Daniel Öhman, born 20 May 1973, is a Swedish investigative journalist with th
Swedish Radio
He has been a member of the investigative team since 2004 and has won several national and international awards. With his colleague Bo-Göran Bodin, Daniel Öhman 2012 revealed how a Swedish Government agency helped Saudi Arabia to plan a weapons factory. To conceal the cooperation from the public a dummy corporation was set up with the help of the Military Secret service.

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, as the investigation was called, led to the resignation of Defence minister

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and the cancellation of the military cooperation with Saudi Arabia. The investigation won several national and international awards including,

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fo
Best European Radio Investigation
and the American investigative reporters and editors
IRE
finest awar
"IRE medal"
. It was later turned into a boo
"Saudivapen"
The movie rights are sold to Götafilm. In 2014 Daniel Öhman again in cooperation with Bo-Göran Bodin was awarded Th
Prix Europa
for their documentar
"The Insider"
which revealed that the

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corporation had used bribery to secure a defense contract in Greece. Before that Daniel Öhman worked on a three year long investigation of the food industry and the environment called "The price of food"
Matens Pris
. The investigation received several awards and was later turned into a book:
Matens Pris
.

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