To address the cheating within the population registration, the government wants more people to be able to be punished than what is possible today.
The government's investigator proposes that a new crime be introduced: promotion of incorrect population registration.
"Meet the problem better"
The investigator David Longum Caldevik emphasizes that address trading brings a lot of negative things. For example, that benefits are paid out incorrectly, or that people from abroad are registered in Sweden in order to be able to exploit their identities to commit crimes.
These behaviors we think are so serious that a new crime should be introduced to meet the problem in a better way than today, says the investigator.
The penalty scale is proposed to be the same as for gross population registration offense, i.e. imprisonment for up to two years.
The Tax Authority is also proposed to be given the right to store biometric data taken during identity checks for up to ten years.
False, incorrect, multiple and exploited identities, we consider as system-threatening, says David Longum Caldevik.
Our assessment is that there is a strong need for the Tax Authority to be able to store and use facial images and fingerprints.
This information will also be allowed to be shared with the Migration Agency and the police for certain purposes.
Proposed to apply from 2027
The proposals are proposed to come into force on January 1, 2027.
If you want to address cheating and crime, then population registration is a very important key, says Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson (The Moderate Party).
The proposals are now being sent for review.
