It was in five different places in Norrbotten, Västerbotten and in Stockholm that the police struck.
Five people were arrested, four of whom are wanted in custody. One has been released, but suspicions remain.
– The effort is the result of a long period of investigative work in a case connected to the logistics industry in Norrbotten, says Nina Stenberg, prosecutor at the Ecocrime Authority in Umeå.
“Made a large amount of seizures”
In connection with the crackdown, several house searches were carried out in homes and business premises to secure evidence. Several interviews have also been held with the suspects and with witnesses.
– We have made a large amount of seizures which we are now carefully going through and analyzing to secure further evidence. It can be about accounting, computers, telephones and other material.
Frozen assets of 63 million
At the prosecutor’s request, the district court has frozen assets of over SEK 63 million.
– The attachment decisions refer to the securing of property to cover partly future claims for corporate fines against six companies that are part of the investigation, partly future claims about the forfeited value of funds that have been the subject of or exchange for money laundering, says Nina Stenberg.
The suspected money laundering crimes must have been going on since 2019.