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Uppdrag_granskning

The following articles have been tagged with "Uppdrag_granskning":

'She didn't take abuse claims seriously': sister

National: 4 Nov 11
In a case that has caused huge reactions across Sweden, the woman who reported her sister and sister's husband to social services for allegedly sexually abusing their daughters has told her version of events. READ »

Family torn apart after false sex abuse claims

National: 2 Nov 11
One call to social services was enough to land a Swedish couple behind bars and have their kids taken away for more than two months after an innocent situation was misinterpreted as sexual abuse. READ »

Deportees: CIA behind torture interrogations

National: 5 Oct 11
Two Egyptians who were forcibly deported to Egypt from Sweden by CIA agents in 2001 have blamed the US spy agency for the torture they received in their home country. READ »

Nursing home hushed sex abuse claims

Society: 12 May 11
A man in his eighties faced court on Wednesday charged with abusing another patient at a northern Sweden nursing home, which has in turn been accused of having delayed reporting the matter to the police. READ »

Prostitution sting nets hundreds of suspects

Society: 24 Mar 11
Police have identified more than 400 men suspected of paying for sex in Sweden’s biggest ever prostitution sting after a 40-year-old man was convicted of acting as a pimp for five women, including his wife. READ »

Ikea founder admits to secret foundation

Business & Money: 26 Jan 11
Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad, considered one of the wealthiest people in the world, has acknowledged the existence of a secret foundation worth 100 billion kronor ($15.34 billion). READ »

Housing chief denies taking any bribes

National: 18 Jan 11
The first indictment in the bribery scandal that rocked Gothenburg last year was submitted on Tuesday by the regional prosecutor. READ »

Botched Swedish breast job patient's file faked

Science & Technology: 26 Nov 10
The medical file of a woman from southern Sweden who remains in a coma three months after a botched breast augmentation procedure in Poland was changed after the surgery, media reports revealed on Friday. READ »

Swedish woman in coma after botched breast op

Society: 17 Nov 10
A Swedish woman who underwent breast enlargement surgery in Poland after booking with a medical tourism company remains in a coma three months after the operation. READ »

Swedish King to face book's love affair claims

National: 3 Nov 10
Sweden is bracing for the release on Thursday of a controversial book detailing the private life of King Carl XVI Gustaf, including an alleged affair with a member of the band Army of Lovers. READ »

'Dodgy' flat rental dogs Moderates' Arkelsten

National: 29 Oct 10
The Moderates' party secretary, Sofia Arkelsten, was fending off new criticism on Friday after it was revealed she secured a first-hand rental contract from Stockholm’s “king” of black market flat rentals. READ »

Swedish charity pays millions to telemarketer

Society: 27 Oct 10
A national association dealing with child custody issues paid over 80 percent in overhead costs totalling nearly 34 million kronor ($5 million) to a telemarketing company from the donations it received from two campaigns last year. READ »

Pastor disciplined over village rape case

National: 11 Jun 10
The Church of Sweden pastor who welcomed a 15-year-old convicted rapist to the end of term celebrations in a high profile incident in Bjästa in northern Sweden, has been issued with a written warning by the diocese of Harnösand. READ »

Auditors critical after Gothenburg review

Politics: 10 May 10
An independent report commissioned by the municipality of Gothenburg to audit the accounts of the city's sports and clubs division amid allegations of bribery, has stated that the material submitted is incomplete. READ »

Gothenburg opens probe into bribery claims

Politics: 4 May 10
Gothenburg municipality is set to appoint a special review team to conduct a full examination of the entire public administration in the wake of a bribery scandal that has rocked the western Swedish city. READ »

Bribery scandal rocks Gothenburg

National: 30 Apr 10
Sweden's anti-corruption unit has opened an investigation into allegations of aggravated bribery against several officials in Gothenburg after revelations concerning a construction magnate. READ »

Threats rain down on Bjästa school

National: 10 Apr 10
Staff at Bjästa School in northern Sweden have received some 400 threats via email following television revelations about a 14-year-old girl who was bullied and left isolated after being raped at the school. READ »

