfeiture legislation. Among other things, it shall become possible to seize assets of criminal origin from criminals, regardless of whether it can be proven that anyone has committed a specific crime. This means that a person who, for example, has large amounts of cash, large bank accounts or luxury items shall lose them if he or she does not have income that is in proportion to the property and also cannot explain where it comes from. Children and young people as well as persons who have acted under a serious mental disorder are also covered by the proposal. The new law and legislative changes enter into force on 8 November 2024.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants to add gross bookkeeping crimes, gross money laundering crimes, and business money laundering to crimes that can trigger expanded forfeiture. (C) — Reservation 1
Plan vs actual vote
Every party, in chamber order: what its own plan pointed to, how it voted, and the reasoning behind both. Highlighted rows are where the two differ — but a vote that follows the plan is a result too, so the reasoning is there for every party.
The plan requires effective monitoring of organized economic crime and greater societal transparency in companies to prevent fraud, because economic crime eliminates serious businesses and erodes tax revenues.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires effective monitoring of organized economic crime and greater societal transparency in companies to prevent fraud, because economic crime eliminates serious businesses and erodes tax revenues. Including serious accounting fraud, serious money laundering, and serious commercial money laundering in the expanded confiscation catalogue is a tool for precisely that, and the plan also emphasizes that crime prevention should reach the money that drives the criminal economy. The counter-proposal's demands are therefore supported in substance.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver en effektiv uppföljning av den organiserade ekonomiska brottsligheten och större samhällelig insyn i företag för att stävja fusk, eftersom ekobrott slår ut seriösa företag och urholkar skatteintäkterna. Att lägga grovt bokföringsbrott, grovt penningtvättsbrott och grov näringspenningtvätt i katalogen för utvidgat förverkande är ett verktyg för just det, och planen betonar också att brottsbekämpningen ska komma åt de pengar som driver den kriminella ekonomin. Motförslagets krav stöds därför i sak.
- effective monitoring of economic crimedecisive»Det behövs en effektiv uppföljning av den organiserade« (party programme ↗)“Effective monitoring of organized economic crime is needed”
- reach the criminal proceeds»Tullens och polisens resurser måste öka för att komma åt de pengar som driver narkotikahandeln.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Customs and police resources must increase to reach the money that drives drug trafficking.”
- increased transparency in companies»Vi vill gå mot en större samhällelig insyn« (party programme ↗)“We want to move towards greater societal transparency”
- economic crime eliminates serious businesses»fifflet leder till att seriösa företag slås ut och skatteintäkter uteblir.« (party programme ↗)“fraud leads to serious businesses being eliminated and tax revenues disappearing.”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The election manifesto promises to crack down hard on organized crime's financing and organization and to stop money laundering.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto promises to crack down hard on organized crime's financing and organization and to stop money laundering. The counter-proposal wants to place serious accounting crimes, serious money laundering crimes, and serious business money laundering in the extended forfeiture scheme, which is precisely a tool against criminal profits in economic crime. The plan also wants to give authorities more tools and tighten the grip on those who support organized crime, and therefore supports the demand.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet lovar att slå hårt mot den organiserade brottslighetens finansiering och organisation och att penningtvätt ska stoppas. Motförslaget vill lägga grovt bokföringsbrott, grovt penningtvättsbrott och grov näringspenningtvätt i katalogen för utvidgat förverkande, vilket är just ett verktyg mot brottsvinster i den ekonomiska brottsligheten. Planen vill dessutom ge myndigheterna fler verktyg och skärpa greppet om dem som understödjer organiserad kriminalitet, och stöder därför kravet.
- strike against criminal profitsdecisive»Slå hårt mot den organiserade brottslighetens finansiering och organisation.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Crack down hard on organized crime's financing and organization.”
- stop money laundering»Skattefusk, välfärdsbrottslighet och penningtvätt ska stoppas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tax fraud, welfare crime, and money laundering shall be stopped.”
- increased measures against support»Vi vill skärpa straffen bland annat för gängrelaterad brottslighet, för den som begår upprepade och allvarliga brott och för den som understödjer organiserad kriminalitet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to increase penalties including for gang-related crime, for those who commit repeated and serious crimes, and for those who support organized crime.”
