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https://nordictimes.com/the-nordics/sweden/swedish-municipalities-demand-millions-from-garbage-queen-in-waste-dumping-scandal/

Sweden

Swedish municipalities demand millions from “garbage queen” in waste dumping scandal

Published 12 May 2025
– By Editorial Staff
A mountain of rubbish in Botkyrka, south of Stockholm, shows the extent of the environmental scandal involving the company Think Pink.
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Several Swedish municipalities are demanding over SEK 260 million (€23.5 million) from “the garbage queen” Fariba Vancor and scandal-ridden company Think Pink for illegal dumping of waste. The trial, which is also Sweden’s largest environmental crime case, concluded last week and the verdict is expected in mid-June.

Between 2015 and 2020, Think Pink dumped approximately 200,000 tons of construction and demolition waste at 21 sites in 15 municipalities, including Botkyrka, Västerås, Norrtälje, and Eskilstuna, instead of recycling it.

The municipalities have been forced to clean up and remove the waste at great expense. The affected municipalities are now demanding millions in damages, reports Dagens Industri.

Environmental crime on a record scale

Prosecutors and environmental authorities claim that Think Pink, led by Fariba Vancor and co-founder Thomas Nilsson, systematically accepted and dumped approximately 200,000–220,000 tons of construction and demolition waste on industrial sites, gravel pits, and other locations.

Botkyrka, Västerås, Eskilstuna, Flen, Gullspång, Haninge, Huddinge, Håbo, Laxå, Norberg, Norrtälje, Skövde, Strängnäs, Uppsala, and Östhammar are among the affected municipalities.

The waste has often been dumped near water protection areas, storm drains, and residential areas, causing significant environmental and health risks.

The municipalities have been forced to clean up, transport, and treat the waste at enormous cost. Botkyrka municipality alone is now demanding up to SEK 125 million (€11.5 million) in compensation.

Västerås municipality has submitted a claim for SEK 66.6 million (€60 million), and several other municipalities – including Eskilstuna, Flen, and Norrtälje – have their own claims amounting to millions. In total, the claims for damages amount to approximately SEK 260–262 million (€23.5 million).

– We have not yet made any decision on how to deal with the remaining waste, but are awaiting the outcome of the court case, says Marianne Lidman Hägnesten, director of environmental and health protection in Västerås.

Trial concluded

The trial against Fariba Vancor, Thomas Nilsson, and nine other individuals concluded on May 8 after more than 80 days of proceedings.

Prosecutors are seeking six years in prison for Vancor, Nilsson, and several other former executives, as well as financial liability for the environmental crimes. The verdict is expected to be announced on June 17, according to tax-funded SVT.

Think Pink and its parent company were declared bankrupt in 2020, and since the company has no assets, the claims for damages are now also being directed against the individuals charged, which makes the process legally complicated.

Large amounts of waste remain at several of the affected sites, posing a continuing environmental risk. Municipalities and county councils warn that chemicals and hazardous substances risk leaking into the ground and water if the clean-up is not completed.

Fariba Vancor has denied any wrongdoing in questioning and claims that she followed the law. However, the prosecution argues that the Think Pink scandal is Sweden’s largest and most extensive environmental crime case ever.

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Facts: The Think Pink trial

  • Sweden's largest environmental crime investigation in 50 years revolves around the company Think Pink, led by Fariba Vancor (formerly Bella Nilsson). Eleven people are accused of environmental crimes, five of which are aggravated environmental crimes.
  • The prosecution concerns the handling of approximately 200,000 tons of construction and demolition waste that between 2015 and 2020 was dumped in at least 21 locations in central Sweden. The waste should have been recycled, but was instead piled up or buried.
  • The trial started in September 2024 and is scheduled to end on May 8. The verdict is expected in June 2025.
  • In addition to the environmental crimes, several people involved are also charged with serious financial crimes, which will be tried after the environmental case.

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Source: Public Prosecution Service

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https://nordictimes.com/the-nordics/sweden/swedish-young-bulls-receive-feed-supplement-to-reduce-methane-emissions/

Sweden

Swedish young bulls receive feed supplement to reduce methane emissions

The exaggerated climate crisis

Published yesterday 7:23
– By Editorial Staff
Anna Hessle from SLU (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences) admits herself that it becomes a bit strange
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Swedish young bulls are receiving a new feed supplement to reduce their methane emissions. The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) is currently testing the product in Skara, Sweden.

In Skara, researchers are investigating whether a new feed additive can reduce young bulls’ methane emissions and make the animals more “environmentally friendly”. The feed supplement is manufactured in Sweden and is reportedly significantly cheaper than other alternatives available on the market.

