The 2026 Johnny Bode Award goes to YouTuber Christofer "Chrippa" Lundström. The award is presented each year to a public figure who has stepped into the limelight and made a difference for himself and those around him.
SwedenThe convicted want to be acquitted and the prosecutors want to see tougher sentences. Now round two begins in the huge legal process about the environmental scandal surrounding Think Pink.
Crime”The Garbage Queen” Fariba Vancor is sentenced again in connection with the scandal-ridden waste company Think Pink, which dumped hundreds of thousands of tons of garbage around the country. At the same time, co-founder Thomas Nilsson and TV profile Leif-Ivan Karlsson are acquitted. Karlsson is however sentenced for economic crime in connection with the cruise ship Baltic Star.
CrimeAfter eight months, the trial for Sweden's largest environmental crime is going to court. The prosecutors are demanding six years in prison for "waste queen" Fariba Vancor and four others in the Think Pink scandal. There is no basis either for the charges or the sentence requested, says Vancor's lawyer Thomas Olsson.
CrimeBella Nilsson, also called "Queen of trash", receives the 2025 Johnny Bode Award, which is annually awarded to a public figure who has made a mess and caused trouble for themselves and their surroundings.
SwedenThink Pink's CEO Bella Nilsson, also known as "Queen of trash", chooses to break the silence after four years. I dared not speak, she says when what has been called Sweden's largest environmental scandal continues in the district court.
SwedenThink Pink was paid to sort waste, but instead the company dumped hundreds of thousands of tons of waste at 21 locations in Sweden, claims the prosecutor. Now the trial of Sweden's largest environmental crime has begun. At the center is the company's CEO Bella Nilsson, known as the "Queen of trash".
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