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Bribery

The following articles have been tagged with "Bribery":

Sweden 'an important partner': US ambassador

Analysis & Opinion: 1 Feb 12
Recently installed US ambassador to Sweden Mark Brzezinski speaks to The Local's David Landes about US-Swedish relations and taking Swedish lessons from his two-and-half year old daughter. READ »

Justice minister calls for tighter bribery laws

Business & Money: 26 Jan 12
In the wake of several high profile cases at home and abroad, Swedish justice minister Beatrice Ask has called for stricter laws governing bribery and corruption. READ »

Swede wanted in Ikea Russia fraud probe

Business & Money: 20 Dec 11
A 35-year-old Swedish executive who worked for Ikea in Russia is under investigation for fraud and bribery in connection with the Swedish retail giant's operations in Moscow. READ »

Swedish corruption rise 'a myth': expert

Business & Money: 10 Oct 11
A leading expert has refuted claims that corruption is becoming more widespread in Sweden, arguing there is no evidence to back up the claims. READ »

Scania CEO reports prosecutor over 'oil-for-food' bribery claims

Business & Money: 27 Jun 11
Scania CEO Leif Östling has reported Sweden's top anti-corruption prosecutor for violating confidentiality rules in connection with his investigation into the Swedish truckmaker's alleged skirting of UN sanctions in Iraq. READ »

Marcus Allbäck named in bribery probe

National: 9 Jun 11
Criminal suspicions have surfaced involving Marcus Allbäck, a former striker for Sweden's national team and current assistant trainer, in connection with the Gothenburg construction corruption scandal. READ »

Bribery scandal rocks Stockholm arena

National: 9 Jun 11
A local politician and a Swedish construction magnate are among six people charged with corruption in conjunction with the building of a new national sporting arena in the Stockholm suburb of Solna. READ »

Malmström touts corruption crackdown

Politics: 6 Jun 11
Sweden's EU commissioner Cecilia Malmström has called for action after it emerged that four out of every five EU citizens consider corruption to be a problem in their country, with costs topping 1,000 billion kronor ($162 billion) per year. READ »

Swedish bosses open to bribes: study

Business & Money: 26 May 11
Every fifth business leader in Sweden could consider paying a bribe to win advantages in business and to retain clients, a new survey shows. READ »

Saab denies wrongdoing in fighter jet deal

National: 21 May 11
Sweden's largest defense contractor Saab has said a probe looking into alleged secret payments to South Africa has turned up no evidence of wrongdoing. READ »

Kamprad pledges Ikea 'transparency'

Business & Money: 18 May 11
Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of Swedish furnishings giant Ikea, has promised more transparency over the firm's business affairs, saying that it has nothing to hide after a slew of allegations in recent years. READ »

Housing boss guilty in Gothenburg bribe trial

National: 28 Apr 11
A former housing chief was sentenced to 6 months in prison on Thursday for aggravated bribery as the court delivered its verdict in the first trial of the major Gothenburg bribery scandal. READ »

Gothenburg bribery trial gets under way

Business & Money: 31 Mar 11
The first trial in a major bribery scandal began in Gothenburg on Thursday as a former housing chief faced charges of having accepted 24 tonnes of free bricks for a private building project. 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 »

King's Brazil trip a 'conflict of interests'

Society: 7 Dec 10
A state visit to Brazil by Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf earlier this year may have constituted a conflict of interests, according to a Swedish bribery scholar. READ »

Scania accused of Iraq oil-for-food bribes

Business & Money: 1 Nov 10
Managers from Swedish truckmaker Scania are expected to be charged for violating United Nations sanctions for their role in paying millions of kronor in bribes to the former Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein. READ »

No bribery probe for Arkelsten: prosecutor

Politics: 1 Nov 10
A Swedish prosecutor has decided not to launch a preliminary investigation into whether sponsored trips taken by Moderate party secretary Sofia Arkelsten amounted to bribery. READ »

First arrest made in Gothenburg bribe probe

National: 7 Sep 10
A contractor with a municipal housing company became the first suspect arrested in connection with a bribery scandal that rocked Gothenburg earlier this year, a prosecutor announced on Tuesday. READ »

Politicians say no to free biogas car over bribe risk

National: 11 Aug 10
Volkswagen and Eon were hoping to raise the profile of biogas-fuelled cars during the ongoing election campaign by loaning them free of charge to politicians but the risk of being seen as a bribe has put a stop to their plans. READ »

