Management of state authorities

The plan requires effective monitoring of organized economic crime and greater public transparency in companies to prevent tax and employment fraud. It also identifies privatization of welfare as the opening criminals exploit, which the counter-proposal also does. Stronger tools and control of authorities against economic crime thus aligns with the plan, while it maintains protection for personal integrity.

• monitoring of organized economic crimedecisive»Det behövs en effektiv uppföljning av den organiserade« (party programme ↗)“There is a need for effective monitoring of organized”
• privatization opens for criminals»Privatiseringarna av välfärden öppnar upp för kriminella att sko sig på skattemedel.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Privatizations of welfare open up for criminals to enrich themselves with tax funds.”
• public transparency in companies»Vi vill gå mot en större samhällelig insyn« (party programme ↗)“We want to move toward greater public transparency”
• protection of personal integrity»har rätt till skydd av sin personliga integritet.« (party programme ↗)“have the right to protection of their personal integrity.”

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 tax fraud, welfare crime and money laundering shall be stopped and that confidentiality barriers between authorities shall be torn down so that police and others can do their job. The counter-proposal's demands for stronger governance and tools for authorities against economic crime, including that information can be obtained directly from the police, are precisely what the plan wants. The party programme furthermore points out that state authorities' control systems have been weakened and need to be strengthened.

• tear down confidentiality barriers between authoritiesdecisive»Sekretesshinder mellan myndigheter ska rivas så att polisen och andra yrkesgrupper kan göra sitt jobb.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Confidentiality barriers between authorities shall be torn down so that police and other professions can do their jobs.”
• stop welfare crime»Skattefusk, välfärdsbrottslighet och penningtvätt ska stoppas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tax fraud, welfare crime and money laundering shall be stopped.”
• strengthened control systems in the state»myndigheternas kontrollsystem har försvagats i stället för att förstärkas.« (party programme ↗)“state authorities' control systems have been weakened instead of strengthened.”
• combat economic crime»Bekämpande av bedrägerier och all annan ekonomisk brottslighet.« (party programme ↗)“Combating fraud and all other economic crime.”

The plan explicitly confirms that cooperation and information sharing between authorities to stop money laundering, welfare crime and organized economic crime shall be strengthened, and that welfare crime shall be prioritized highly. The counter-proposal's requirement for stronger tools and steering of these authorities, including information exchange on people linked to organized crime, is the same commitment. The plan simultaneously requires that such tools be weighed against personal privacy.

• strengthened information sharingdecisive»Samarbetet och informationsdelningen mellan myndigheter för att stoppa penningtvätt, välfärdsbrott och organiserad ekonomisk brottslighet ska förstärkas.« (party programme ↗)“Cooperation and information sharing between authorities to stop money laundering, welfare crime and organized economic crime shall be strengthened.”
• cut off gang financing»stoppa finansieringen av de kriminella gängen genom att stärka myndighetssamverkan« (2022 manifesto ↗)“stop financing of criminal gangs by strengthening inter-agency cooperation”
• prioritized welfare crime»Välfärdsbrott – där gemensamma resurser utnyttjas och förtroendet för våra trygghetssystem undergrävs – måste prioriteras högt.« (party programme ↗)“Welfare crime – where shared resources are misused and trust in our security systems is undermined – must be prioritized highly.”
• privacy balancing»Dessa måste samtidigt vägas mot den personliga integriteten.« (party programme ↗)“These must at the same time be weighed against personal privacy.”

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 states that society must not yield to gangs and explicitly wants to investigate gang incomes and how they can be cut off. Strengthening management of agencies combating economic crime and providing the Swedish Work Environment Authority better information on persons linked to organized crime aligns with that commitment and with the requirement to be prudent with taxpayers' money. However, the measures must be tested against privacy protection.

• cut off gang incomesdecisive»Dessutom bör en utredning om gängens inkomster och hur dessa kan strypas genomföras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Furthermore, an investigation of gang incomes and how they can be cut off should be conducted.”
• measures against gangs»Samhället ska inte vika sig för gängen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Society must not yield to gangs.”
• prudent with tax funds»Politiken ska hushålla med skattebetalarnas pengar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Policy must be prudent with taxpayers' money.”
• proportionality to integrity»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 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 crime-fighting requires that authorities can effectively share information with each other and that secrecy barriers are removed, and the election manifesto makes information sharing the main rule between involved authorities. The counter-proposal's demands for stronger tools against criminal economy and that the Disbursement Agency gets to fetch data from police follow from this. The plan's integrity principle, however, requires that the measure is effective and that conflicting interest weighs obviously heavier.

