During the 26th week, the Swedish police participated in a joint initiative against workplace crime led by Europol.
During the operation, inspections were carried out in the transport, logistics, construction sector, agriculture, restaurants and beauty salons.
During an investigation of an international restaurant chain in Stockholm, two reports were drawn up against the Aliens Act and a fine of SEK 25,000 was imposed from the Swedish Work Environment Authority. The municipality closed the restaurant.
A slaughterhouse in Vara Municipality was investigated and charged for environmental crime, as well as an order to take action for discharge into the river. The agency has launched an inquiry into several false postings.
The restrictions on various vegetable farms in the southern region led to reports of violations of the Aliens Act and, among other things, a fine of more than SEK 100,000 by the Work Environment Agency.
Total controls within the stock
- 65,839 persons
- 22,958 vehicles
- 57 people are suspected of involvement in crimes
- 21 people arrested in connection with human exploitation
- 261 crime victims were identified.
So Sweden got involved
- A total of 1060 controls
- 165 policemen participated
- 135 places of control
- 402 Restricted persons
- 182 Restricted Vehicles.
Facts about the effort
- EMPACT (European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threats) is a European collaboration against organized and serious crime.
- The operation was coordinated in real-time across 5 countries and coordinated by EMPACT and Europol.
- Common Communication Channel (VCP) was established for real-time communication between countries
- A total of 31 countries participated and 11,000 tests were conducted.
Participating countries
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Slovenia, Slovenia, Moldova , Norway, Switzerland, Great Britain, Ukraine, Latvia.
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