- more tools for crime fighting»Polisen behöver också fler verktyg, som bättre möjligheter till avlyssning och husrannsakan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The police also need more tools, such as better opportunities for wiretapping and house searches.”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The plan's main commitment in the area is to cut off the criminal gangs' financing through strengthened inter-agency cooperation and attacks on organized crime's businesses, including tax crimes, so that it becomes unprofitable to be a criminal.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan's main commitment in the area is to cut off the criminal gangs' financing through strengthened inter-agency cooperation and attacks on organized crime's businesses, including tax crimes, so that it becomes unprofitable to be a criminal. To include gross bookkeeping crime, gross money laundering and gross business money laundering in the catalogue for expanded proceeds of crime is a tool of just that kind. The party programme also states that law enforcement agencies shall be given the tools required. The plan therefore supports the counter-proposal.
Original (Swedish)
Planens bärande åtagande på området är att strypa de kriminella gängens finansiering genom skärpt myndighetssamverkan och angrepp mot brottslighetens företag, inklusive skattebrott, så att det blir olönsamt att vara kriminell. Att lägga grovt bokföringsbrott, grovt penningtvättsbrott och grov näringspenningtvätt i katalogen för utvidgat förverkande är ett verktyg av just det slaget. Partiprogrammet anger också att de rättsvårdande myndigheterna ska ges de verktyg som krävs. Planen stöder därmed motförslaget.
- starve the gangs' financingdecisive»stoppa finansieringen av de kriminella gängen genom att stärka myndighetssamverkan så att myndigheterna kan slå till mot den organiserade brottslighetens företag från flera håll« (2022 manifesto ↗)“stop the financing of criminal gangs by strengthening inter-agency cooperation so that the authorities can strike against organized crime's businesses from multiple directions”
- unprofitable organized crime»I det gröna folkhemmet ska det vara så svårt och olönsamt att bedriva organiserad brottslighet att gängen drar sig tillbaka.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“In the green people's home it shall be so difficult and unprofitable to conduct organized crime that the gangs retreat.”
- tools against crime»Rättssäkerheten ska tryggas samtidigt som de rättsvårdande myndigheterna ska ges de verktyg som krävs för att bekämpa kriminaliteten och öka tryggheten i samhället.« (party programme ↗)“Legal security shall be safeguarded at the same time as law enforcement agencies shall be given the tools needed to combat crime and increase security in society.”
- serious crime threatens democracy»Den grova organiserade brottsligheten utgör ett hot mot demokratin och människors frihet.« (party programme ↗)“Serious organized crime poses a threat to democracy and people's freedom.”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The election manifesto demands that gangs' income be investigated and cut off and that society not give way to gangs, with more resources to the entire criminal justice chain.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto demands that gangs' income be investigated and cut off and that society not give way to gangs, with more resources to the entire criminal justice chain. To allow serious accounting fraud and serious money laundering to trigger expanded forfeiture hits precisely the profits of organised crime and follows from that commitment. The plan at the same time protects the principles of the rule of law, but the counter-proposal expands a crime catalogue and does not affect the burden of proof.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet kräver att gängens inkomster utreds och stryps och att samhället inte ska vika sig för gängen, med mer resurser till hela rättskedjan. Att låta grovt bokföringsbrott och grova penningtvättsbrott utlösa utvidgat förverkande träffar just vinsterna av organiserad brottslighet och följer av det åtagandet. Planen värnar samtidigt rättsstatens principer, men motförslaget utvidgar en brottskatalog och rör inte bevisbördan.
- cut off gangs' incomedecisive»Dessutom bör en utredning om gängens inkomster och hur dessa kan strypas genomföras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Moreover, an investigation into gangs' income and how it can be cut off should be conducted.”
- crackdown on gang crime»För att besegra dem krävs bättre insatser som förebygger nyrekrytering, mer resurser till polis, åklagare, domstolar och kriminalvården och strängare straff.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“To defeat them requires better measures that prevent recruitment, more resources for police, prosecutors, courts, and the prison service, and harsher sentences.”
- prevent and deter crime»Kriminalpolitiken ska därför både förebygga och avskräcka från brott, stödja brottsdrabbade och stimulera dem som har begått olagliga handlingar till en ny livssituation utan brottslighet.« (party programme ↗)“Criminal policy should therefore both prevent and deter crime, support crime victims, and encourage those who have committed illegal acts to a new situation without crime.”
