Forfeiture seizure

The plan's decisive commitment here is legal certainty and the principle that people shall be presumed innocent until the opposite is proven. The counter-proposal wants a seizure to remain despite an acquitting judgment and a rejected forfeiture motion point, which means that a criminal procedural coercive measure is retained against someone who has been acquitted. This goes against the plan's requirement that crime prevention be both effective and legally certain and that coercive measures be carefully designed.

• the presumption of innocencedecisive»anses oskyldiga tills motsatsen är bevisad är grundläggande i det.« (party programme ↗)“are presumed innocent until the opposite is proven is fundamental in it.”
• defend legal certainty»Utvecklingen av ett rättsväsende byggt på rättssäkerhet är viktig« (party programme ↗)“The development of a legal system built on legal certainty is important”
• effective but legally certain»kunna agera samlat, effektivt och rättssäkert för att förhindra brott« (party programme ↗)“be able to act collectively, effectively and legally certainly to prevent crime”
• carefully designed interventions»Straff och andra påföljder för brott behöver vara noggrant« (party programme ↗)“Punishment and other sanctions for crime need to be carefully”

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 takes no position on the seizure rules as such. The closest principle is that the fight against crime should be uncompromising and that crime prevention should have more tools and strike against the financing of crime. The counter-proposal wants a forfeiture seizure to remain in effect until the sentence becomes final, which preserves the ability to access the assets, and the plan therefore supports the demand, albeit on weak grounds.

• more tools for the policedecisive»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.”
• hit criminal proceeds»Slå hårt mot den organiserade brottslighetens finansiering och organisation.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strike hard against the financing and organization of organized crime.”
• uncompromising crime prevention»Kampen mot kriminaliteten ska vara kompromisslös.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The fight against crime must be uncompromising.”
• clear societal response to crime»Samhället måste reagera tydligt mot brott och regelöverträdelser.« (party programme ↗)“Society must respond clearly to crime and violations of rules.”

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 does not address forfeiture seizure, but its nearest principle is that crime control shall not occur at the expense of human rights and that laws with disproportionate intrusions are rejected. To allow a seizure to stand against someone who is acquitted and whose forfeiture claim is revoked is such an intrusion against a person whom the court has not found responsible. The plan emphasizes efficiency tools against crime, but legal security shall be ensured at the same time. Derived, the plan therefore rejects the counter-proposal's demands.

• no disproportionate intrusionsdecisive»Vi motsätter oss alla lagar som innebär oproportionerliga ingrepp i integriteten. Brotts- och terrorbekämpning är viktigt men ska inte ske på bekostnad av mänskliga rättigheter.« (party programme ↗)“We oppose all laws that involve disproportionate intrusions into integrity. Crime and counterterrorism are important but shall not occur at the expense of human rights.”
• legal security shall be ensured»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 ensured while law enforcement shall be given the tools required to fight crime and increase safety in society.”
• strong and independent rule of law»Det fria ordet, minoriteters rättigheter och skydd mot diskriminering är viktiga för demokratisk utveckling, tillsammans med en stark och oberoende rättsstat.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Freedom of speech, minorities' rights and protection against discrimination are important for democratic development, together with a strong and independent rule of law.”

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 defends the rule of law and the individual's rights against the state and says no to collective punishment and reversed burden of proof, while property rights should be strengthened. Allowing a seizure to stand against someone who has been acquitted and whose forfeiture claim has been overturned is a continued compulsory interference in property without judgment, which these principles speak against. The party programme also requires proportionality between the intervention of legislation and its purpose.

• rule of law protects individualsdecisive»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 the individual's 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 surveillance and restrictions on religious freedom.”
• no arbitrary interference»Brott mot äganderätten, med konfiskatoriska och godtyckliga beskattningar och ingrepp, underminerar förtroendet och långsiktigheten i samhället.« (party programme ↗)“Violations of property rights, with confiscatory and arbitrary taxation and interference, undermine confidence and long-term thinking in society.”
• strengthen property rights»Vi vill stärka bland annat äganderätten, diskrimineringsförbudet, minoritetsskyddet och minoritetsspråkens ställning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to strengthen, among other things, property rights, the prohibition on discrimination, minority protection and the status of minority languages”
• proportionality requirement»Det måste finnas en proportionalitet mellan lagstiftningens inskränkning av medborgarnas integritet och lagarnas syfte.« (party programme ↗)“There must be proportionality between legislation's restriction of citizens' integrity and the purpose of the laws.”