Princess accused of taking honeymoon bribe

National: 9 Aug 10
Prosecutors are to consider whether Crown Princess Victoria and her husband Prince Daniel accepted bribes after a tycoon paid for the couple’s luxury honeymoon. READ »

'Firms report recession corruption increase'

Business & Money: 24 May 10
Fraud and corruption has increased during the recession with Swedish firms harder hit than the global average, a new survey shows. 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 »

Car owner fined over 'bun money' bribe

National: 1 May 10
A man in western Sweden has been found guilty of bribery after enclosing 200 kronor ($28) worth of "bun money" in an application submitted to the Swedish Road Administration. 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 »

'Jail Red Cross fraudster for 5 years': Prosecutor

National: 28 Apr 10
The prosecutor in the trial of Johan af Donner called on Wednesday for the former Red Cross communications chief to be imprisoned for five years for swindling both the Red Cross and the Swedish Cancer Society out of millions of kronor. READ »

Red Cross official admits multi-million kronor fraud

National: 21 Apr 10
The trial began on Wednesday of former Swedish Red Cross communications chief Johan af Donner, who quickly confessed to swindling the aid organisation and the Swedish Cancer Fund out of millions of kronor. READ »

Ikea forecasts 'flat' profits for 2010

Business & Money: 22 Feb 10
In a rare comment on Swedish furniture giant Ikea's financials Monday, the firm's CEO reported flat profits for 2009 with more of the same forecast for 2010. READ »

Ikea founder 'cried like a baby' over Russian bribery scandal

Business & Money: 19 Feb 10
Ikea's founder Ingvar Kamprad on Friday expressed "distress" over a bribery affair which has led to the firing of the Swedish furniture giant's two top managers of its Russian division. READ »

Former Red Cross chief faces court in fraud case

National: 15 Jan 10
The former head of communications of the Swedish Red Cross, Johan af Donner, is to be tried on embezzlement charges after investigations reveal he swindled charities out of nearly 8 million kronor ($1.13 million). READ »

Swede wanted in bribery case arrested in LA

National: 2 Nov 09
Police in Los Angeles have arrested a Swedish businessman wanted on charges of attempting to bribe a Stockholm police chief. READ »

Saab targeted in South Korea bribery probe

Business & Money: 6 Oct 09
Swedish aerospace giant Saab AB is under investigation by South Korean security authorities looking into allegations the company paid off a local research institute in exchange for classified information. READ »

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. READ »

Prosecutor shuts down Gripen bribes probe

Business & Money: 16 Jun 09
Sweden’s top prosecutor has decided to abandon his ongoing bribery investigation in connection with the export of Saab AB’s JAS Gripen fighter jet. READ »

Migration Board worker charged with bribery

National: 19 Mar 09
An employee with Sweden’s Migration Board has been charged with bribery after requesting 40,000 kronor ($4,920) to arrange a residence permit for an asylum seeker from Afghanistan. READ »

Volvo execs charged for Saddam-era bribes

Business & Money: 6 Mar 09
Three executives from Volvo’s construction equipment subsidiary have been charged for paying bribes to the regime of Saddam Hussein to skirt restrictions related to the United Nations’ Oil-for-Food Programme. READ »

Austrian count arrested for Saab Gripen bribes

National: 28 Feb 09
An Austrian count has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to bribe politicians to buy Saab's Gripen aircraft. He is alleged to have received 13 million euro ($16.5 million) from Saab's British partner BAE. READ »

Examiner charged over driving licence bribes

National: 25 Feb 09
A driving examiner from Gothenburg has been indicted on bribery charges. The woman is alleged to have accepted half a million kronor ($57,000) in exchange for approving driving licences for 70 test candidates. READ »

Nord Stream gift prompts bribery probe

Science & Technology: 19 Feb 09
A Swedish prosecutor is looking into suspicions of bribery and corruption after a college on the island of Gotland received a donation from Nord Stream, which wants to build a gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea. READ »

Saab hit by new South Africa bribery probe

Politics: 29 Jan 09
A Saab subsidiary is under investigation for bribery in connection with the 1999 sale of JAS Gripen combat aircraft to South Africa, prompting calls from Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu to scrap the deal. READ »

Sweden seen as land of bribes in EU sculpture

Society: 16 Jan 09
A controversial art installation in Brussels has made a less-than-subtle jab at Sweden’s alleged involvement in attempts to bribe Czech politicians into approving a massive fighter jet order earlier in the decade. READ »

