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Suspected Chief of Sida Released on Bail – Due to Lack of Resources

A suspected CEO of Sidach has been released on bail – despite the suspicions remaining. According to State Prosecutor Thomas Forsberg, it is due to a lack of resources. The police cannot provide an investigator who speaks French, he says.

» Updated: 08 October 2024, 06:39

» Published: 19 June 2024

Suspected Chief of Sida Released on Bail – Due to Lack of Resources
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A suspected Sidachief has been released on bail – despite the suspicions remaining.

According to prosecutor Thomas Forsberg, it is a matter of resource scarcity.

The police cannot provide an investigator who speaks French, he says.

The man, who is in his 55-year-old, worked at a Swedish embassy in Africa a few years ago and is suspected of having received large sums of bribes from organisations that Sida has granted aid to.

He was arrested in early May and was detained a few days later, suspected of gross bribery, gross disloyalty to the principal, and gross fraud.

He is now on bail again, but is not allowed to leave the country.

The criminal suspicions remain and have not weakened either. So, it is not there that it fails, says Thomas Forsberg, prosecutor at the national anti-corruption unit.

The problem, according to the prosecutor, is that most of the investigation material is in French.

The police cannot provide an investigator who speaks French. Then it is difficult to get a good pace in the investigation, says Thomas Forsberg.

We are quite frustrated. But if the investigation goes too slowly, I cannot justify continued detention. If the police do not prioritise this case, I have a responsibility towards the person who is deprived of liberty.

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