2025-04-102024/25:JuU16 · p.5JuUJustice
Security risks related to facilities supply
Security risks from private ownership of judicial-system properties
What's at stake: Courts, correctional facilities and police buildings are sensitive public functions; if ownership of such premises ends up with disreputable or criminally linked actors, it could pose a security risk and undermine democratic oversight of the justice system's infrastructure.
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 government should commission an inquiry mapping how large a share of judicial-system properties is owned by private companies and any links to serious crime, or whether it is enough that the government has already noted the issue of security risks tied to authorities' premises.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee notes that the issue of security risks linked to authorities' premises has already been noted by the government and therefore does not consider that parliament needs to take its own initiative; the motions are rejected.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 5 (V)
The reservation points out that some judicial-system properties are owned by private companies, including examples linked to serious crime, and holds that parliament is entitled to insight and that the government should commission an inquiry mapping how large a share of these properties is privately owned and what links to criminal activity exist.
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 5 by V.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
What each plan points to — and how the party voted
For each party: the vote its own election manifesto and party programme point to in this case, next to how the party actually voted. A plan can only point to Yes or No; a party can also abstain.
| Plan | Vote | Confidence | Evidence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | No | No 0/19/0/5 | follows the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| S | No | Yes 89/0/0/17 | departs from the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| MP | No | Yes 13/0/0/5 | departs from the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| C | No | Yes 20/0/0/4 | departs from the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| L | No | Yes 12/0/0/4 | departs from the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| KD | No | Yes 14/0/0/5 | departs from the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| M | No | Yes 56/0/0/12 | departs from the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| SD | No | Yes 62/0/0/10 | departs from the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
Committee proposal
The Riksdag rejects the motions 2024/25:665 by Mattias Eriksson Falk and Roger Hedlund (both SD) and 2024/25:1904 by Gudrun Nordborg et al. (V) motion 5.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna 2024/25:665 av Mattias Eriksson Falk och Roger Hedlund (båda SD) och 2024/25:1904 av Gudrun Nordborg m.fl. (V) yrkande 5.
Riksdag decision: The Riksdag rejected approximately 50 proposals in motions on procedural law questions. Including with reference to ongoing work. The proposals were submitted during the general motion period 2024 and concern, among other things, legislation on coercive measures, court proceedings, Sweden's Courts and legal aid.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants video participation to be regularly offered in court proceedings for plaintiffs and witnesses who fear meeting the perpetrator. (V) — Reservation 5
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 party programme wants greater societal insight into companies where needed to combat fraud, and the election manifesto warns that privatizations have opened for criminals to profit from taxpayers' money.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme wants greater societal insight into companies where needed to combat fraud, and the election manifesto warns that privatizations have opened for criminals to profit from taxpayers' money. A survey of private ownership of the justice system's real estate and of connections to crime is exactly that kind of insight. The plan moreover wants to strengthen shared ownership of infrastructure, which speaks the same way.
Original (Swedish)
Partiprogrammet vill ha en större samhällelig insyn i företag där det behövs för att stävja fusk, och valmanifestet varnar för att privatiseringar öppnat för kriminella att sko sig på skattemedel. En kartläggning av privat ägande av rättsväsendets fastigheter och av kopplingar till kriminalitet är precis den sortens insyn. Planen vill dessutom stärka det gemensamma ägandet av infrastruktur, vilket talar samma väg.
- insight in companies to combat frauddecisive»Vi vill gå mot en större samhällelig insyn« (party programme ↗)“We want to move towards greater societal insight”
- privatization opens for crime»Privatiseringarna av välfärden öppnar upp för kriminella att sko sig på skattemedel.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The privatizations of welfare open up for criminals to profit from taxpayers' money.”
- shared ownership of infrastructure»vi kraftigt stärka det gemensamma ägandet« (party programme ↗)“we strongly strengthen shared ownership”
- combat economic crime»fifflet leder till att seriösa företag slås ut och skatteintäkter uteblir.« (party programme ↗)“cheating leads to serious companies being driven out and tax income being lost.”
