2024-05-152023/24:JuU29 · p.1JuUJustice
Supplementing the strategy
Supplementing the national strategy against organized crime
What's at stake: If these areas are left out of the strategy, important income sources for organized crime and serious harm to vulnerable groups, such as trafficking victims and elderly fraud victims, risk not being prioritized in the ongoing effort.
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's national strategy against organized crime should be supplemented with measures against human trafficking for sexual purposes and against fraud targeting the elderly, or whether the strategy in its current form should be considered sufficient.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee welcomes the government's communication and shares the assessment that the strategy does not claim to be exhaustive, and, given work already under way, including a socially preventive strategy against criminal networks, finds no grounds for the Riksdag to take the initiative of having the strategy supplemented with human trafficking for sexual purposes or an action plan against fraud targeting the elderly.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 1 (S, C)
The reservation (S, C) notes that neither prostitution, the purchase of sex, nor human trafficking is mentioned in the strategy despite being a major income source for organized crime, and that fraud against the elderly is absent entirely despite large financial harm and insufficient attention to the role of banks, and wants the government to supplement the strategy in these two areas.
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 S, C.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The decision would have gone the other way
Explicit commitments that contradicted the vote: MModeraterna, VVänsterpartiet
Ja 190–113Nej 109–194
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 21/0/0/3 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: high | explicit |
| S | No | No 0/93/0/13 | match | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| MP | No | Yes 16/0/0/2 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| C | No | No 0/19/0/5 | match | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| L | No | Yes 14/0/0/2 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| KD | No | Yes 17/0/0/2 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| M | No | Yes 60/0/0/8 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: medium | explicit |
| SD | No | Yes 61/0/0/11 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
Committee proposal
The Riksdag rejects motion 2023/24:2821 by Ulrika Liljeberg et al. (C) demands 1 and 2.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motion 2023/24:2821 av Ulrika Liljeberg m.fl. (C) yrkandena 1 och 2.
Riksdag decision: The Riksdag has addressed a dispatch from the government on a national strategy against organized crime. The aim of the strategy is to clarify the direction of work against organized crime and reduce the vulnerabilities that crime exploits. The government identifies five goals to guide the work: Stop criminal careers, for example counteracting the recruitment of young people into crime. Reduce access to illegal weapons and explosives, for example by improving efforts against smuggling. Dismantle the criminal economy, for example preventing the misuse of public funds. Build resilience against unauthorized and improper influence, for example by developing a new action plan against corruption. Ensure reliable identities and effective information provision, for example by improving opportunities to exchange information. The Riksdag placed the dispatch on record, that is, concluded the case. The Riksdag also rejected proposals in motions, of which eight are from the general motion period 2023.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants to complement the strategy against organized crime with measures against human trafficking and fraud against the elderly. (S, 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 targeted work against the sale of sex and affirms that trafficking in women's bodies through sex work and pornography should cease, which is precisely the area the counter-proposal wants to bring into the strategy.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires targeted work against the sale of sex and affirms that trafficking in women's bodies through sex work and pornography should cease, which is precisely the area the counter-proposal wants to bring into the strategy. It also wants to see effective follow-up of organised economic crime and stricter regulation of banks' socially impacting activities. Both additions therefore follow from the plan.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver ett riktat arbete mot sexköp och slår fast att handeln med kvinnors kroppar genom sexköp och porrindustri ska upphöra, vilket är precis det område motförslaget vill föra in i strategin. Den vill också se en effektiv uppföljning av den organiserade ekonomiska brottsligheten och en hårdare reglering av bankernas samhällspåverkande verksamhet. Båda kompletteringarna följer därför av planen.
- targeted work against sex workdecisive»de olika uttryck det tar sig, som sexköp och hedersförtryck.« (party programme ↗)“its various manifestations, such as sex work and honour-based oppression.”
