Business prohibition

The party programme states that economic crime in business has serious consequences, that fraud knocks out serious businesses and that there is a need for greater public oversight and effective monitoring of organized economic crime. Stricter business bans with more people affected, longer periods and expanded grounds are in line with this, even though the plan does not mention business bans.

• combat economic crimedecisive»Ekonomisk brottslighet i företag leder till allvarliga konsekvenser,« (party programme ↗)“Economic crime in business leads to serious consequences,”
• protect serious businesses»fifflet leder till att seriösa företag slås ut och skatteintäkter uteblir.« (party programme ↗)“fraud leads to serious businesses being knocked out and tax revenue not being received.”
• effective monitoring»Det behövs en effektiv uppföljning av den organiserade« (party programme ↗)“There is a need for effective monitoring of organized”
• oversight of business»Vi vill gå mot en större samhällelig insyn« (party programme ↗)“We want to move towards greater public oversight”

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's decisive commitment is to strike hard against organized crime's financing and organization and to increase penalties for those who support organized crime. An expanded business ban with longer ban periods and more criminal grounds, directed at those who use companies as crime tools, is precisely such a measure. The manifesto also states that money laundering and welfare crime shall be stopped and that the fight against crime shall be uncompromising.

• against crime financingdecisive»Slå hårt mot den organiserade brottslighetens finansiering och organisation.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strike hard against organized crime's financing and organization.”
• increased penalties for gang crimes»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 among other things for gang-related crime, for those who commit repeated and serious crimes and for those who support organized crime.”
• stop money laundering»Skattefusk, välfärdsbrottslighet och penningtvätt ska stoppas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tax fraud, welfare crime and money laundering shall be stopped.”
• uncompromising crime fighting»Kampen mot kriminaliteten ska vara kompromisslös.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The fight against crime shall be uncompromising.”

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 strike at organized crime's enterprises from multiple directions and make it costly, troublesome and difficult to be criminal. The counter-proposal's demands for more business bans, longer ban periods and an expanded basis for serious crime is an application of exactly this. The party programme also gives the law enforcement authorities the tools required, with legal certainty protected.

• strike at crime's enterprisesdecisive»stoppa finansieringen av de kriminella gängen genom att stärka myndighetssamverkan så att myndigheterna kan slå till mot den organiserade brottslighetens företag från flera håll: svartklubbar och gästarbetarbostäder utan bygglov, restauranger som missköter hygien, skattebrott och varenda spelautomat som saknar tillstånd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“stop the financing of criminal gangs by strengthening inter-agency cooperation so that authorities can strike at organized crime's enterprises from multiple directions: unlicensed clubs and worker accommodation without building permits, restaurants with poor hygiene, tax fraud and every slot machine without authorization.”
• unprofitable crime»Det ska vara dyrt, jobbigt och svårt att vara kriminell.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It shall be costly, troublesome and difficult to be criminal.”
• organized crime as a threat»Den grova organiserade brottsligheten utgör ett hot mot demokratin och människors frihet.« (party programme ↗)“Serious organized crime constitutes a threat to democracy and people's freedom.”
• tools with legal certainty»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 certainty shall be secured while law enforcement authorities shall be given the tools required to combat crime and increase safety in society.”

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 not yielding to gangs, to tighten penalties and to investigate how gang incomes can be curtailed, and measures against crime against businesses. The counter-proposal's requirement for more and longer business bans and an expanded ground for serious crime is a tool for precisely that. The plan does not mention business bans as an instrument.

• curtail gang incomesdecisive»Samhället ska inte vika sig för gängen. För att besegra dem krävs bättre insatser som förebygger nyrekrytering, mer resurser till polis, åklagare, domstolar och kriminalvården och strängare straff. Dessutom bör en utredning om gängens inkomster och hur dessa kan strypas genomföras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Society shall not yield to gangs. To defeat them, better measures that prevent recruitment, more resources for police, prosecutors, courts and prisons, and stricter penalties are required. Moreover, an investigation into gang incomes and how these can be curtailed should be carried out.”
• measures against crime against businesses»satsningar på forskning och utveckling och krafttag mot brott emot företag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“investments in research and development and measures against crime against businesses.”
• more solved crimes»Tryggheten ska förbättras i hela landet och fler brott som drabbar folk i deras vardag ska klaras upp.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Safety shall be improved throughout the country and more crimes that affect people in their daily lives shall be solved.”
• deterrent criminal policy»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 shall therefore both prevent and deter from crime, support crime victims and encourage those who have committed illegal acts towards a new situation without crime.”