Anna Hessle from SLU acknowledges that the climate discussion has gotten the “wrong focus” but still hopes for good results.

— It has become somewhat the case that ruminants have been portrayed as climate villains, even though I personally perhaps think that’s a bit of the wrong focus since it’s really about us having to reduce our fossil fuel emissions, she tells tax-funded Radio Sweden (SR) and continues:

— But then the industry can show its good will by trying to reduce emissions even if one might bluntly think that the problems lie elsewhere.

British anger against Arla

The food industry, particularly regarding dairy cows, has long been singled out and accused of being a so-called environmental villain. Recently, the feed supplement Bovaer was developed, with help from financing by billionaire Bill Gates, which is also supposed to reduce cows’ methane emissions by making them fart and burp less.

Danish-Swedish dairy company Arla, for example, began giving it to British cows last year, which led to very harsh criticism from the public and many calls to boycott the company. Bovaer is also used for Swedish cows, but currently to a lesser extent than in the United Kingdom.

When the bulls are slaughtered at the beginning of next year, the project in Skara will be evaluated, but results are already visible when measuring methane emissions in the animals’ exhaled air.

— That can be seen in the preliminary data we’ve received, says Hessle.

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https://nordictimes.com/the-nordics/sweden/somali-teen-humiliated-8-year-old-in-robbery-looked-like-a-racist/

Sweden

Somali teen humiliated 8-year-old in robbery: “Looked like a racist”

Deteriorating safety

Published 25 August 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Police in Västerbotten County, northern Sweden, confirm they have seen an increase in humiliation robberies over the past year.
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An 8-year-old boy in Umeå, northern Sweden, was subjected to a humiliating robbery where he was forced to remove all his clothes and do push-ups. The 16-year-old perpetrator, originally from Somalia, claims in police interrogation that he targeted the little boy because he “looked like a racist”.

The incident occurred on a Saturday afternoon in May when the 8-year-old boy was out cycling. A 16-year-old from Somalia stopped him on the bike path and threatened to call his friends if the boy didn’t obey his orders.

The child was then forced to strip completely naked and perform push-ups while the 16-year-old played music and cycled around him. Eventually, the 8-year-old managed to flee home through the forest – still naked.

The boy’s father Lenny describes the traumatic moment when his son came home.

— He comes running in completely naked. ‘I’ve been robbed, help’. He’s in a state of panic, says the father, describing the course of events further to Swedish public radio SR.

— It’s a guy, a youth who chases after him and forces him to give up his bike, bike helmet, socks, underwear, shirt. So he’s completely naked and forced to do push-ups.

The parents immediately alerted police who found the boy’s clothes at the scene, but the perpetrator had already disappeared.

Wanted to “beat up” 9-year-old

The weekend after, the boy and his father saw the 16-year-old at a football match. Police were alerted again but arrived only after the match had ended and everyone had left. With the help of the description, Hassan, as the 16-year-old is named, could be identified and arrested.

It then emerged that Hassan had tried to take the bike from another boy, nine years old, two days earlier. In interrogation, he stated that he had intended to “beat him up”.

In the police interrogation, Hassan confirms the course of events but doesn’t believe he committed any crime. He says he “just wanted to see the boy’s reaction” and thought he would resist. He then claims that the real victim is himself – and that he felt targeted by the child’s alleged racism.

— He took it as if I was going to rob him because of my skin color. I’m not saying that’s how it is, but it could be. He doesn’t want to talk to me. If you had been there, you would have seen how he behaved. Like a racist! says Hassan in the interrogation and continues:

— He looked like a racist! I think he’ll vote for SD [Sweden Democrats] when he gets older. I don’t know if that’s what he was thinking, but it could be.

Father: “How can someone be so cowardly?”

The boy’s father is very upset about the incident and the Somali’s cowardly behavior.

— How can someone be so cowardly as to target such a young guy just to humiliate. It’s completely insane, says Lenny.

He also believes that the problem with humiliation robberies is no longer just found in major cities:

— It’s not just about Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö and their various areas. But it also exists here in Umeå unfortunately, you can’t turn a blind eye to the problem.

Sweden Democrats leader: “The new Sweden”

Police in Västerbotten county confirm that they have seen an increase in humiliation robberies recently and that they have investigated about ten similar cases in the past year.

Hassan is now being prosecuted for unlawful coercion and unlawful threats. Under current Swedish legislation, however, he cannot be deported as he has been granted Swedish citizenship.

