The contract for the multi-million dollar deal with the municipality was signed by the man designated as a terrorist.
According to the municipality, however, the money went to the wife's account at the ICA bank. The municipality had ensured that the bank approved the transfer, says Bjuv's head of community development Niklas Ögren.
Bjuv Municipality is now investigating the consequences of the deal. Those who do large deals with a person designated as a terrorist risk being suspected of money laundering or terrorist financing.
The man is classified by the United States as a “specially designated global terrorist” and placed on a sanctions list. He is accused of smuggling oil from Iran and of supporting Islamist groups close to Iran.
Niklas Ögren cannot comment on the risk that the municipality, through its actions, has contributed to financing terrorism.
"You could say this problem hasn't been on our radar before," he tells the newspapers.
Corrected: In a previous version there were ambiguities about how the deal went down.