The party programme establishes that the sanctions system shall be changed so that reoffending and repeated crime result in harsher penalties, as does participation in organized crime, and the election manifesto wants to tighten penalties and keep lifestyle criminals in custody. The counter-proposal's demands for more and longer business restrictions and an expanded basis that includes serious drug crimes, serious fraud and serious money laundering aligns with this line. The plan also wants rules of the game that ensure competition on fair terms, which argues against businesses being used as crime instruments.

• harsher penalties for reoffendingdecisive»Påföljdssystemet ska förändras så att återfall och upprepad brottslighet ger strängare straff« (party programme ↗)“The sanctions system shall be changed so that reoffending and repeated crime result in harsher penalties”
• lifestyle criminals held in custody»Livsstilskriminella ska hållas inlåsta i stället för att släppas ut på våra gator.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Lifestyle criminals shall be held in custody instead of being released onto our streets.”
• tightened penalties»Vi vill avskaffa dagens mängdrabatt på brott, slopa den närmast automatiska frigivningen från fängelsestraff och skärpa straffen för bland annat vapenbrott, våldtäkt och utpressning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to abolish today's quantity discount on crimes, eliminate the nearly automatic release from prison sentences and tighten penalties for, among other things, weapons crimes, rape and extortion.”
• competition on equal terms»slå vakt om äganderätt, konkurrens på lika villkor, rättssäkerhet« (party programme ↗)“guard property rights, competition on equal terms, 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 election manifesto makes security one of four prioritized areas and wants to seize criminals' resources to break gang crime's appeal, while the entire justice system is expanded. The party programme requires that all crimes are effectively and without exception prosecuted and that laws are maintained with firmness. More and longer business prohibitions and extended grounds against serious crime follow from these commitments.

• strike at criminals' toolsdecisive»Beslagta kriminellas statussymboler och bekämpa på så sätt negativa förebilder som rekryterar unga in i gängkriminalitet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Seize criminals' status symbols and thereby combat negative role models that recruit young people into gang crime.”
• all crimes must be prosecuted»Alla brott ska effektivt och utan undantag beivras« (party programme ↗)“All crimes must be effectively and without exception prosecuted”
• laws are maintained with firmness»Respekten för lagarna ska därför upprätthållas« (party programme ↗)“Respect for the laws must therefore be maintained”
• 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 a greatly expanded criminal care system.”

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 states that gangs are Sweden's domestic terrorists and that legislation must be adapted accordingly, and it wants to take the gangs' money through, among other things, reversed burden of proof. The counter-proposal's requirement for more and longer business prohibitions and expanded grounds for serious drug crime, fraud and money laundering are precisely such a sharpening of tools against criminals who use companies. The plan also emphasizes the rule of law's responsibility when entrepreneurs are hit by crime.

• adapt legislation against gangsdecisive»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.”
• strike against gangs' finances»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”
• sharper sanctions»Införa ett system med kraftiga straffskärpningar vid återfall« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce a system with significant penalty increases for repeat offences”
• protect serious entrepreneurs»Det är ett grundläggande politiskt ansvar att rättsstaten finns där med sin fulla kraft när företagare blir utsatta för brott.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It is a fundamental political responsibility that the rule of law is there with its full force when entrepreneurs become victims of crime.”

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 establishes that few political measures are too far-reaching in pushing back criminal gangs and wishes to give police, social services and the enforcement authority far-reaching tools to make criminal lifestyles unattractive. More people with business prohibitions, longer prohibition periods and expanded grounds for serious crime are exactly such tools. The plan also seeks to combat crime that affects businesses and organized crime's grip on business.

• tools against criminal lifestyledecisive»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, att begränsa rörelsefriheten för gängaktiva och omhänderta barn och unga som växer upp i en negativ miljö.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Police, social services and the enforcement authority shall be given tools to set an example and make criminal lifestyles unattractive, for example through far-reaching possibilities to seize assets among those around criminals, to restrict freedom of movement for gang-active individuals and take into care children and young people growing up in a negative environment.”
• uncompromising stance on gangs»Sverigedemokraterna anser att få politiska åtgärder är för långtgående när det kommer till att pressa tillbaka både de kriminella gängen och den kultur som gör att de får fäste.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats believe that few political measures are too far-reaching in pushing back both criminal gangs and the culture that allows them to take hold.”
• tools against gangs»Ge rättsväsendet resurser och verktyg för att bekämpa gängen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give the justice system resources and tools to combat gangs”
• protect businesses against crime»Bekämpa brottslighet som drabbar företagare« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Combat crime that affects businesses”

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.