In August, the police published a report that criminals had entered the HVB industry. A total of 18 companies were identified on the police list.
Five months later, only three of the companies, the owner of five HVB homes, have been stopped, a review shows that Echo have done.
The police report aroused reactions from both government and opposition and everyone agreed that criminals should not run HVB homes in Sweden.
Tommy Hansen is the Director General of the Inspection for Health and Care.
All HVB for children and young people must be free from rogue criminal actors. That’s my attitude to it all, he tells Ekot.
Some work remains for IVO to do.
At the same time, IVO has been given a back homework in a case where one of the companies has been put on the list – but the decision has been appealed and the company has been right in court.
Ekot’s element also shows that Swedish municipalities, in at least two cases, have chosen to cancel agreements with HVB companies, following their own investigations where links to crime have been found.
In both cases, these are companies that are included in the police intelligence list – but which can thus continue to receive young people from other municipalities.