• effective information sharingdecisive»Det förutsätter att myndigheter effektivt kan dela information med varandra.« (party programme ↗)“It requires that authorities can effectively share information with each other.”
• information sharing as main rule»Polis och socialtjänst ska som huvudregel alltid kunna utbyta information sinsemellan och ska oftare dela lokaler.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Police and social services shall as a main rule always be able to share information with each other and shall more often share premises.”
• removed secrecy barriers»sekretesshinder undanröjas så att information smidigare kan delas mellan myndigheter« (party programme ↗)“secrecy barriers are removed so that information can more smoothly be shared between authorities”
• integrity testing of measures»Åtgärder som påverkar den personliga integriteten negativt är endast berättigade om ett motstående intresse väger uppenbart tyngre och åtgärden är effektiv.« (party programme ↗)“Measures that negatively affect personal integrity are only justified if a conflicting interest weighs obviously heavier and the measure is effective.”

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 requires a total review of confidentiality rules so that authorities can share information between themselves to prevent and solve crime. The counter-proposal's demand that the Enforcement Agency shall be able to obtain information directly from the police about persons linked to organized crime is exactly that measure. The plan also prioritizes fighting criminal economy and expanding the entire justice system.

• 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 confidentiality rules, so that authorities can share information between themselves to prevent and solve crime.”
• take money from criminals»Beslagta kriminellas statussymboler« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Seize criminals' status symbols”
• expanded justice system»Hela rättsväsendet behöver byggas ut.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The entire justice system needs to be expanded.”
• no exceptions from prosecution»Alla brott ska effektivt och utan undantag beivras« (party programme ↗)“All crimes shall be effectively and without exception prosecuted”

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 commits to establishing a benefit fraud unit at the Swedish Social Insurance Agency, to removing secrecy obstacles against the police and to taking control of population registration to stop benefit fraud and organized crime money. The counter-proposal's requirement for strengthened tools and direction of agencies against economic crime, including information exchange with police about people linked to organized crime, is precisely that line. The plan therefore supports the requirement.

• agency tools against benefit frauddecisive»Inrätta en bidragsbrottsenhet på Försäkringskassan« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Establish a benefit fraud unit at the Swedish Social Insurance Agency”
• removed secrecy obstacles»Undanröja alla sekretesshinder mellan socialtjänst och polis« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove all secrecy obstacles between social services and police”
• stop benefit fraud»Moderaterna tänker ta kontroll över folkbokföringen för att stoppa bidragsbrotten och se till att de skattepengar du betalar in används till det de är avsedda för.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Moderate party thinks to take control of population registration to stop benefit fraud and ensure that the tax money you pay in is used for what it is intended for.”
• choke off organized crime money»Ta gängens pengar och införa en omvänd bevisbörda för att kunna beslagta gängmedlemmarnas lyxprylar« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Take gangs' money and introduce a reversed burden of proof to be able to confiscate gang members' luxury goods”

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 explicitly requires that agencies' cooperation and tools for detecting and prosecuting criminals be improved and that welfare fraud be stopped. The counter-proposal's demands for stronger government steering of agencies towards economic crime and for the Benefit Agency to retrieve information from the police are directly in that line. The plan also wants to tighten penalties for fraud within welfare systems and break criminal networks' grip on public funds.

• better agency cooperationdecisive»Rättsväsendets samverkan mellan myndigheter och verktyg för att upptäcka och lagföra kriminella ska förbättras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The judicial system's cooperation between agencies and tools for detecting and prosecuting criminals shall be improved.”
• stop welfare fraud»Stoppa välfärdsbrottsligheten inom socialförsäkringen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop welfare fraud within social insurance”
• tightened penalties for benefit fraud»Skärpa straffen för fusk inom välfärdssystemen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tighten penalties for fraud within welfare systems”
• counter criminal networks»Motverka klanernas makt, både inom det offentliga och inom civilsamhället« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Counter the power of clans, both within the public sector and within civil 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.