February 9, 2010
Black_market
The following articles have been tagged with "Black_market":
Residence permits for sale on black market
National: 26 Nov 09
Swedish residence permits can be purchased on the black market for €2,000 ($3,020) apiece, allowing buyers to travel freely throughout Europe.
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Criminals caught up in benefits cheat probe
Society: 5 Sep 09
A campaign by Sweden’s social insurance agency to root out benefits cheats has found that about 100 seasoned criminals have received millions in unwarranted payments.
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New train tickets aim to beat black market
Business & Money: 1 Sep 09
Swedish Rail (SJ) will on Wednesday move to broaden its personalised ticket system in a bid to thwart the black market in cheap tickets and improve customer service.
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Migration Board worker found guilty of bribery
Society: 23 Jun 09
An employee of the Swedish Migration Board has been ordered to pay 40,000 kronor ($5,000) in damages after he was found guilty of bribing an immigrant from Afghanistan in exchange for a residence permit.
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Gothenburg court convicts trio for heroin smuggling
National: 17 Jun 09
Three men have been convicted and given lengthy prison sentences for their roles in a heroin smuggling operation.
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270 imprisoned in black market purge
National: 7 Apr 09
Tax revenues totalling 2.5 billion kronor ($310 million) have been recovered and 272 people have been imprisoned following an investigation into Sweden's labour black market by the Tax Agency.
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Sweden Democrats in racism row
Politics: 30 Mar 09
Racism and hostility toward foreigners are common themes for the far-right Sweden Democrats, despite the party’s efforts to move into the political mainstream, according to a new investigation.
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'Black market' Swedish flat leases sold openly on the internet
Society: 3 Feb 09
Stockholm has long had a problem with housing shortages, and as a result a black market in rental contracts. But now the illegal market has gone mainstream and leases are being sold openly on the internet.
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When worlds collide: Apartment shopping in Sweden and beyond
Analysis & Opinion: 2 Jan 09
With flat prices dropping like autumn leaves, Jeanne Rudbeck thought it was about time to start shopping around for a new home in Stockholm. Or Paris. Or Florida. But was it all just a pipe dream?
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State rail operator in ticketing u-turn controversy
National: 8 Nov 08
Swedish state-owned rail operator SJ has performed a u-turn and made changes to its controversial ticketing system. Travellers will from next year be obliged to carry identification in a push to tackle ticket touts.
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Many Swedes fine with using black market services
Society: 10 Sep 08
Many Swedes have no problem with the idea of turning to the black market for household improvement services, and according to a new survey, 13 percent have already done so.
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Authorities close in on untaxed labour
Business & Money: 31 Jul 08
A special investigation by the Swedish Tax Authority (Skatteverket) of staffing companies and other firms who rely on black labour has so far resulted in the filing of nearly 1,000 criminal complaints.
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Housing reforms stoke debate
Society: 18 Apr 08
A new government report has suggested controversial changes to the rules governing residential rental properties in Sweden.
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Bending the rules: Sweden in transition
Analysis & Opinion: 26 Feb 08
Nima Sanandaji speaks to one of the co-authors of a book examining the increasing propensity of Swedes to skirt around the edges of the country's tax and social welfare systems.
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Swede arrested in Croatian heroin haul
National: 4 Jan 08
A Swedish citizen has been arrested in Croatia on his way back to Sweden carrying 12 kilos of heroin.
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Swedes favour rent controls
Society: 18 Dec 07
A majority of Swedes are in favour of retaining rent controls on rental apartments, a new survey has shown.
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Swedish politicians 'have low moral standards'
Politics: 21 Nov 07
Morals in Sweden are declining, most people think, with politicians' morals viewed as particularly low.
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Schenström's successor off to shaky start
Politics: 2 Nov 07
Fredrik Reinfeldt's new State Secretary Nicola Clase has admitted that she and her husband paying cash-in-hand for renovations to a summer house outside Stockholm.
"We regret any mistakes we have made and are prepared to make up for them," she said.
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Moderates in u-turn on rent controls
Society: 10 Oct 07
Sweden's ruling Moderate Party has dropped its aim of axing Sweden's strict rent controls on apartments and replacing them with market rents. People on low incomes should be able to afford to live centrally, says the party.
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Reinfeldt presents new trade minister
Politics: 12 Sep 07
She owns a pink Porsche, was caught speeding during the summer and has dumped illegal quantities of soil outside her new house. Fredrik Reinfeldt presents... Sweden's new trade minister, Ewa Björling.
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Doctor slammed for Roma claims
Science & Technology: 20 Aug 07
A doctor in Lund has been criticized by the Swedish health board for over-prescribing Flunitrazepam - a drug formerly marketed as Rohypnol - to his Roma patients.
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Housing system under fire
Society: 29 Jun 07
The authors of an official report on the Swedish rental market argue that companies in the public housing sector should 'strive for market rates'.
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Swedish black market bigger than ever
National: 28 May 07
The black and grey market sectors have enjoyed rapid expansion in Sweden since the beginning of the 1990s, according to a new report. 67 percent of all cash transactions from 1990-2004 were unexplained.
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Who pays for Sweden's free lunch?
Analysis & Opinion: 14 May 07
Sweden's generous welfare system has long relied on the strong protestant work ethic of its citizens to stop abuse of state handouts. But the system itself has served to break down the protestant work ethic, argues Captus's Nima Sanandaji.
