Funds from industrial projects in Sweden’s north flowing to countries under sanctions
- Major industrial projects in northern Sweden have resulted in funds flowing to countries that are currently under sanctions, Swedish Radio News reports.
- There are issues involving certain foreign construction companies that win public procurement contracts by submitting low bids while being untruthful about where they pay their taxes.
- “One could say that this is devastating for our social contract,” says Frida Kröger Nygren, head of the police’s intelligence unit in the north of Sweden.
Radio Sweden
For more on how sanctions are affecting industrial projects in Sweden’s north, listen to Radio Sweden’s full report.
Related stories from around the North:
Canada: Sanctions-evading Russian oil ships could pollute the Arctic, PM’s adviser warns, The Canadian Press
Russia: New UK sanctions target Putin’s main funder of war, The Independent Barents Observer