The election manifesto wants to hit hard against organized crime's financing and organization and pursue an uncompromising fight against crime, and the party programme requires that administration be built on public access and transparency.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto wants to hit hard against organized crime's financing and organization and pursue an uncompromising fight against crime, and the party programme requires that administration be built on public access and transparency. A mapping of private ownership of judicial system properties and its connections to serious crime follows from these commitments. However, premises provision is not specifically mentioned in the documents.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet vill slå hårt mot den organiserade brottslighetens finansiering och organisation och för en kompromisslös kamp mot kriminaliteten, och partiprogrammet kräver att förvaltningen bygger på offentlighet och insyn. En kartläggning av privat ägande av rättsväsendets fastigheter och dess kopplingar till grov kriminalitet följer av dessa åtaganden. Just lokalförsörjningen nämns inte i dokumenten.
- against crime's economydecisive»Slå hårt mot den organiserade brottslighetens finansiering och organisation.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Hit hard against organized crime's financing and organization.”
- uncompromising crime-fighting»Kampen mot kriminaliteten ska vara kompromisslös.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The fight against crime shall be uncompromising.”
- public access and transparency»Den demokratiska processen och samhällsförvaltningen måste bygga på offentlighet och« (party programme ↗)“The democratic process and public administration must be built on public access and”
- stop money laundering»Skattefusk, välfärdsbrottslighet och penningtvätt ska stoppas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tax fraud, welfare crime and money laundering shall be stopped.”
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 wants to strengthen agency cooperation so that the authorities can strike against organized crime's businesses from multiple directions, and the party programme sees serious organized crime as a threat to democracy.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto wants to strengthen agency cooperation so that the authorities can strike against organized crime's businesses from multiple directions, and the party programme sees serious organized crime as a threat to democracy. The party programme also demands good public oversight of law enforcement activity. A mapping of private ownership and criminal connections in the legal system's real estate thus aligns with the plan.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet vill stärka myndighetssamverkan så att myndigheterna kan slå till mot den organiserade brottslighetens företag från flera håll, och partiprogrammet ser den grova organiserade brottsligheten som ett hot mot demokratin. Partiprogrammet kräver dessutom god medborgerlig insyn i rättsvårdande verksamhet. En kartläggning av privat ägande och kriminella kopplingar i rättsväsendets fastigheter ligger därför i linje med planen.
- strike against gang enterprisesdecisive»stoppa finansieringen av de kriminella gängen genom att stärka myndighetssamverkan« (2022 manifesto ↗)“stop the financing of criminal gangs by strengthening agency cooperation”
- organized crime threatens democracy»grova organiserade brottsligheten utgör ett hot mot« (party programme ↗)“serious organized crime constitutes a threat to”
- oversight of the legal system»Det ska finnas god medborgerlig insyn i all« (party programme ↗)“There shall be good public oversight of all”
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 wants to investigate gangs' income and how it can be cut off, and wants to make Sweden more transparent with tightened rules against corruption.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan wants to investigate gangs' income and how it can be cut off, and wants to make Sweden more transparent with tightened rules against corruption. A survey of how much of the judiciary's property is privately owned and what connections to crime exist is the same kind of scrutiny. The plan therefore supports the requirement.
Original (Swedish)
Planen vill utreda gängens inkomster och hur de kan strypas, och vill göra Sverige mer transparent med skärpta regler mot korruption. En kartläggning av hur stor del av rättsväsendets fastigheter som ägs privat och vilka kopplingar till kriminalitet som finns är samma slags genomlysning. Planen stöder därför kravet.
- cut off gang incomedecisive»Dessutom bör en utredning om gängens inkomster och hur dessa kan strypas genomföras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Additionally, an investigation into gangs' income and how it can be cut off should be conducted.”
- transparency against corruption»Sverige ska bli ännu mer transparent. Vi vill inrätta en antikorruptionsmyndighet, skärpa regler mot korruption och införa ett lobbyregister.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden should become even more transparent. We want to establish an anti-corruption agency, strengthen rules against corruption and introduce a lobby register.”
- resist gangs»Samhället ska inte vika sig för gängen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Society should not yield to gangs.”
- protect institutions»Våra demokratiska institutioner behöver skydd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Our democratic institutions need protection.”
