SVT's Mission Review recently revealed how an employee of the security company Securitas was also part of the criminal network Foxtrot. The man was also involved in a preliminary investigation into serious narcotics offenses.
Now the government is appointing an investigation to review the rules for background checks in both private and public activities.
We have a major social problem with organized crime that infiltrates and wants to influence decision-making among private and public employers, says Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer (The Moderate Party).
Courts and Parliamentary Ombudsman
This is about checks against suspicion and conviction registers, as well as against such things as the Enforcement Authority's and the Migration Agency's registers, but also open sources such as social media.
The investigation will review whether checks may be made both before and during employment, when new agreements are signed and for persons who are hired as consultants.
The Parliamentary Ombudsman (JO) has previously criticized municipalities that wanted to implement systematic checks on employees. And two judgments in the Supreme Court that limited access to certain search services have also highlighted the issue.
Now we are taking a comprehensive approach to create clear and clear legal support, says Strömmer.
Control in care
The investigation will also look at whether checks against suspicion and conviction registers should become mandatory for jobs in, for example, home care, assistance and elderly care. Even more operations may be covered.
The government will already come up with a legislative proposal in November on extended opportunities for register checks when hiring in municipal operations. But the new investigation takes a broader approach and reviews whether the checks should be mandatory, ongoing and cover both municipal and private operations.
The investigation will be completed by March 11, 2027 at the latest.