Nobel Committees investigated for bribery

Science & Technology: 18 Dec 08
Swedish prosecutors have launched a preliminary investigation into possible bribery after revelations that members of three Swedish Nobel Committees received free trips to China from the Chinese government. READ »

US think tank: Swedish foreign aid 'best in the world'

Politics: 5 Dec 08
Sweden’s foreign assistance programme has been given top marks by an influential American think tank. READ »

Engineer convicted in Saab blackmail case

Business & Money: 10 Nov 08
The 48-year-old engineer charged with attempting to blackmail Saab Microwave Systems for 16 million kronor ($2.1 million) was sentenced on Monday to four years in prison. READ »

Cop cleared over savoury tart bribe

Society: 25 Sep 08
A policeman in Lund has been cleared by the Court of Appeal of charges of soliciting a savoury tart from a trombonist. READ »

Bribery allegations rock Migration Board

National: 22 May 08
The Swedish Migration Board has called in the police to help investigate an alleged residence permit bribery scandal. READ »

Papers shoot down proposed Gripen sale to Norway

Analysis & Opinion: 2 May 08
David Landes reviews how Sweden’s newspapers reacted to plans for selling upgraded Saab Gripen combat planes to Norway. READ »

Volvo settles Iraq bribery case with US authorities

Business & Money: 20 Mar 08
Volvo has agreed to pay $19.6 million in fines to settle its involvement in a bribery scandal related to the Oil-for-Food Programme in Iraq. READ »

Thai Air the subject of a bribery investigation

National: 16 Jan 08
Swedish police will look into discounts given to Swedish journalists travelling to Thailand. READ »

New bribery suspicions for TV4 reporter Sefastsson

National: 19 Dec 07
TV4 reporter and legal expert Trond Sefastsson is suspected of taking bribes from a new suspect. READ »

Prosecutors drop Schenström probe

Politics: 3 Dec 07
An investigation into bribery allegations against Ulrica Schenström, Fredrik Reinfeldt's former top aide, has been dropped. READ »

Business Feature: Ericsson's annus horribilis

Business & Money: 25 Nov 07
2007 has not been a great year for the mobile networks company, with falling profits and now bribery allegations. AFP's Delphine Toitou takes a closer look. READ »

TV4 files complaint against prosecutor

Politics: 9 Nov 07
TV4 has reported chief prosecutor Christer van der Kvast to the Chancellor of Justice following a raid on the station's offices this week. READ »

Police raid offices of TV4

National: 7 Nov 07
Police raided the offices of TV4 in Stockholm on Wednesday in an attempt to obtain a copy of a restaurant bill paid by reporter Anders Pihlblad. READ »

Reinfeldt: Schenström was on call

Politics: 1 Nov 07
Ulrica Schenström, Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt's closest aide, was on call when she was out drinking with a political reporter from TV4, Reinfeldt has said. READ »

Policeman fined for savoury tart bribe

National: 10 Oct 07
A policeman in Lund has been found guilty of trying to get a trombonist to reward him and his fellow officers with a savoury tart if they managed to solve the case of the musician's missing instrument. READ »

Sweden ill-equipped to deal with corruption

National: 8 Oct 07
Sweden does not have a effective framework in place to combat bribery and international corruption, according to a new report from Transparency International (TI). READ »

Police raid journalist's home

Society: 19 Sep 07
Police have raided the house of prizewinning TV reporter Trond Sefastsson, following allegations of fraud, making illegal threats and bribery. TV4's CEO described the move as "an extraordinary abuse of justice". READ »

Prosecutors examine Hungary planes deal

National: 11 Sep 07
Swedish prosecutors have opened an investigation into claims of bribery in relation to the leasing of JAS 39 Gripen planes to Hungary. The decision follows questions in Hungary over the deal. READ »

TV4 suspends journalist after bribery allegation

National: 1 Sep 07
Swedish television channel TV4 has suspended a journalist amid accusations that he had received money from criminal sources to make certain news reports. It was work on the side, he says. READ »

Skanska faces Argentine bribery allegations

Business & Money: 26 Jun 07
The management of the Swedish construction group Skanska has become embroiled in an alleged corruption scandal involving some of its former workers in Argentina. READ »

