Economic crime report 2004 - Ekobrottsmyndigheten

• higher unemployment
• distorted competition
• threat to democracy and the rule of law
• damage to faith in the political system
15.2 PUTTING TOGETHER A THREAT SCENARIO
In August 2002, the Swedish Economic Crimes Council task force
resolved to appoint a group of experts with representatives from its various
agencies for the purpose of identifying the economic offences deemed
to constitute the greatest threats.
The group, which came to consist of 20 representatives from most of the
agencies that make up the Swedish Economic Crimes Council, split up
into three teams to pinpoint the areas that currently occasion the most
harm and that could become even more threatening within five years. The
teams ultimately agreed to underscore the following categories.
• Undeclared work
• VAT fraud
• Selective purchase tax
• Dishonesty to creditors
• Abuse of legal forms of business entity
• Stock market offences
• Breach of trust and associated fraud
• Organized crime
• Agents who aid economic crime
A task force meeting on 23 September 2002 decided to proceed in accordance
with these broad categories, while asking EBM’s development unit
to identify specific modes of operation and to present them at a seminar
slated for 24-25 October to discuss the threat scenario. The development
unit also submitted a proposal to the seminar identifying explicit elements
of the threat scenario within the above categories. After discussing
the proposal and adding certain specifics, the seminar worked up the
following suggested threat scenario for presentation to the Swedish Economic
Crimes Council meeting of 6-7 November.
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