- trafficking in women's bodies should cease»genom sexköp, porrindustrin och surrogatmödraskap« (party programme ↗)“through sex work, the pornography industry and surrogacy”
- follow-up of economic crime»Det behövs en effektiv uppföljning av den organiserade« (party programme ↗)“There must be effective follow-up of organised”
- stricter regulation of banks»Tills dess behövs en hårdare reglering av bankernas« (party programme ↗)“Until then, stricter regulation of banks'”
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 election manifesto aims to strike hard against organized crime's financing and demands action against sexual crimes and male violence against women - human trafficking for sexual exploitation is covered by both commitments.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto aims to strike hard against organized crime's financing and demands action against sexual crimes and male violence against women - human trafficking for sexual exploitation is covered by both commitments. The party also wants it to be safe to grow old in Sweden, which supports measures against fraud targeting older people. However, the plan does not address the content of the strategy.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet vill slå hårt mot den organiserade brottslighetens finansiering och kräver krafttag mot sexualbrott och mäns våld mot kvinnor - människohandel för sexuella ändamål träffas av båda åtagandena. Partiet vill också att det ska vara tryggt att åldras i Sverige, vilket talar för åtgärder mot bedrägerier riktade mot äldre. Planen nämner dock inte strategins innehåll.
- choke off crime profitsdecisive»Slå hårt mot den organiserade brottslighetens finansiering och organisation.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strike hard against the financing and organization of organized crime.”
- against sexual exploitation»Krafttag för att stoppa hedersrelaterat våld, sexualbrott och mäns våld mot kvinnor.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Measures to stop honour-related violence, sexual crimes and male violence against women.”
- safety for older people»Det ska vara tryggt att åldras i Sverige.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It shall be safe to age in Sweden.”
- stop economic crime»Skattefusk, välfärdsbrottslighet och penningtvätt ska stoppas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tax fraud, welfare crime and money laundering shall be stopped.”
The plan wants to make it unprofitable to conduct organised crime by striking at its revenues from multiple directions, and states that serious organised crime threatens democracy and people's freedom.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan wants to make it unprofitable to conduct organised crime by striking at its revenues from multiple directions, and states that serious organised crime threatens democracy and people's freedom. Prostitution and human trafficking are, according to the plan, a form of exploitation that shall be combated, which motivates completing the strategy on that point. That criminal policy puts the crime victim at the centre also speaks for a specific plan against fraud targeting the elderly.
Original (Swedish)
Planen vill göra det olönsamt att bedriva organiserad brottslighet genom att slå mot dess intäkter från flera håll, och slår fast att den grova organiserade brottsligheten hotar demokratin och människors frihet. Prostitution och människohandel är enligt planen en form av utnyttjande som ska bekämpas, vilket motiverar att strategin kompletteras på den punkten. Att rättspolitiken sätter brottsoffret i centrum talar också för en särskild plan mot bedrägerier riktade mot äldre.
- choke off crime revenuesdecisive»stoppa finansieringen av de kriminella gängen genom att stärka myndighetssamverkan« (2022 manifesto ↗)“stop the financing of criminal gangs by strengthening inter-agency cooperation”
- against prostitution and sex purchase»skärpa samtyckeslagen så att det blir tydligt att prostitution inte innebär samtycke till sex.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“tighten the consent law so it is clear that prostitution does not mean consent to sex.”
- organised crime as a threat»Den grova organiserade brottsligheten utgör ett hot mot demokratin och människors frihet.« (party programme ↗)“Serious organised crime is a threat to democracy and people's freedom.”
- the crime victim at the centre»Rättspolitiken ska sätta brottsoffret och dennes utsatthet i centrum.« (party programme ↗)“Criminal policy shall put the crime victim and their vulnerability at the centre.”
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 an investigation into organized crime's income sources and how they can be choked off to be conducted, and human trafficking and prostitution are precisely such income sources that the plan wants society to be free from.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan wants an investigation into organized crime's income sources and how they can be choked off to be conducted, and human trafficking and prostitution are precisely such income sources that the plan wants society to be free from. Complementing the strategy with these areas thus follows from the plan's own commitments. Fraud targeting the elderly is also covered by the promise that more crimes that affect people in their daily lives shall be cleared up and that the victim-of-crime perspective shall be strengthened.
Original (Swedish)
Planen vill att en utredning om den organiserade brottslighetens inkomster och hur de kan strypas genomförs, och människohandel och prostitution är just sådana inkomstkällor som planen vill se samhället fritt från. Att komplettera strategin med dessa områden följer därför av planens egna åtaganden. Även bedrägerier mot äldre träffas av löftet att fler brott som drabbar folk i deras vardag ska klaras upp och att brottsofferperspektivet ska stärkas.
- choke off crime proceedsdecisive»Dessutom bör en utredning om gängens inkomster och hur dessa kan strypas genomföras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Additionally, an investigation into gangs' income sources and how these can be choked off should be conducted.”
- stop human trafficking»ett samhälle fritt från våld i hemmet, människohandel och prostitution.« (party programme ↗)“a society free from domestic violence, human trafficking and prostitution.”