Profits down at Saab

Business & Money: 24 Apr 07
First-quarter pre-tax profits at Swedish aviation and defence group Saab fell sharply due to increased costs. Orders and sales were up, the company's boss told reporters. READ »

Governor cleared of bribery charges

Politics: 3 Apr 07
The Court of Appeal has found Maggi Mikaelsson, Jämtland's county governor, not guilty of accepting bribes. The head of forestry company SCA has also been cleared. READ »

Investigation launched into Saab bribery claims

National: 26 Feb 07
An investigation into alleged bribery in connection with the lease of JAS 39 Gripen fighter planes to the Czech Republic has been launched by prosecutors in Stockholm. READ »

Swedish authorities investigate BAE Systems

Business & Money: 20 Feb 07
Saab is under investigation by Swedish authorities over bribery allegations relating to dealings in the Czech Republic. READ »

Systembolaget punishes Absolut maker

Business & Money: 24 Jan 07
Systembolaget is being taken to court by fellow state-owned booze company Vin & Sprit after it removed 15 brands of wine from its stores as a punishment for alleged bribery. READ »

No investigation over Bildt options

Politics: 12 Jan 07
Swedish prosecutors have announced that they do not plan to pursue an investigation into foreign minister Carl Bildt's options in investment company Vostok Nafta. READ »

SL security chief jailed

National: 19 Dec 06
A former head of security at Stockholm's local transport operator SL has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for accepting bribes from a security company. READ »

Governor takes time out after elk hunt conviction

Politics: 15 Nov 06
Jämtland county governor Maggi Mikaelsson has decided to take time out after being convicted of bribery. Local government minister Mats Odell says she will stay away from her job until a final decision has been made in her case. READ »

Left Party governor took elk hunt bribe

Politics: 14 Nov 06
A county governor who went on an elk hunt hosted by forestry company SCA has been convicted of accepting bribes. Both the governor, Maggi Mikaelsson, and SCA officials pleaded innocent. READ »

Telia bosses cleared of Mamma Mia bribery

Business & Money: 31 Oct 06
Telia Sonera's CEO Anders Igel and the company's former Sweden boss Marie Ehrling have been found not guilty of bribery after inviting customers to a performance of Mamma Mia in Stockholm. READ »

Former Skandia personnel boss jailed

Business & Money: 13 Oct 06
The former personnel director at Skandia, Ola Ramstedt, has been sentenced to two years in prison for allowing 17 million kronor of company money to be spent on the bosses' luxury apartments. READ »

Telia bosses on trial for Mamma Mia bribery

Business & Money: 9 Oct 06
The chief executive and and former Sweden boss of telecoms company Telia Sonera have gone on trial accused of bribing customers by inviting them to a performance of Abba musical Mamma Mia. READ »

Systembolaget managers admit to corruption

National: 27 Sep 06
Two of the six store managers in the third bribery trial surrounding the Swedish state-owned alcohol retailer, Systembolaget, have admitted to taking bribes. READ »

Reepalu freed over bribe charges

Politics: 29 Aug 06
The Social Democratic chief executive of Malmö Municipality has been set free by a criminal court after being cleared of bribery charges. Ilmar Reepalu had denied a free trip to South Africa was corruption. READ »

Politician stopped for police booze bribe

National: 28 Aug 06
A Christian Democrat in Stockholm has been sidelined after reportedly trying to bribe a police officer with a bottle of red wine. READ »

Absolut Vodka employees face bribe charges

Society: 30 Jun 06
Ten people who worked for Sweden's state-owned drinks maker Vin och Sprit are being prosecuted for allegedly bribing managers of Systembolaget alcohol stores. READ »

Malmö politician faces bribes trial

Politics: 29 May 06
Senior Malmö Social Democrat Ilmar Reepalu will go on trial just a month before the general election, charged with bribery. READ »

Bribery trial for Malmö council leader

Politics: 7 Apr 06
The Social Democrat leader of Malmö City Council, Ilmar Reepalu, is to be prosecuted for accepting a bribe - a trip to South Africa two years ago - from a local businessman. READ »

Systembolaget managers fined

National: 23 Feb 06
Fifteen former managers of Systembolaget stores in the south and west of Sweden are fined after being found guilty of accepting bribes from suppliers. READ »

ABB hit by fresh bribery allegations

Business & Money: 8 Feb 06
Swedish-Swiss engineering giant ABB has once again been dragged into allegations of corruption. This time, "shady payments" in the Middle East are at the heart of the affair. READ »

