Economic crime report 2004 - Ekobrottsmyndigheten

Graph 34 compares throughput times reported by the police and RÅ for
economic crime.
Throughput times for the police and other prosecuting authorities are at
the same level as for EBM.
Graph 35 shows completed cases by year reported. Most of them were
reported in 2002 or 2003. The data is presented on the basis of suspected
crime, not number of cases. The average EBM case consists of one coded
suspicion, whereas the average case of the other prosecuting authorities
consists of five – for a cumulative average of two.
EBM prosecuted 24% of its cases in 2002 and 24.5% in 2003, whereas
the other authorities prosecuted 36.5% of their economic crime cases in
2002 and 30.8% in 2003.
6.4 POLICE INVESTIGATIONS IN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY
The number of active cases older than one year has been about the same
as those turned over to prosecutors. The percentage of cases received that
are still active has been on the rise, particularly since 1998. One reason is
that SKV has taken over economic crime cases from the police. Most of
them are relatively straightforward and do not require a great deal of time
to investigate. Thus, the cases for which the police are still responsible
have become more complicated.
For the first time since 1998, the number of cases received and those
turned over to prosecutors is increasing. Percentage wise, those turned
over to prosecutors have risen somewhat faster than those received. Thus,
even though the number turned over to prosecutors has grown somewhat,
it has remained relatively stable since 1998. But there are major variations
from one police authority to the other.
The low ratio of economic crime reports to total cases received is partly
due to the fact that six police authorities, including the three largest, are
no longer involved in combating such offences.
For the police authorities that still fight economic crime, the percentage
ranges from 0.1% in Västerbotten County to 0.4% in Östergötland,
Jämtland and Norrbotten counties. The proportion of investigation hours
devoted to economic crime varies from 2.4% in Västerbotten County to
7.5% in Norrbotten County. Economic crime and the category of other
offences are the two areas in which resources available for investigation
have markedly decreased.
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