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Swedish passports available "for 1,000 dollars"
Society: 3 Mar 07
Swedish passports are widely available on the black market with trading so systematic that at least twice a week the Swedish police discover several passports linked to the same personal identity number.
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Sweden 'needs to shake up jobs and housing'
National: 14 Feb 07
The Swedish economy is performing well, according to a new report from the OECD. But the housing rental market needs reform and further efforts will be needed to get people into work.
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Stockholm plans to throw tenants out
Politics: 13 Jan 07
People subletting apartments owned by Stockholm City authorities without permission could soon find themselves on the street, thanks to a new campaign by the politician in charge of the city's housing.
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Swedes think 'Working black' is OK
Business & Money: 1 Dec 06
A rising number of Swedes think it is acceptable to work cash-in-hand, without declaring your income to the tax authority, a new survey has shown.
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Indian students go missing in Sweden
Society: 20 Oct 06
Agencies in India are sending students to Sweden - but most of them are never showing up for classes, it has been reported. The scam is a way around Schengen rules, according to migration officials.
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TV boss admits black-market nanny
National: 17 Oct 06
The new CEO of Swedish Television has become the latest in a long line of public figures to admit using the services of a nanny without paying the proper taxes and charges.
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Second Swedish minister resigns
Politics: 16 Oct 06
Cecilia Stegö Chilò has resigned as Sweden's culture minister after just ten days in the job. Not paying her TV licence for 16 years put her in an impossible situation, she admitted.
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Stegö Chilò's resignation statement in English
Politics: 16 Oct 06
"What will happen with our democracy if it only has room for faultless people?" Cecilia Stegö Chilò's full statement in English.
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Brisk reforms expected from Reinfeldt
Politics: 24 Sep 06
Analysts expect Sweden's next prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt to undertake ambitious reform of the labour market and to gradually sell off the state's shares in companies.
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Copper thieves strike in Malmö and Gothenburg
National: 24 Mar 06
A canoe club in Malmö has had half its roof pinched by copper thieves hoping to cash in on the high price for the metal. And in Gothenburg, footprints in the snow lead police to a store of stolen drainpipes.
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Puppy smugglers arrested in Karlskrona
Society: 19 Mar 06
Smugglers were caught trying to bring eleven puppies into Sweden via Karlskrona on Saturday night. A trade being fed by the fashion for small dogs, customs officers say.
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Government tax reforms to slash booze prices
Politics: 24 Aug 05
A 40% cut in the tax on spirits. A lowering of income tax. Increased sickness benefits. A cynic might note that 2006 is election year - but everyone else is too busy working out how much cheaper a bottle of vodka will be (70 kronor).
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Persson - reduce tax on alcohol
Politics: 16 Aug 05
Prime Minister Göran Persson says Swedish alcohol taxes should be reduced in order to preserve Sweden's restrictive alcohol policy. But the Green and Left parties say they will resist any attempt to make booze cheaper.
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Call for tax breaks for domestic staff
Society: 29 Jun 05
Cut taxes on cleaners, gardeners and nannies, and create 10,000 new jobs. A new report says that making it cheaper to employ domestic staff will be good for both the government's bank account and the unemployment figures.
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Tax office rocks up in Hultsfred
Society: 14 Jun 05
Paying tax is the new rock'n'roll, if Swedish authorities get their way. As over 30,000 young people flock to the Hultsfred music festival, Marilyn Manson and Snoop Dogg will be joined by tax inspectors hoping to persuade them to cough up.
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Who benefits from Sweden's restricted property market?
: 4 May 05
I want to rent a flat in central Stockholm so apparently I have to join a three year waiting list, rent 'second-hand' with little security, or find a place on the black market - because there is no free rental market. Why? And who benefits? Answers please.
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Systembolaget supplier charged with smuggling
National: 7 Mar 05
A director at alcohol supplier Vin-Trädgårdh AB - already in trouble for allegedly forking out almost a million kronor in bribes to Systembolaget - is in custody on suspicion of selling 121,766 litres of spirits and 11,760 litres of wine on the black market.
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Self-employed targeted as 'black economy' grows
National: 21 Oct 04
The one certain effect of higher labour taxes is that people will work harder - to avoid them. Even in Sweden, where 'cash-in-hand' work now accounts for up to 100 billion untaxed crowns a year. Enough's enough, says the government.
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Three "Chilean mafia" members arrested in Stockhom
Smörgåsbord: 20 Oct 04
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40% tax cut on booze: Government teetering
Politics: 20 Aug 04
The government considers a cocktail of radical recommendations to save the state-owned alcohol monopoly. Could it be last orders for Sweden's hulking brute of an alcohol tax?
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Persson considers reducing alcohol tax
Smörgåsbord: 13 Aug 04
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Environmental health flaws
Society: 4 Jun 04
Salmonella strikes 129 restaurants, the EU declares 18 Swedish beaches 'sub-standard' and the police forget to confiscate 2,247 illegal weapons.
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"No one is surprised to hear that safety is important to Swedes. After all, the first 3-point seat belt was first put into production for cars in the Volvo PV444 in 1959. But there are moments when I think that the devotion to safety extends beyond the fair margin to allow for Darwin Award nominees...." READ »
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