- everyday crimes shall be cleared up»Tryggheten ska förbättras i hela landet och fler brott som drabbar folk i deras vardag ska klaras upp.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Security shall be improved throughout the country and more crimes that affect people in their daily lives shall be cleared up.”
- strengthened victim-of-crime perspective»Brottsofferperspektivet måste stärkas. Den som utsatts för brott ska få upprättelse och bättre stöd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The victim-of-crime perspective must be strengthened. Those who have been subjected to crime shall receive redress and better support.”
The party programme establishes that prostitution today is often part of limitless organized human trafficking and that the most important action is to eliminate demand, which speaks for the strategy against organized crime explicitly including human trafficking for sexual purposes.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme establishes that prostitution today is often part of limitless organized human trafficking and that the most important action is to eliminate demand, which speaks for the strategy against organized crime explicitly including human trafficking for sexual purposes. The plan also wants participation in organized crime to result in harsher sentences and makes victim support a main task, which also bears action against fraud targeting the elderly. Elder fraud specifically is not, however, mentioned.
Original (Swedish)
Partiprogrammet slår fast att prostitution i dag ofta är en del av den gränslösa organiserade människohandeln och att den viktigaste insatsen är att få bort efterfrågan, vilket talar för att strategin mot organiserad brottslighet uttryckligen omfattar människohandel för sexuella ändamål. Planen vill också att medverkan i organiserad brottslighet ger strängare straff och gör brottsofferstöd till ett huvuduppdrag, vilket bär även åtgärder mot bedrägerier mot äldre. Just bedrägerier mot äldre nämns dock inte.
- human trafficking as organized crimedecisive»Prostitution är i dag ofta en del av den gränslösa organiserade människohandeln.« (party programme ↗)“Prostitution is today often part of limitless organized human trafficking.”
- combat demand for sexual exploitation»Den viktigaste insatsen är att få bort efterfrågan.« (party programme ↗)“The most important action is to eliminate demand.”
- tougher approach to organized crime»Påföljdssystemet ska förändras så att återfall och upprepad brottslighet ger strängare straff, liksom medverkan i organiserad brottslighet.« (party programme ↗)“The sanction system must be changed so that repeat offenses and repeated criminality result in harsher sentences, as does participation in organized crime.”
- victim support as main task»Insatser för att stödja brottsoffer är ett huvuduppdrag för både rättsväsende och socialtjänst.« (party programme ↗)“Measures to support crime victims is a main task for both the justice system and social services.”
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 EU cooperation to be used to vigorously counter sexual slavery of women and children, and human trafficking to be prioritized in crime prevention through close cross-border cooperation.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan wants EU cooperation to be used to vigorously counter sexual slavery of women and children, and human trafficking to be prioritized in crime prevention through close cross-border cooperation. A strategy against organized crime that omits these areas therefore does not meet the plan. That society should stand on the side of the crime victim and that older people should be able to age in security supports the requirement about fraud against the elderly.
Original (Swedish)
Planen vill att samarbetet inom EU används för att med kraft motarbeta den sexualiserade slavhandeln med kvinnor och barn, och att handeln med människor prioriteras i brottsbekämpningen genom nära gränsöverskridande samarbete. En strategi mot organiserad brottslighet som utelämnar dessa områden svarar därför inte mot planen. Att samhället ska ställa sig på brottsoffrets sida och att äldre ska kunna åldras i trygghet bär kravet om bedrägerier mot äldre.
- combat sexual human traffickingdecisive»EU ska nyttjas för att med kraft motarbeta den sexualiserade slavhandeln med kvinnor och barn.« (party programme ↗)“EU shall be used to vigorously counter sexual slavery of women and children.”
- prioritize cross-border crime»Det krävs ett nära samarbete på EU-nivå för att motverka allvarlig gränsöverskridande brottslighet och smuggling.« (party programme ↗)“Close cooperation at EU level is required to counter serious cross-border crime and smuggling.”
- security for the elderly»Vi vill bygga ett samhälle där människor kan åldras i trygghet och värdighet utan åldersdiskriminering.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to build a society where people can age in security and dignity without age discrimination.”
- society on the side of the crime victim»Samhället ska ställa sig på brottsoffrets sida.« (party programme ↗)“Society shall stand on the side of the crime victim.”
