illegal

Work permits

Black market in Swedish work permits 'booming'

Non-Europeans hoping to come to Sweden to work often pay ten thousands of kronor to come to the country, in what is believed to be a widespread illegal trade with work permits.

denmark

Smuggled Swede sweets eat away Danish tax take

An estimated 300 million kronor ($44.18 million) worth of illegally smuggled sweets and chocolate from Sweden are sold in Denmark every year, the Danish tax authority announced on Tuesday.

Police

Malmö makes hunting illegals harder for cops

The municipality of Malmö will no longer print the personal identification numbers of marrying couples on the lists of upcoming civil weddings in a move which will make it harder for border police to hunt for illegal immigrants at weddings.

alcohol

Parents’ crime costs man prison warden job

A man was forced to resign from his job as a prison warden after his parents were convicted of unlawfully selling alcohol from their home.