Boy convicted of rape reports TV show

National: 6 Apr 10
A 15-year-old boy convicted of two rapes in the village of Bjästa has reported SVT's investigative programme Uppdrag Granskning to the broadcasting watchdog, claiming the show had made it too easy to identify him. READ »

Boy taken into care after village rape case

National: 31 Mar 10
The boy convicted of raping two girls in a high profile case in Bjästa near Örnsköldsvik in northern Sweden will be taken into municipal care on his release from youth custody. READ »

Reinfeldt weighs in on village rape case

National: 28 Mar 10
Sweden's prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has added his voice to the outcry over the treatment of a 14-year-old girl shunned by her village community after being raped in a school toilet. READ »

Wave of outrage hits Swedish community

National: 27 Mar 10
Public outrage continues to build against a small community in northern Sweden after revelations that a 14-year-old girl was raped and then driven out of town amid an internet smear campaign. READ »

Girl raped and rejected by Swedish community

National: 26 Mar 10
A storm of outrage has met revelations that a 14-year-old girl from a small Swedish community was raped at her school only to be rejected by her friends and adult society when she reported the attack. READ »

Russian nuclear waste dumped off Sweden

National: 4 Feb 10
The Russian military is suspected of having dumped chemical weapons and radioactive waste off the Swedish island of Gotland in the beginning of the 1990s. READ »

'Stop discrimination of foreign doctoral candidates'

Analysis & Opinion: 4 Jan 10
Sweden needs to do more to ensure foreign doctoral candidates are offered equal working conditions by the country's colleges and universities, argue students' rights advocates Martin Dackling and Lars Abrahamsson. READ »

'Sweden treats foreign researchers unfairly'

Education: 14 Dec 09
Sweden isn’t doing enough to ensure equal working conditions for foreign researchers pursuing doctoral studies at Swedish universities, students and teachers rights groups claim. READ »

Shock therapy on the rise in Sweden: report

Society: 18 Nov 09
Swedish hospitals are increasingly turning to electroshock therapy to treat depression, but have failed to adequately warn patients about the risk for memory loss associated with the treatment, a new investigation reveals. READ »

Vatican 'knew of bishop's Holocaust denials'

National: 23 Sep 09
The Vatican was aware of statements by a rebel bishop in which he questioned the existence of the Nazi gas chambers before it decided to lift the bishop's excommunication, according to a Stockholm bishop. READ »

Guilty verdicts in ICA meat cheat scandal

Business & Money: 10 Jun 09
Two employees from an ICA Maxi grocery store in Nacka outside of Stockholm have been convicted for repackaging out-of-date meat and putting it back on store shelves. READ »

Police officer drunk in charge of firearms unit

National: 21 May 09
The commanding officer of a police firearms unit in Luleå in northern Sweden was drunk when his colleagues opened fire with an automatic weapon hitting cars and houses last year, it has emerged. READ »

Swedish teen pregnant after implant mix-up

Science & Technology: 15 Apr 09
A young Swedish couple found to their amazement that they were expecting a baby - despite the fact that the girl had a contraceptive implant. The implant turned out to be a dummy. READ »

SVT denies Vatican conspiracy rumours

Society: 4 Feb 09
The journalist for Sveriges Television (SVT) who conducted an interview with conservative Catholic bishop Richard Williamson in which he denied the Holocaust, has denied allegations that SVT was involved in a plot to damage Pope Benedict XVI. READ »

Conservative group apologizes to Pope over Holocaust remarks

Society: 28 Jan 09
Remarks questioning the facts of the Holocaust made by a member of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) and broadcast on Swedish television have prompted the group to apologize to the Pope. READ »

Church furor over 'racist' religious group

Society: 22 Jan 09
The Church of Sweden on Thursday cited lax oversight as the reason why a conservative religious group aiming to convert Sweden to Catholicism and with leaders who deny the Holocaust was given permission to hold meetings in Swedish churches. READ »

