Economic crime report 2004 - Ekobrottsmyndigheten

Table 30
Number of decisions by EBM on indictment matters, 1999-2003
EBM 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Change, 02/03
Prosecutions 1 529 1 604 1 168 1 327 1 729 23%
Penalty order 166 480 307 337 381 12%
Right of refusal to
prosecute 49 60 21 25 32 22%
Pretrial
investigation
closed 2 575 2 896 2 484 3 106 3 292 6%
No charges
brought 619 1 132 264 393 579 32%
No pretrial
investigation
launched 1 663 1 566 2 171 2 551 2 794 9%
Other decisions 1 147 1 171 1 482 1 194 1 398 15%
Table 31
Number of decisions by other prosecuting authorities, 1999–2003
EBM 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Change, 02/03
Prosecutions 1 738 1 469 1 122 1 442 1 199 –17%
Penalty order 119 157 183 253 266 5%
Right of refusal to
prosecute 62 36 41 38 30 –21%
Pretrial
investigation
closed 1 554 1 535 1 788 1 830 1 612 –12%
No charges
brought 625 342 199 264 236 –11%
No pretrial
investigation
launched 535 543 521 640 725 13%
Other decisions 773 496 721 578 469 –19%
The total number of decisions was up during the period for EBM but not
for the other agencies. The percentage relationship between decisions to
indict, penalty orders and right of refusal to prosecute increased for EBM
and decreased for the others.
6.3 THROUGHPUT TIME AND PROSECUTION
The disparity between throughput times for EBM and other prosecution
authorities is due to their disproportionate participation in investigations.
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