The brutal case has received significant attention on social media where many are horrified by a societal development where even small children risk being subjected to brutal and traumatizing attacks in broad daylight. Sweden Democrats MP Richard Jomshof is among many who have reacted strongly.

“This is the new Sweden, where Swedes have to accept being humiliated and robbed by imported perpetrators, without anyone caring”, he writes among other things.

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https://nordictimes.com/the-nordics/sweden/lawyers-and-accountants-help-criminal-networks-in-sweden/

Sweden

Lawyers and accountants help criminal networks in Sweden

organized crime

Published 22 August 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Respectable professional groups often sell services to criminal networks for money laundering and shell companies.
2 minute read
Editorial Staff
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False identities, corruption and violence. Organized crime is becoming increasingly sophisticated and poses a growing threat to Swedish society, shows a new situation report from 14 Swedish authorities.

Drug crimes, fraud, environmental crimes and organized theft are identified as the greatest societal threats from organized crime. Behind the crimes lies an advanced criminal infrastructure where gang criminals use false identities and shell companies to launder their criminal proceeds.

The new inter-agency situation report reveals how criminals’ strategies are becoming increasingly advanced. Violence and threats, corruption as well as countermeasures against authority operations are used systematically to protect criminal activities.

— We see, among other things, that crimes that affect many people and companies in everyday life, volume crimes, are very organized and often carried out very professionally, so we cannot just investigate these crimes away, they must also be prevented, says Johan Olsson, chairman of the operational council and head of the Swedish police’s national operational department (NOA).

Lawyers and accountants help criminals

The report identifies five crime areas that contain all six types of criminal infrastructure: drug crimes, fraud, environmental crimes, organized theft crime and crimes against international sanctions. Almost as serious are VAT fraud, excise tax crimes and organized crime in working life.

A central part of the criminal structure is so-called enablers – people who sell their services to criminal networks. This involves everything from money laundering and transport to arranging companies and false identities. According to the report, these enablers are often found among professional groups such as lawyers, brokers and accountants.

The authorities warn that criminals are expected to adapt further to avoid prosecution. Several worrying trends are already visible: criminals use foundations and non-profit associations for their activities, protect assets through false documents and identities, and move operations abroad – particularly to countries without extradition agreements with Sweden.

— The situation report shows the importance of countering the criminal economy, more efforts against enablers and strengthening international cooperation in crime fighting. Both in the authorities’ individual work and in the inter-agency initiative, several initiatives are ongoing to strengthen efforts against the problem picture described in the situation report, explains Olsson.

Editorial Staff
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https://nordictimes.com/the-nordics/sweden/vattenfall-to-build-small-modular-reactors/

Sweden

Vattenfall to build small modular reactors

Published 22 August 2025
– By Editorial Staff
The SMR reactors will be built on the Väröhalvön peninsula, where the Ringhals nuclear power plant is located in southwestern Sweden.
2 minute read
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Swedish energy company Vattenfall plans to build small modular reactors, known as SMRs, in its future nuclear power expansion. The plan is for new nuclear power to be operational in Sweden by the mid-2030s.

The small-scale nuclear reactors will be built on the Väröhalvön peninsula, where the Ringhals nuclear power plant is located, as the company considers it the “best location” to get new nuclear power operational in Sweden as quickly as possible. The state-owned energy company justifies the decision to use SMRs for technical reasons, but also because the peninsula has limited space.

— We have concluded that small is better than large conventional ones, Vattenfall CEO Anna Borg tells TT and continues:

— But it’s a broad concept, in this particular case the reactors are not very small but they are smaller than traditional large-scale ones. Large-scale reactors would have entailed higher risks for us at this specific site.

Vattenfall has moved forward with American GE Vernova and British Rolls-Royce, both of which manufacture SMRs. However, it’s not clear which one it will ultimately be, but the plan is to either start a project with five BWRX-300 reactors from GE Vernova or three Rolls-Royce SMRs. According to reports, this would provide a total capacity of 1,500 megawatts. For comparison, a 500-megawatt SMR has the same capacity as the first large-scale reactor in Oskarshamn, Sweden.

“First Swedish nuclear construction project in over 40 years“

Furthermore, the company is also exploring possibilities to build an additional 1,000 MW at the adjacent site where Ringhals 1 and 2 currently stand, but that would be a future project.

— This is another step toward the first Swedish nuclear construction project in over 40 years. Our goal is a successful project on the Väröhalvön peninsula, and by that we mean there are conditions to become operational within reasonable time and budget at the site we have available, says Borg in a press release.

The goal is for new nuclear power to be operational by the mid-2030s.

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