The Swedish Economic Crime Authority (, abbreviated EBM or SECA) is a
Swedish government agency organized under the
Ministry of Justice
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, with the mandate to investigate and prosecute
financial crimes
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, like dishonesty to creditors, bookkeeping crime, financial market abuse, money laundering, tax fraud and
EU fraud. SECA is also tasked to monitor and analyse economic crime trends, initiate joint action between authorities and propose legislative changes designed curb economic crime. SECA primarily focusses on serious economic crime, with a special emphasis on investigating crime in the financial market and recovering the proceeds of crime.
History
Ekobrottsmyndigheten, EBM or SECA, was set up in 1998, to safeguard the expertise of experienced police officers and prosecutors, who often got assigned to other types of investigations not related to economic crime. The authority was the first in Sweden to co-house police officers and prosecutors under the same roof.
Organizational structure
SECA has national jurisdiction and operates nationally, with a headquarters in
Stockholm
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and approximately 700 employees. There are about 100 prosecutors and 230 police officers as well as different specialists such as analysts, forensic accountants and administrative staff. SECA is led by Director-General Rikard Jermsten. SECA's operational units consist of 11 local public prosecution offices that investigate and prosecute financial crimes and five operational police units with specialist functions such as surveillance teams and criminal intelligence units.
See also
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Crime in Sweden
Crime in Sweden is defined by the Swedish Penal Code () and in other Law of Sweden, Swedish laws and statutory instruments.
According to the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention, the number of reported crimes in Sweden has increase ...
References
External links
Swedish Economic Crime Authority - Official website(English)
{{Law enforcement in Sweden
Law enforcement agencies of Sweden
Financial regulatory authorities of Sweden
Anti-money laundering organizations