The Swedish prosecution, in cooperation with the Special Prosecution Office of Kosovo, has conducted an operation against a person suspected of organized crime, money laundering and drug use.
A man was arrested in the Gothenburg area on Thursday as part of a large-scale operation against organized crime conducted by several Swedish state institutions. The suspect is now in custody and is charged with the criminal offense of drug trafficking and money laundering.
In parallel with the arrest in Sweden, checks and raids were carried out in Kosovo, where, with the support of the police and the prosecution, considerable assets were seized, including real estate, large sums of cash and a vehicle.
According to Swedish authorities, evidence was also obtained in Sweden during the operation, including valuable objects and digital materials, which will serve to continue the investigation and conduct more in-depth analysis of financial flows.
The coordinated operation was carried out in close cooperation with the Special Prosecution Office of Kosovo, a cooperation that Swedish authorities have described as crucial to the success of the action.
“We are on the offensive in our work on asset confiscation and are using the new legislation to target assets both domestically and abroad. The cooperation with the Kosovo Special Prosecution Office has been very professional and with full readiness, which has enabled us to seize property, cash and a vehicle in this case,” said State Prosecutor Daniel Larson from the Swedish Economic Crimes Authority.
Swedish authorities say Thursday’s intervention is the result of a long-term investigation, in which several institutions have collaborated with the aim of cracking down on and preventing organized crime, as well as confiscating illegal profits, both within Sweden and abroad.
“Crime should not be rewarded and it does not matter if someone tries to hide criminal profits abroad. We find them and our goal is to confiscate them,” said Tomas Stakeberg Jansson, chief of police in the Western Region of Sweden.
The preliminary investigations are being led by state prosecutors Daniel Larson from the Economic Crimes Authority and HÃ¥kan Larsson from the National Unit against International and Organized Crime (RIO), within the Swedish Public Prosecutor’s Office. /Telegraph/