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 requires that the rule of law be strengthened and that the capability of the justice system be improved, and sees strategic assets in wrong hands as a security issue.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires that the rule of law be strengthened and that the capability of the justice system be improved, and sees strategic assets in wrong hands as a security issue. A mapping of who owns the justice system's premises and what connections to crime exist serves that commitment. According to the plan, publicity and transparency are also a prerequisite for scrutiny.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att rättsstaten stärks och att rättsväsendets förmåga förbättras, och ser strategiska tillgångar i orätta händer som en säkerhetsfråga. En kartläggning av vem som äger rättsväsendets lokaler och vilka kopplingar till kriminalitet som finns tjänar det åtagandet. Offentlighet och insyn är enligt planen dessutom en förutsättning för granskning.
- strengthened rule of lawdecisive»Rättsstaten ska stärkas.« (party programme ↗)“The rule of law shall be strengthened.”
- strengthened justice system»Rättsväsendets förmåga och effektivitet behöver förbättras« (party programme ↗)“The capability and efficiency of the justice system needs to be improved”
- ownership of strategic assets is scrutinized»Den utveckling där odemokratiska eller rentav totalitära stater förvärvar strategiska tillgångar i« (party programme ↗)“The development where undemocratic or even totalitarian states acquire strategic assets in”
- publicity and transparency»Offentlighetsprincipen har en grundläggande betydelse för att förankra och fördjupa folkstyret,« (party programme ↗)“The principle of publicity has fundamental significance for anchoring and deepening democratic governance,”
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 requires a total review of secrecy rules so that authorities can share information to prevent and clear up crimes, and wants to strike at criminals' assets.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires a total review of secrecy rules so that authorities can share information to prevent and clear up crimes, and wants to strike at criminals' assets. A mapping of who owns the justice system's real property and what connections to crime exist serves exactly that purpose. The plan furthermore wants to build up the entire justice system and requires that all crimes be combated.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver en total översyn av sekretessreglerna så att myndigheter kan dela uppgifter för att förebygga och klara upp brott, och vill slå mot kriminellas tillgångar. En kartläggning av vem som äger rättsväsendets fastigheter och vilka kopplingar till kriminalitet som finns tjänar just det syftet. Planen vill dessutom bygga ut hela rättsväsendet och kräver att alla brott beivras.
- authorities shall share informationdecisive»Total översyn av sekretessreglerna, så att myndigheter kan dela uppgifter mellan sig för att förebygga och klara upp brott.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Total review of secrecy rules, so that authorities can share information with each other to prevent and clear up crimes”
- strike at criminals' assets»Beslagta kriminellas statussymboler och bekämpa på så sätt negativa förebilder som rekryterar unga in i gängkriminalitet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Seize criminals' status symbols and in that way combat negative role models that recruit young people into gang crime”
- 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 built up. More police require more prosecutors, courts in more places in the country and significantly expanded criminal care”
- all crimes shall be combated»Alla brott ska effektivt och utan undantag beivras, också sådana som kan avfärdas som smärre brott« (party programme ↗)“All crimes shall be effectively and without exception combated, also such that can be dismissed as minor crimes”
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 counter-proposal requires a survey of how large a part of the justice system's properties are owned privately and any connections to serious crime.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The counter-proposal requires a survey of how large a part of the justice system's properties are owned privately and any connections to serious crime. The plan uses precisely surveying as a tool against criminal structures, wants to access criminals' assets and give security-sensitive activities better protection against espionage and attacks. The state's hard core must never be negotiable. The plan therefore supports the requirement.
Original (Swedish)
Motförslaget kräver en kartläggning av hur stor del av rättsväsendets fastigheter som ägs privat och av eventuella kopplingar till grov kriminalitet. Planen använder just kartläggning som verktyg mot kriminella strukturer, vill komma åt kriminellas tillgångar och ge säkerhetskänslig verksamhet bättre skydd mot spionage och angrepp. Statens hårda kärna får aldrig vara förhandlingsbar. Planen stöder därför kravet.
- map criminal structuresdecisive»Ge Brå i uppdrag att kartlägga de kriminella klaner som är aktiva i Sverige idag« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Commission Brå to map the criminal gangs that are active in Sweden today”
- protection of security-sensitive activities»Ge företag som är engagerade i säkerhetskänslig verksamhet bättre stöd från staten att kunna möta cyberattacker, spionage och stöldförsök från främmande makt« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give companies engaged in security-sensitive activities better support from the state to meet cyberattacks, espionage and theft attempts from foreign powers”
- access to criminals' assets»Ta gängens pengar och införa en omvänd bevisbörda för att kunna beslagta gängmedlemmarnas lyxprylar« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Take the gangs' money and introduce a reversed burden of proof to be able to seize gang members' luxury items”
- the state's core non-negotiable»Statens hårda kärna får aldrig vara förhandlingsbar.« (party programme ↗)“The state's hard core must never be negotiable.”