The party programme requires that legal certainty and protection of civil liberties be strengthened and that intervention against the individual may only take place when opposing interests clearly outweigh. Allowing a seizure to remain against someone acquitted and whose forfeiture claim was overturned goes in the opposite direction and moreover concerns property rights. The plan does not address seizure rules, so the assessment is based on a derivation.

• strengthened legal certaintydecisive»Rättssäkerheten och skyddet för de medborgerliga fri- och rättigheterna behöver förstärkas.« (party programme ↗)“Legal certainty and protection of civil liberties need to be strengthened.”
• property rights protection»slå vakt om äganderätt, konkurrens på lika villkor, rättssäkerhet« (party programme ↗)“guard property rights, competition on equal terms, legal certainty”
• integrity review of bills»Alla nya lagförslag ska analyseras ur integritetssynpunkt.« (party programme ↗)“All new bills shall be analyzed from an integrity perspective.”
• rights protection against the legislator»Vi vill se ett förstärkt grundlagsskydd för vårt demokratiska statsskick, öka domstolarnas oberoende och verka för en författningsdomstol som ska kunna häva lagar eller bestämmelser som strider mot grundlagsskyddade fri- och rättigheter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to see strengthened constitutional protection for our democratic system, increase the courts' independence and work for a constitutional court that shall be able to overturn laws or provisions that violate constitutionally protected liberties and rights.”

The election manifesto commits to seizing criminals' status symbols, and the party programme builds confidence in the justice system on effective crime-fighting. To let a forfeiture seizure remain until the judgment becomes final, rather than releasing the property already at an acquittal in the first instance, lies in that line. The plan's protection of ownership qualifies but does not speak against that the seizure remains during appeal time.

• seize criminal assetsdecisive»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”
• effective crime-fighting»kan förlita sig på att en effektiv brottsbekämpning och« (party programme ↗)“can rely on that an effective crime-fighting and”
• protection of ownership»Rätten till egendom är en mänsklig rättighet och« (party programme ↗)“The right to property is a human right and”

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 wants that a confiscation seizure shall stand until the judgment becomes final, that is, that the state's grip on the property does not release directly upon an acquittal judgment in first instance. The plan's commitment to take the criminals' money, with reversed burden of proof, and to shift focus from perpetrator to crime victim points clearly in that direction. The legal certainty requirement in the party programme is a counterweight but does not break the commitment. Seizure rules as such are not addressed, hence derived coverage.

• seize crime proceedsdecisive»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”
• focus on the crime victim»Införa en ny brottsbalk för att skifta fokus från gärningsmannen till brottsoffer« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce a new criminal code to shift focus from the perpetrator to the crime victim”
• legally certain justice system»Sverige ska ha ett rättsväsende präglat av rättssäkerhet« (party programme ↗)“Sweden shall have a justice system characterised by legal certainty”

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 procedural obstacles to increased prosecution be removed and that possibilities to seize assets from those around criminals are extensive. Allowing a preliminary seizure to remain until the judgment becomes final is such a procedural strengthening of the state's ability to secure assets. The plan's commitment to strengthen constitutional protection for property rights is a counterweight, but carries less weight than the incapacitation and crime-fighting line.

• remove procedural obstaclesdecisive»Processuella hinder för att möjliggöra en ökad lagföring måste också undanröjas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Procedural obstacles to enable increased prosecution must also be removed.”
• extensive seizure possibilities»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 set an example and make the criminal lifestyle unattractive, for example through extensive possibilities to seize assets from those around criminals”
• effective tools against 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.”
• protection of property rights»Förstärka grundlagens rättighetsskydd vad gäller yttrandefrihet, äganderätt och frihet från religion« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen the Constitution's protection of rights regarding freedom of expression, property rights and freedom from religion”

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.