Swedish firms face Iraq bribes probe

National: 2 Jan 06
Companies accused of breaking international sanctions and bribing Saddam Hussein's regime are to be investigated by Swedish prosecutors. Some of Sweden's best-known companies could be implicated. READ »

Guilty verdicts in 'Systemet' bribery case

National: 19 Dec 05
Store managers at the Systembolaget alcohol retail monopoly accepted bribes from a supplier in return for promoting the company's products, a court in Stockholm has decided. READ »

Systemet suppliers blame bribes on ex-boss

National: 28 Nov 05
On the last day of the Systembolaget corruption trial, the former managing director of alcohol wholesaler Vin-Trägårdh - who was charged with bribery but was too ill to face trial - has been blamed for all the company's misdemeanours. READ »

'Systemet' under fire for lavish party

Society: 16 Nov 05
Sweden's state alcohol monopoly has been slammed for spending 14 million kronor on a party for its staff - two days before several Systembolaget staff went on trial for bribery, and in the middle of a cost-cutting programme. READ »

Systembolaget supplier too sick for trial

National: 7 Nov 05
The managing director of alcohol wholesaler Vin-Trägårdh, one of many accused of bribery in the far-reaching Systembolaget corruption affair, is too sick to stand trial, the court has decided. READ »

Swedish prosecutor to investigate Iraq bribes

Business & Money: 28 Oct 05
Prosecutor Christer van der Kwast is to investigate claims that Swedish companies, including Astra Zeneca, Volvo and Atlas Copco, paid bribes to former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's regime - contravening international sanctions. READ »

Senior Skandia man faces bribe charges

Business & Money: 18 Oct 05
A senior executive at Swedish insurer Skandia has been charged with breach of trust and bribery over allegations that company money was used to renovate executives' apartments. READ »

Hennes and Mauritz facing bribery probe

Business & Money: 6 Oct 05
One of the perks of being a fashion journalist is the all-expenses-paid trips to glitzy catwalk shows in glamorous cities - except in Sweden, where that sort of thing is seen as corruption. READ »

Systemet bribery lawyer charged with corruption

National: 5 Oct 05
The lawyer representing Vin-Trägårdh, the wine supplier accused of bribing managers of Systembolaget stores, quits after allegedly accepting a gift of a wine chiller. "I can't be the defence lawyer for 18 days then a suspect on the 19th," he points out. READ »

Systembolaget sanctions to punish suppliers

National: 3 Sep 05
Sweden's alcohol monopoly, Systembolaget, is getting tough with the suppliers who are accused of systematically bribing shop managers. A sanctions scheme will cost the suppliers millions of kronor. READ »

Ikea managers held in bribery swoop

National: 18 Aug 05
The furniture company's squeaky-clean image gets pounded like a Poäng chair in testing as German police hold two senior managers on suspicion of taking massive backhanders. READ »

Systembolaget punishes "bribery suppliers"

Business & Money: 3 Aug 05
Sweden's alcohol retail monopoly has cut ties with one of its suppliers, Vin-Trädgårdh, and has cancelled orders from two others suspected of bribing store managers. READ »

Telia bosses in musical bribe probe

Business & Money: 29 Jun 05
TeliaSonera chief executive Anders Igel is being facing questioning over bribery allegations, after the company treated 200 bosses to an evening at Abba musical Mamma Mia and a buffet dinner. READ »

TeliaSonera growing in police states

National: 15 Jun 05
Swedish telecoms giant TeliaSonera has seen income from some of the world’s dodgier countries grow substantially in the past year. But does investing help regimes or foster democracy? READ »

Vehicle inspection centres face bribery investigation

National: 21 Apr 05
The bribery allegations shift from drinking to driving. Three employees of the Swedish Vehicle Inspection Company are taken into custody after allegedly having their palms greased by car smugglers. READ »

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. READ »

Systembolaget to fire "corrupt" store managers

National: 17 Feb 05
Systembolaget have announced they are to sack the 50 store managers accused of bribery who are still with the company. They're accused of receiving cash, holiday vouchers and other inducements from suppliers in return for stocking products. READ »

77 Systembolaget managers prosecuted for bribery

National: 14 Feb 05
When does accepting product samples become taking bribes? When you work for Sweden's alcohol retail monopoly and, along with your colleagues, accept booze, holidays and cash totalling 1.2 million crowns. READ »


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