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 identifies that clans and organized crime infiltrate state bodies as a growing threat and wants to counter clan power within the public sector.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan identifies that clans and organized crime infiltrate state bodies as a growing threat and wants to counter clan power within the public sector. It also wants measures to be taken to better map criminals and for the justice system to get tools against gangs. A mapping of private ownership of justice system property and its links to crime follows from this.
Original (Swedish)
Planen pekar ut att klaner och organiserad brottslighet infiltrerar samhällsorgan som ett växande hot och vill motverka klanernas makt inom det offentliga. Den vill också att åtgärder vidtas för att bättre kartlägga kriminella och att rättsväsendet får verktyg mot gängen. En kartläggning av privat ägande av rättsväsendets fastigheter och dess kopplingar till kriminalitet följer av detta.
- against criminal infiltrationdecisive»Att klaner, organiserad brottslighet och islamister infiltrerar samhällsorgan är ett växande hot mot den demokratiska modellen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“That clans, organized crime and Islamists infiltrate state bodies is a growing threat to the democratic model.”
- counter clan power»Motverka klanernas makt, både inom det offentliga och inom civilsamhället« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Counter clan power, both within the public sector and within civil society”
- map criminal networks»Åtgärder ska vidtas för att bättre kunna kartlägga gängaktiva genom t.ex. underrättelsearbete och informationsinhämtning, spaning, kameraövervakning och avlyssning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Measures shall be taken to better map gang-active individuals through, for example, intelligence work and information gathering, surveillance, camera surveillance and wiretapping.”
- tools against gangs»Ge rättsväsendet resurser och verktyg för att bekämpa gängen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give the justice system resources and tools to combat gangs”
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.
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Sources and documents
- The committee report on riksdagen.se (2024/25:JuU16)
- Committee report full text (HC01JuU16)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
- Motion 2024/25:100 — Införande av ämbetsdräkt för domare av Torsten Elofsson (KD)
- Motion 2024/25:1309 — Ett reformerat system med nämndemän av Rasmus Ling m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2024/25:1490 — Ett rättssystem som sätter brottsoffret i fokus av Magnus Berntsson (KD)
- Motion 2024/25:1657 — Kriminalisering av det ekonomiska våldet av Karin Sundin (S)
- Motion 2024/25:1904 — Åtgärder mot organiserad brottslighet av Gudrun Nordborg m.fl. (V)
- Motion 2024/25:1929 — Rättsväsendet av Gudrun Nordborg m.fl. (V)
- Motion 2024/25:1997 — Märkning av åtelkameror och fällor med jägar-id av Erik Ottoson (M)
- Motion 2024/25:2022 — Ökad transparens i tillståndsprocesser av Ulrik Nilsson (M)
- Motion 2024/25:2036 — Stärkt rättssamhälle och äganderätt av Mats Green (M)
- Motion 2024/25:2056 — För ett tryggare Malmö och Sverige av Niels Paarup-Petersen (C)
- Motion 2024/25:2058 — Indexering av nämndemäns arvoden av Mats Wiking och Jonathan Svensson (båda S)
- Motion 2024/25:2069 — Politiskt tillsatta nämndemän av Alireza Akhondi (C)
- Motion 2024/25:2177 — Förundersökningssekretessen av Eva Lindh m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2024/25:2508 — Handläggningstiderna för olovlig andrahandsuthyrning av Ingela Nylund Watz m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2024/25:2601 — Tillsynen över Sveriges advokater av Boriana Åberg (M)
- Motion 2024/25:2605 — Störande av ordning i rättssalen av Boriana Åberg (M)
- Motion 2024/25:2618 — Åtgärder för att bekämpa mäns våld mot kvinnor av Rasmus Ling m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2024/25:276 — Grundlagsförhör enligt dansk modell av Torsten Elofsson (KD)
- Motion 2024/25:278 — Höjd inkomstgräns för rättshjälp av Torsten Elofsson (KD)
- Motion 2024/25:2794 — Dold egendomsbevakning av Ann-Sofie Lifvenhage (M)
Source: The Swedish Parliament