Criminal charges for ICA meat labelling scandal

National: 7 Oct 08
Public prosecutor Solveig Sörlien will file formal charges against an ICA grocery store in the Stockholm suburb of Nacka for relabeling outdated packages of mince meat and putting them back on store shelves. READ »

Author's secret will: 'Give my money to Communists'

Society: 29 May 08
Journalist and author Stieg Larsson left behind a signed will after all. READ »

Ericsson in child labour scandal

National: 14 May 08
Swedish telecom giant Ericsson has promised swift action after revelations of dangerous working conditions and child labour at factories operated by its suppliers in Bangladesh. READ »

Commander tried to suppress film of naked shooting

National: 12 May 08
The highest officer in a Swedish amphibious military unit is accused of trying to cover up an incident in which new conscripts fired shoulder mounted artillery cannons while in the nude. READ »

Sweden recalls torture case officer from Chad

National: 11 Apr 08
The high-ranking Swedish officer who was criticized for not acting to stop French soldiers from torturing a Congolese man has been recalled from his current assignment in Chad. READ »

Torture case officer heading Chad force

National: 11 Apr 08
The high-ranking Swedish officer who was criticized for not acting to stop French soldiers from torturing a Congolese man is now leading the Swedish force in Chad. READ »

Swedish soldiers accuse French of 'torture'

National: 3 Apr 08
Swedish public television has aired a documentary accusing French soldiers of torturing a militia member in the Democratic Republic of Congo. READ »

Civil servant showed up drunk to deportations

National: 20 Mar 08
An employee from Sweden’s Prison and Probation Service showed up to deportation proceedings under the influence of alcohol on several occasions. READ »

ICA merchants could face multi-million kronor fines

Business & Money: 14 Feb 08
Prosecutors are calling for ICA supermarket owners to be fined following a food hygiene scandal late last year. READ »

ICA beats meat retreat

National: 7 Dec 07
ICA has begun taking steps to undo some of the damage caused by a recent repackaging scandal. READ »

Criminal investigation over ICA meat cheats

National: 6 Dec 07
Prosecutors have started a criminal investigation following revelations that supermarkets repackaged out-of-date meat and put it back on the shelves. READ »

Councils report ICA meat cheats

National: 6 Dec 07
Four local councils have announced plans to report supermarket chain ICA to the police. READ »

Damages claim after slave wages allegation

Society: 26 Oct 07
Unions are planning to claim damages from three hamburger chains after reports that they used workers on slave-like contracts. Police are also taking action over claims that one cleaning contractor dodged taxes. READ »

'Louise' writes letter of thanks 'to all who care'

National: 13 Apr 07
'Louise' - the girl who was the subject of a television documentary after being badly abused by her father over a long period - has written an open letter of thanks to everybody who cares about her. She also wondered why the council failed to act. READ »

Council 'sorry' for making girl live with abusive father

Society: 11 Apr 07
Social service officials in a town in southern Sweden have apologized to a girl who was forced to have sex with her father hundreds of times over a five year period. READ »

Naked soldiers film condemned

National: 31 May 06
A film showing naked Swedish soldiers firing practice ammunition has been slammed by defence minister Leni Björklund. This has no place in the Swedish military, she said. READ »

TV documentary presents new Estonia ferry theory

Smörgåsbord: 2 Dec 04
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Open up mental health system to avert crisis

Science & Technology: 11 Nov 04
In the week that the Supreme Court reviews the sentence on Anna Lindh's killer, Lysanne Sizoo points out where the Swedish mental health system is breaking down - and offers a creative solution. READ »

SVT report prompts appeals in incest cases

National: 11 Nov 04
After a TV programme alleges the unorthodox use of jugs of water by a children's home therapist, the Supreme Court grants ten men convicted of incest leave to appeal. Justice at last, or the wrong message to send to girls suffering similar abuse? READ »

Ohly?s communist admission causes Left Party rumpus

Politics: 6 Oct 04
He blocked an apology to victims of Stalin's camps, and still proudly calls himself a commmunist. So is Lars Ohly fit to lead the Left Party? READ »

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