Swedish Economic Crime Authority

Swedish Economic Crime Authority
Ekobrottsmyndigheten

The coat of arms of the Swedish Economic Crime Authority
Agency overview
Formed 1998[1]
Jurisdiction Sweden Government of Sweden
Headquarters Fleminggatan 14
104 22 Stockholm[2]
Employees 560[2]
Annual budget SEK 589M[3]
Minister responsible
Agency executive
Parent agency Ministry of Justice
Key document
Website ekobrottsmyndigheten.se

The Swedish Economic Crime Authority (Swedish: Ekobrottsmyndigheten, abbreviated EBM or SECA) is a Swedish government agency organized under the Ministry of Justice, with the mandate to investigate and prosecute financial crimes, like dishonesty to creditors, bookkeeping crime, market abuse crime, tax crime and EU fraud. SECA is also tasked to monitor and analyse economic crime trends, initiate joint action between authorities and propose legislative changes designed curb economic crime. The agency primarily focus on serious economic crime, with a special emphasis on investigating crime in the financial market and recovering the proceeds of crime.[1]

History

SECA was set up in 1998, to safeguard the expertise of experienced police officers and prosecutors, who often got assigned to other types of investigative work, not related to economic crime. The authority was the first in Sweden to co-house police officers and prosecutors under the same roof.[1]

Organizational structure

The agency operates nationwide, with a headquarters in Stockholm, and consists of approximately 560 employees. There are about 100 prosecutors and 230 police officers of different specialities, analysts, forensic accountants and administrative staff. SECA is led by Director-General Eva Håkansson Fröjelin and the operational activity is organized into several units: Public Prosecutions Unit, Legal Unit, Development Unit, Administrative Unit, Economic Crime Office and the Chief of Staff.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "About us". SECA. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Organisation". SECA. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Budget för rättsväsendet 2014" (in Swedish). The Government of Sweden. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
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