Economic crime report 2004 - Ekobrottsmyndigheten

9. Attachment, Collection, etc.
The effort to track down and recover the proceeds of crime is a top
interagency priority. Vital to preventing economic crime is the ability to
ferret out its proceeds and subject them to enforcement measures such
as attachment, sequestration or seizure. That requires close interagency
cooperation, as well as organized, tactically oriented activities.
The purpose of attachment is to ensure the payment of taxes, customs
duties and fees. The county administrative court makes attachment decisions.
It may do so only if there is a palpable risk that the taxpayer will
try to dodge claims of significant magnitude. When the law is enforced,
there is often a well-founded suspicion of tax crime. Due to the elimination
of the right of priority for tax claims, SKV will act to ensure they can
be more quickly submitted to KFM.
In combating economic crime, KFM is to pay special attention to cooperative
efforts. The agency’s collections policy and guidelines for creditor
operations highlight that need.
KFM has employees assigned to special enforcement in each region.
Graph 41 Number of applications to county administrative courts for attachment
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282
250
200
150
156
193
218 208
100
50
0
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
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