The Special Prosecutor’s Chamber is resuming its investigation against former Chief of Staff Mats Löfving, who was suspected of fraud in connection with the appointment of Linda Staaf as head of national intelligence. Aftonbladet writes that today. Expressen has previously revealed that Löfving was twice reported for crimes against Linda Staaf.
Linda Staaf was hired as head of intelligence at Noa in 2015 and the decision was taken by the then head of Noa and deputy national police chief Mats Löfving. After a report that came in January this year, prosecutor Bengt Åsbäck opened a preliminary investigation into fraud and misconduct, but dropped the case.
Media information now claims that Löfving and Staaf had a private relationship, which means that the prosecutor may start a preliminary investigation next week. Today there were also reports of a previously unknown police report against the deputy national police chief.
The one that was already known was made last year, against Mats Löfving for, among other things, gross breach of the peace. The victim in the report was Noa’s head of intelligence Linda Staaf. Now the express reports on a report against Löfving the year before. That time about assault. Against Linda Staaf. The report was made by the head of special investigations, who received information from an acquaintance of Staaf.
But just like in the 2021 case, that report was dropped by prosecutor Anders Jakobsson. Instead, the national police chief Anders Thornberg was informed, but after that it stopped. The information was dismissed by police management who chose not to take any action.
Today, politicians in the justice committee are demanding answers from the national police chief, next week he may be called up to the committee.
During the Friday evening, Linda Staaf chose to talk to DN where she believes she is the victim of a smear campaign.
– Many men cannot handle a woman gaining power, she says, among other things.