Customs Agency operations

The plan explicitly states that customs and police resources must increase to address the money that drives drug trafficking. The counter-proposal's demands for means to educate and employ more customs officials is exactly that commitment. The plan additionally demands effective action against drugs at all levels and good resources for the authorities that shall implement it.

• increased customs resourcesdecisive»Tullens och polisens resurser måste öka för att komma åt de pengar som driver narkotikahandeln.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Customs and police resources must increase to address the money that drives drug trafficking.”
• effective drug work»Det behövs ett effektivt arbete mot narkotika i alla led, från det förebyggande till polisarbetet.« (party programme ↗)“Effective action against drugs is needed at all levels, from prevention to police work.”
• good resources for authorities»Goda resurser till polis, socialtjänst och andra aktörer är viktiga i det arbetet.« (party programme ↗)“Good resources for police, social services and other actors are important in that work.”
• fight against smuggling»arbete mot narkotikahandel, kamp mot tillgången till illegala skjutvapen och ett effektivt avhopparprogram« (2022 manifesto ↗)“work against drug trafficking, fight against access to illegal firearms and an effective exit program”

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 demands strong action against weapons and drugs trafficking, among other things through strengthened border control, and to crack down hard on the financing of organised crime. More trained and employed customs officers is the direct means for strengthened border control. The plan therefore supports the counter-proposal's demand for more resources to the Customs Service.

• strengthened border controldecisive»Vi vill ta krafttag mot införsel av vapen och narkotika, bland annat genom stärkt gränskontroll.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to take strong action against weapons and drugs trafficking, among other things through strengthened border control.”
• against organised crime»Slå hårt mot den organiserade brottslighetens finansiering och organisation.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Crack down hard on the financing and organisation of organised crime.”
• cooperation against smuggling»Vi vill se fler och intensifierande internationella samarbeten mot smuggling av bland annat vapen och narkotika.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to see more and intensifying international cooperation against smuggling of, among other things, weapons and drugs.”
• stop tax evasion»Skattefusk, välfärdsbrottslighet och penningtvätt ska stoppas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tax evasion, welfare crime and money laundering shall be stopped.”

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 wants to strengthen the authorities' capacity to crack down on organized criminal activity and see more and better-paid police to combat gangs. More resources to train and employ more customs officials, so that more seizures and checks can be made, is the same kind of strengthening of the justice authorities. The Customs Agency is not mentioned, hence the derivation.

• inter-authority cooperation against crimedecisive»stoppa finansieringen av de kriminella gängen genom att stärka myndighetssamverkan så att myndigheterna kan slå till mot den organiserade brottslighetens företag från flera håll« (2022 manifesto ↗)“stop the financing of criminal gangs by strengthening inter-authority cooperation so that the authorities can crack down on organized criminal enterprises from multiple angles”
• more resources against organized crime»se fler och bättre betalda poliser för att bekämpa den organiserade brottsligheten och för att motverka parallellsamhällen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“see more and better-paid police to combat organized crime and to counter parallel societies.”
• tools for the justice system»rättsvårdande myndigheterna ska ges de verktyg« (party programme ↗)“justice authorities shall be given the tools”

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 entire justice chain be strengthened with more resources and that the social contract be secured from the country's borders to the neighbourhood. The counter-proposal wants to allocate resources to educate and employ more customs officials so that more seizures and inspections can be made, which is precisely the border link in that chain. The plan also wants to strangle organized criminal economy, which is largely built on smuggling. The plan therefore supports the requirement.

• more resources to the justice systemdecisive»För att besegra dem krävs bättre insatser som förebygger nyrekrytering, mer resurser till polis, åklagare, domstolar och kriminalvården och strängare straff.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“To defeat them requires better measures that prevent recruitment, more resources to police, prosecutors, courts and prisons and harsher punishments.”
• safety from border to neighbourhood»Vi ska stärka samhällskontraktet för ett tryggare och starkare Sverige, från landets gränser till ditt kvarter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall strengthen the social contract for a safer and stronger Sweden, from the country's borders to your neighbourhood.”
• strangle gang income»Dessutom bör en utredning om gängens inkomster och hur dessa kan strypas genomföras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Moreover, an investigation of gangs' income and how it can be strangled should be carried out.”
• more crimes should be solved»Tryggheten ska förbättras i hela landet och fler brott som drabbar folk i deras vardag ska klaras upp.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Security should be improved throughout the country and more crimes that affect people in their daily lives should be solved.”

