Business prohibitions

The plan points to economic crime in companies as a serious problem that knocks out honest businesses and erodes tax revenues, and requires effective monitoring of organized economic crime. It also wants greater societal insight into companies to combat fraud. Expanded debarment from running a business and a joint register preventing circumvention across borders are tools that respond to precisely this.

• effective monitoring of economic crimedecisive»Det behövs en effektiv uppföljning av den organiserade« (party programme ↗)“There is a need for effective monitoring of organized”
• economic crime knocks out honest businesses»fifflet leder till att seriösa företag slås ut och skatteintäkter uteblir.« (party programme ↗)“the fraud leads to honest businesses being knocked out and tax revenues being lost.”
• insight into companies»Vi vill gå mot en större samhällelig insyn« (party programme ↗)“We want to move towards greater societal insight”
• economic crime as central threat»Lönedumpning, ekonomisk brottslighet och utnyttjande är centrala hot idag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Wage dumping, economic crime and exploitation are central threats today.”

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 strike hard against the financing of organized crime and stop tax fraud, welfare crime and money laundering, which supports the counter-proposal's demand for extended and lengthened trading bans. It also wants to strengthen international work against crime, which aligns with an EU-wide register of persons with trading bans. The plan does not explicitly address the trading ban institution, so the position is derived.

• stop economic crimedecisive»Skattefusk, välfärdsbrottslighet och penningtvätt ska stoppas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tax fraud, welfare crime and money laundering shall be stopped.”
• hit organized crime's financing»Slå hårt mot den organiserade brottslighetens finansiering och organisation.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strike hard against organized crime's financing and organization.”
• combat economic crime»Bekämpande av bedrägerier och all annan ekonomisk brottslighet.« (party programme ↗)“Combat fraud and all other economic crime.”
• international cooperation against crime»Vi behöver förstärka det internationella arbetet mot brottsligheten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We need to strengthen international work against 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 plan's core commitment is to strangle the criminal economy: crime proceeds shall be seized and authorities shall be able to strike at organized crime's enterprises from several angles. More criminal grounds for business bans and an EU-wide register are precisely such tools. The plan also wants to strengthen information sharing between authorities across borders against economic crime.

• combat criminal economydecisive»Vi vill också stärka arbetet mot den kriminella ekonomin. Brottsvinster ska beslagtas och« (party programme ↗)“We also want to strengthen the work against the criminal economy. Crime proceeds shall be seized and”
• authority cooperation against criminal enterprises»stoppa finansieringen av de kriminella gängen genom att stärka myndighetssamverkan« (2022 manifesto ↗)“stop the financing of criminal gangs by strengthening authority cooperation”
• unprofitable to be criminal»Det ska vara dyrt, jobbigt och svårt att vara kriminell.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It shall be expensive, difficult and hard to be criminal.”
• information sharing against economic crime»informationsdelningen mellan myndigheter för att stoppa penningtvätt« (party programme ↗)“information sharing between authorities to stop money laundering”

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 cut off the economic criminality's incomes and explicitly takes efforts against crimes that affect businesses. It also wants EU's common policy to become stronger precisely against cross-border criminality, which carries a common EU register of people with business bans. Extended business bans also protect the equal conditions the plan requires in business.

• cut off criminals' 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 give in to gangs. To defeat them requires better measures that prevent recruitment, more resources for police, prosecutors, courts and criminal care and harsher sentences. Moreover, an investigation should be conducted into gangs' incomes and how these can be cut off.”
• stronger EU against cross-border crime»På områden som klimatomställningen, frihandeln och den gränsöverskridande brottsligheten bör den gemensamma politiken bli kraftfullare« (party programme ↗)“In areas such as climate transition, free trade and cross-border criminality, the common policy should become stronger”
• efforts against crimes against businesses»För att Sveriges företag även fortsättningsvis ska kunna leverera produkter, tjänster och jobb i världsklass krävs en pålitlig infrastruktur i hela landet, satsningar på forskning och utveckling och krafttag mot brott emot företag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“For Sweden's companies to continue to be able to deliver world-class products, services and jobs, a reliable infrastructure is needed throughout the country, investments in research and development and efforts against crimes against businesses.”