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 explicitly singles out criminality against elderly as a priority area: fraud crimes against elderly shall be investigated with more resources, phone fraud is described as sharply increasing and a new elderly peace crime shall be introduced.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan explicitly singles out criminality against elderly as a priority area: fraud crimes against elderly shall be investigated with more resources, phone fraud is described as sharply increasing and a new elderly peace crime shall be introduced. It also wants to establish special investigation groups for sexual crimes. Complementing the strategy against organized crime with fraud against elderly and human trafficking for sexual purposes thus aligns with the plan's line.
Original (Swedish)
Planen pekar uttryckligen ut brottslighet mot äldre som ett prioriterat område: bedrägeribrott mot äldre ska utredas med mer resurser, telefonbedrägerierna beskrivs som kraftigt ökande och ett nytt äldrefridsbrott ska införas. Den vill också inrätta särskilda utredningsgrupper för sexualbrott. Att komplettera strategin mot organiserad brottslighet med bedrägerier mot äldre och människohandel för sexuella ändamål ligger därmed i planens linje.
- investigate crimes against elderlydecisive»Satsa mer pengar på att utreda bedrägeribrott och annan brottslighet mot äldre« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Allocate more money to investigate fraud crimes and other criminality against elderly”
- growing fraud against elderly»Också telefonbedrägerierna ökar kraftigt i antal.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Phone fraud is also sharply increasing in numbers.”
- elderly peace crime»Införa äldrefridsbrott som en ny brottsrubricering i syfte att skärpa straffen för dessa brott« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce elderly peace crime as a new criminal charge in order to toughen penalties for these crimes”
- special investigation groups»Inrätta särskilda utredningsgrupper för sexualbrott och våld i nära relation samt en särskild klanbrottsenhet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Establish special investigation groups for sexual crimes and violence in close relationships and a special gang crime unit”
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 zero tolerance so that even crimes without charges are investigated and prosecuted, wants to significantly increase penalties for sexual offences and highlights that increasingly more elderly are victims of crime.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires zero tolerance so that even crimes without charges are investigated and prosecuted, wants to significantly increase penalties for sexual offences and highlights that increasingly more elderly are victims of crime. It also states that human trafficking is common. Complementing the strategy against organized crime with human trafficking for sexual purposes and with fraud against the elderly thus follows from these commitments.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver nolltolerans så att även brott utan rubriker utreds och lagförs, vill kraftigt skärpa straffen för sexualbrott och uppmärksammar att allt fler äldre drabbas av brott. Den konstaterar dessutom att handel med människor är vanligt förekommande. Att komplettera strategin mot organiserad brottslighet med människohandel för sexuella ändamål och med bedrägerier mot äldre följer av dessa åtaganden.
- zero tolerance against crimedecisive»Införa nolltolerans mot brott så att även mindre allvarliga brott utreds och lagförs« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce zero tolerance against crime so that even less serious crimes are investigated and prosecuted”
- tougher stance on sexual crimes»Kraftigt skärpa straffen för sexualbrott och utvisa utländska våldtäktsmän på livstid« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Significantly increase penalties for sexual offences and expel foreign rapists for life”
- protection for vulnerable elderly»Allt fler äldre råkar ut för stölder, rån och överfall i sina egna hem.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increasingly more elderly are victims of theft, robbery and assault in their own homes.”
- human trafficking shall be combated»Korruption, fusk och handel med både uppehållstillstånd och människor är vanligt förekommande.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Corruption, fraud and trafficking in both residence permits and people are common.”
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 (2023/24:JuU29)
- Committee report full text (HB01JuU29)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
- Motion 2023/24:2484 — Rättspolitik av Ulrika Liljeberg m.fl. (C)
- Motion 2023/24:2640 — Utgiftsområde 4 Rättsväsendet av Ardalan Shekarabi m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2023/24:2669 — Rättspolitik av Märta Stenevi m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2023/24:2820 — med anledning av skr. 2023/24:67 Motståndskraft och handlingskraft - en nationell strategi mot organiserad brottslighet av Rasmus Ling m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2023/24:2821 — med anledning av skr. 2023/24:67 Motståndskraft och handlingskraft - en nationell strategi mot organiserad brottslighet av Ulrika Liljeberg m.fl. (C)
- Motion 2023/24:436 — En modern kriminalvård av Gudrun Nordborg m.fl. (V)
- Regeringens skrivelse 2023/24:67 — Motståndskraft och handlingskraft - en nationell strategi mot organiserad brottslighet
Source: The Swedish Parliament