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full screen Prime minister Ulf Kristersson (M), finance minister Elisabeth Svantesson (M), justice minister Gunnar Strömmer (M) and national police chief Petra Lundh present the confiscation legislation. Photo: Pontus Lundahl/TT
Sweden is facing the “biggest criminal justice reform since the criminal code came into force”, according to Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M).
The new confiscation law comes into force on Friday.
At a press conference together with the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Justice and the Chief of the National Police, the Prime Minister talks about the upcoming confiscation legislation.
– It’s not a completely intuitive word, says Kristersson and continues:
– But it is about confiscating the kind of property where it is obvious that there was a crime behind it.
According to the prime minister, the upcoming law is an attempt to attack the gang-criminal economy. It is estimated at 100–150 billion kroner a year.
– We also know that these are status symbols, they are watches and cars, they are things that are used for recruitment into gang crime.
The prime minister also announces that the government is positive that the police will be able to use facial recognition in real time in the future.