- rule-of-law guarantees»Rättsstaten och individens rättigheter gentemot staten måste försvaras. Vi säger därför nej till visitationszoner, kollektiv bestraffning, omvänd bevisbörda, anonyma vittnen, preventiv avlyssning och inskränkningar av religionsfriheten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The rule of law and individuals' rights against the state must be defended. We therefore say no to stop-and-search zones, collective punishment, reversed burden of proof, anonymous witnesses, preventive wiretapping, and restrictions on freedom of religion.”
The plan wants to tighten sanctions for organized crime and improve the justice system's ability to investigate and prosecute, and the election manifesto establishes that more serious crime requires tougher action.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan wants to tighten sanctions for organized crime and improve the justice system's ability to investigate and prosecute, and the election manifesto establishes that more serious crime requires tougher action. Allowing serious accounting fraud and serious money laundering offences to trigger expanded confiscation is such a tool against serious economic crime. The plan does not mention confiscation rules, so the support is derived.
Original (Swedish)
Planen vill skärpa påföljderna vid organiserad brottslighet och förbättra rättsväsendets förmåga att utreda och lagföra, och valmanifestet slår fast att grövre brottslighet kräver hårdare tag. Att låta grovt bokföringsbrott och grova penningtvättsbrott utlösa utvidgat förverkande är ett sådant verktyg mot den grova ekonomiska brottsligheten. Planen nämner inte förverkandereglerna, varför täckningen är härledd.
- stricter penalties for organized crimedecisive»Påföljdssystemet ska förändras så att återfall och upprepad brottslighet ger strängare straff« (party programme ↗)“The penalty system shall be changed so that repeat offences and repeated crime result in stricter sentences”
- toughened sentences»En grövre brottslighet kräver längre straff.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More serious crime requires longer sentences.”
- more efficient justice system»Rättsväsendets förmåga och effektivitet behöver förbättras så att« (party programme ↗)“The justice system's ability and efficiency need to be improved so that”
- stronger crime-fighting»Gränsöverskridande brottslighet måste mötas med en gränsöverskridande polis.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Transnational crime must be met with transnational police.”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The election manifesto commits to seizing criminals' status symbols to strike against organized crime and its role models, and to expand the entire justice system.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto commits to seizing criminals' status symbols to strike against organized crime and its role models, and to expand the entire justice system. The party programme requires that all crime is effectively and without exception prosecuted and that violations of others' property are never tolerated. Adding serious bookkeeping crime and serious money laundering crime to the catalogue for expanded forfeiture thus lies in the plan's line.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet åtar sig att beslagta kriminellas statussymboler för att slå mot den organiserade brottsligheten och dess förebilder, och att bygga ut hela rättsväsendet. Partiprogrammet kräver att alla brott effektivt och utan undantag beivras och att kränkningar av andras egendom aldrig tolereras. Att lägga till grovt bokföringsbrott och grova penningtvättsbrott i katalogen för utvidgat förverkande ligger därmed i planens linje.
- forfeit criminals' assetsdecisive»Beslagta kriminellas statussymboler och bekämpa på så sätt negativa förebilder som rekryterar unga in i gängkriminalitet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Seize criminals' status symbols and combat in this way negative role models that recruit young people into gang crime.”
- all crime shall be prosecuted»Alla brott ska effektivt och utan undantag beivras« (party programme ↗)“All crime shall be effectively and without exception prosecuted”
- expanded justice system»Hela rättsväsendet behöver byggas ut. Fler poliser kräver fler åklagare, domstolar på fler platser i landet och en kraftigt utbyggd kriminalvård.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The entire justice system needs to be expanded. More police require more prosecutors, courts in more places in the country and significantly expanded prison services.”
- zero tolerance for property crime»brottsoffrets sida. Övergrepp och kränkningar av medmänniskors integritet och egendom kan aldrig tole« (party programme ↗)“assault and violations of fellow humans' integrity and property can never tolerate”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The plan's commitment is to take the criminals' money and even introduce a reversal of the burden of proof to be able to confiscate assets, and that legislation should be adapted so that more face accountability.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan's commitment is to take the criminals' money and even introduce a reversal of the burden of proof to be able to confiscate assets, and that legislation should be adapted so that more face accountability. Expanding the crime catalogue for extended confiscation with serious accounting fraud, serious money laundering and gross commercial money laundering is a less far-reaching step in the same direction. The plan moreover wants more crimes to lead to convictions. Therefore the plan supports the requirement.
