"Garbage queen" Fariba Andersson was also sentenced by the Court of Appeal to several years in prison for numerous serious environmental crimes following the Think Pink scandal. Several other people also received long sentences.
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.
CrimeThink 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".
SwedenThe trial in what is described as Sweden's largest environmental scandal has begun – and will continue until May next year. Here is the Think Pink scandal in five points.
Sweden"The Trash Queen" Bella Nilsson went from celebrated entrepreneur to main person in Sweden's largest environmental scandal. The CEO of the discredited waste company Think Pink is now looking forward to defending herself as the nearly 100-day-long trial begins. You can say that we disagree on most things with the prosecutors, says her lawyer Jan Tibbling.
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