Deputy Chief Prosecutor Thomas Ahlstrand has decided to close the preliminary investigation because it is not possible to prove that the “suspects have committed a crime”, he writes in the decision.
In 2018, information emerged from witnesses that, under threat of violence, they had been told to remain silent about information that is the basis of the preliminary investigation into serious violations of international law in connection with Lundin Petroleum’s extraction of oil in Sudan.
Both Ian Lundin and Alex Schneiter have denied wrongdoing.
In the fall, the trial is expected to begin for gross violations of international law.