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 concentrate crime-fighting efforts against those who profit from smuggling and requires that the justice system's capacity and efficiency are improved; the election manifesto wants to see more police, prosecutors and probation officers. More resources to train and hire customs officers is in line with this. However, in the long term the plan wants the EU to take over control of the union's external borders.

• strike against smugglingdecisive»mot de kriminella som profiterar på missbruket genom tillverkning, smuggling och försäljning.« (party programme ↗)“against the criminals who profit from abuse through manufacturing, smuggling and sales.”
• more resources to the justice chain»Samtidigt behöver vi fler domare och fler åklagare, och fler häkten och fängelser med fler kriminalvårdare.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“At the same time we need more judges and more prosecutors, and more detention facilities and prisons with more probation officers.”
• more efficient justice system»Rättsväsendets förmåga och effektivitet behöver förbättras så att« (party programme ↗)“The justice system's capacity and efficiency needs to be improved so that”
• EU's external border control»För att stärka det yttre gränsskyddet och rättssäkerheten behöver EU på sikt helt ta över ansvaret för kontrollen av unionens yttre gränser.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“To strengthen external border protection and legal security, the EU in the long term needs to completely take over responsibility for control of the union's external borders.”

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 demands that the entire justice system is expanded, and the plan obliges Sweden to be able to meet attacks from international crime and to cooperate closely in the EU against serious transboundary crime and smuggling. More resources to train and employ customs officers is a direct application of this to border control. The Customs Service is not named by name, so coverage is derived.

• expanded justice systemdecisive»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 significantly expanded prison service.”
• against transboundary crime»motverka allvarlig gränsöverskridande brottslighet« (party programme ↗)“counteract serious transboundary crime”
• meet international crime»möta angrepp från internationell kriminalitet, terrorism, cyberkrigföring« (party programme ↗)“meet attacks from international crime, terrorism, cyber warfare”
• restore security»Tryggheten på gator och torg måste återupprättas, brottsförebyggande arbetet måste stärkas, brottslingar dömas och brottsoffer få upprättelse.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Security on streets and squares must be restored, crime prevention work must be strengthened, criminals sentenced and crime victims given redress.”

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 more resources to train and employ more customs officers. The plan explicitly commits to strengthening Customs with more resources and powerful authority to stop theft gangs and arms smugglers, given that Sweden has been hard hit by foreign theft gangs. Internal and external security is, according to the plan, the state's first task. The plan therefore supports the demand.

• strengthened Customsdecisive»Stärka tullen med mer resurser och kraftfulla befogenheter för att stoppa stöldligor och vapensmugglare« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen Customs with more resources and powerful authority to stop theft gangs and arms smugglers”
• stop foreign theft gangs»Sverige har samtidigt blivit hårt drabbat av utländska stöldligor – som plockar på sig bilar, bildelar, båtmotorer och dyra föremål och för dem ut ur landet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“At the same time, Sweden has been hard hit by foreign theft gangs – who steal cars, car parts, boat engines and expensive items and take them out of the country.”
• security first»Den som vill få ordning på Sverige måste därför först få ordning på vår inre och yttre säkerhet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Whoever wants to put order in Sweden must therefore first put order in our internal and external security.”
• the state strong in its core task»I ett fritt samhälle är staten stark där den måste vara stark« (party programme ↗)“In a free society, the state is strong where it must be strong”

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 party programme requires that the police, border security and the judicial authorities are given necessary resources and powers, and the election manifesto wants to combat the shadow economy and illegal migration with more controls. More customs officers and more seizures are precisely such a reinforcement of border security. The plan also wants to secure investments for a significantly strengthened justice system.

• resources for border securitydecisive»Polisen, gränsskyddet och de rättsvårdande myndigheterna måste tilldelas erforderliga« (party programme ↗)“The police, border security and the judicial authorities must be given necessary”
• more controls at the border»Bekämpa skuggsamhället och illegal migration med fler kontroller och fler utvisningar« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Combat the shadow economy and illegal migration with more controls and more deportations”
• strengthened justice system»Säkerställa satsningar för ett kraftigt upprustat rättsväsende« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Secure investments for a significantly strengthened justice system”
• tools against organized crime»Ge rättsväsendet resurser och verktyg för att bekämpa gängen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give the justice system resources and tools to combat gangs”