Original (Swedish)
Planens åtagande är att ta de kriminellas pengar och att till och med införa omvänd bevisbörda för att kunna beslagta tillgångar, och att lagstiftningen ska anpassas så att fler ställs till svars. Att utvidga brottskatalogen för utvidgat förverkande med grovt bokföringsbrott, grovt penningtvättsbrott och grov näringspenningtvätt är ett mindre långtgående steg i samma riktning. Planen vill dessutom att fler brott ska leda till fällande dom. Därför stöder planen kravet.
- take crime proceedsdecisive»Ta gängens pengar och införa en omvänd bevisbörda för att kunna beslagta gängmedlemmarnas lyxprylar« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Take gang members' money and introduce a reversal of the burden of proof to be able to confiscate gang members' luxury items”
- tougher legislation against gangs»Gängen är Sveriges inhemska terrorister – och lagstiftningen måste anpassas därefter så att fler ställs till svars och försvinner från gatan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Gangs are Sweden's domestic terrorists – and legislation must be adapted accordingly so that more are held accountable and disappear from the streets.”
- more effective prosecution»Satsa på fler åklagare så att fler brott kan leda till fällande dom« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Invest in more prosecutors so that more crimes can lead to convictions”
- stiff sentences for serious crimes»Grova brott ska leda till stränga straff och kännbara skadestånd.« (party programme ↗)“Serious crimes shall lead to stiff sentences and tangible damages.”
The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.
The plan requires far-reaching opportunities to seize assets in circles around criminals and that the justice system receive more effective tools against serious crime.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires far-reaching opportunities to seize assets in circles around criminals and that the justice system receive more effective tools against serious crime. Adding aggravated bookkeeping crime, aggravated money laundering crime and serious business money laundering among the crimes that can trigger expanded forfeiture is precisely such an expansion. The plan therefore supports the demand.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver långtgående möjligheter att beslagta tillgångar i kretsen kring kriminella och att rättsväsendet får effektivare verktyg mot grov brottslighet. Att lägga till grovt bokföringsbrott, grovt penningtvättsbrott och grov näringspenningtvätt bland de brott som kan utlösa utvidgat förverkande är precis en sådan utvidgning. Planen stöder därför kravet.
- far-reaching forfeiture of assetsdecisive»Polis, socialtjänst och kronofogde ska ges verktyg att statuera exempel och göra den kriminella livsstilen oattraktiv, t.ex. genom långtgående möjligheter att beslagta tillgångar i kretsen kring kriminella« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Police, social services and the enforcement authority shall be given tools to make examples and make the criminal lifestyle unattractive, for example through far-reaching opportunities to seize assets in circles around criminals”
- more effective tools against gang crime»Framförallt behöver rättsväsendet få mer effektiva verktyg för att bekämpa gängbrott.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Above all, the justice system needs more effective tools to combat gang crime.”
- better tools against economic crime»Rättsväsendets samverkan mellan myndigheter och verktyg för att upptäcka och lagföra kriminella ska förbättras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The justice system's cooperation between authorities and tools for detecting and prosecuting criminals should be improved.”
- crime should not pay»Bryta attraktiveten av en kriminell livsstil« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Break the attractiveness of a criminal lifestyle”
The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.
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Sources and documents
- The committee report on riksdagen.se (2024/25:JuU3)
- Committee report full text (HC01JuU3)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
- Motion 2023/24:2910 — med anledning av prop. 2023/24:144 En ny förverkandelagstiftning av Gudrun Nordborg m.fl. (V)
- Motion 2023/24:2919 — med anledning av prop. 2023/24:144 En ny förverkandelagstiftning av Rasmus Ling m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2023/24:2921 — med anledning av prop. 2023/24:144 En ny förverkandelagstiftning av Ulrika Liljeberg m.fl. (C)
- Proposition 2023/24:144 — En ny förverkandelagstiftning
Source: The Swedish Parliament