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The plan wants Sweden to participate fully in the EU's crime fighting and that criminal investigations affecting multiple countries shall be conducted at European level, with common crime registers. It also wants repeat offences and involvement in organized crime to be met with harder punishment. An expanded occupational ban and an EU-common register thereby aligns with the plan's direction.

• full Swedish EU crime fightingdecisive»Sverige ska delta fullt ut i EU:s brottsbekämpning och den europeiska polismyndigheten Europol ska ges ett tydligare operativt mandat att bekämpa internationell brottslighet och terrorism.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden shall participate fully in the EU's crime fighting and the European police agency Europol shall be given a clearer operational mandate to combat international crime and terrorism.”
• common registers in the EU»brottsregister och gemensamma polis- och insatsstyrkor bör upprättas.« (party programme ↗)“crime registers and common police and response units should be established.”
• toughened penalties for repeat offences»Återfall och upprepad brottslighet ska ge strängare straff« (party programme ↗)“Repeat offences and repeated criminality shall attract stricter punishment”
• prevent continued crime»Livsstilskriminella ska hållas inlåsta i stället för att släppas ut på våra gator.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Lifestyle criminals shall be kept incarcerated instead of being released onto our streets.”

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 all crime is countered effectively and without exception, and bases criminal justice policy on the principle that crime does not pay. It also explicitly advocates close EU cooperation against serious transnational crime and that prosecutors and police authorities within the EU coordinate their operations, which supports the requirement for an EU-wide register of business prohibitions. Expanded business prohibitions are also in line with the plan's emphasis on integrity as a foundation for market economics.

• all crime shall be countereddecisive»Alla brott ska effektivt och utan undantag beivras« (party programme ↗)“All crime shall be countered effectively and without exception”
• EU cooperation against transnational crime»Det krävs ett nära samarbete på EU-nivå för att motverka allvarlig gränsöverskridande brottslighet och smuggling.« (party programme ↗)“It requires close cooperation at EU level to counter serious transnational crime and smuggling.”
• coordinated crime-fighting in the EU»Åklagare och polismyndigheter inom EU måste samordna sin verksamhet.« (party programme ↗)“Prosecutors and police authorities within the EU must coordinate their operations.”
• integrity in business»Hederlighet och personligt ansvarstagande är viktiga fundament.« (party programme ↗)“Integrity and personal responsibility-taking are important foundations.”

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 is clear that criminal proceeds shall be taken from criminals and that the rule of law shall stand on the side of serious entrepreneurs. An expanded business ban for a longer period and an EU-wide register are tools in precisely that direction, as they prevent convicted persons from continuing to run businesses from abroad. The plan also calls for mapping of crimes against businesses.

• cut off criminals' criminal proceedsdecisive»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 rule of law protects 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.”
• map crimes against businesses»Ge Brå i uppdrag att kartlägga brott mot företag« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Commission the National Council for Crime Prevention to map crimes against businesses”
• crime victim perspective»Brottsoffrens perspektiv är viktigt i kriminalpolitiken.« (party programme ↗)“The perspective of crime victims is important in criminal policy.”

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 to use business disqualification for more crimes and over longer periods to access criminal proceeds from companies. The election manifesto requires that fraud and corruption-driving systems be countered, that sentences be significantly increased and that crime harming entrepreneurs be combated, which supports the requirement. An EU-wide register stands in some tension with the requirement to strengthen national self-determination, but is subordinate.

• counter fraud and corruptiondecisive»Både fusk och sådana system som tenderar att locka till fusk och korruption ska motverkas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Both fraud and systems that tend to encourage fraud and corruption should be countered.”
• stricter sanctions for crime»Kraftigt höja straffen samt avskaffa mängdrabatten vid allvarliga brott mot person« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Significantly increase sentences and abolish quantity reduction for serious crimes against the person”
• protect honest entrepreneurs»Bekämpa brottslighet som drabbar företagare« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Combat crime that harms entrepreneurs”
• national self-determination towards EU»Stärka det nationella självbestämmandet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen national self-determination”

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.