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Sweden Targets Overseas Benefit Fraud with New Airport and Passport Checks

The Government wants to intensify the work against benefit fraud abroad. An inquiry will investigate whether airport controls and passport signalling should be introduced to detect incorrect payments to individuals who have left Sweden.

Sweden Targets Overseas Benefit Fraud with New Airport and Passport Checks

Warning of mass exodus if EBM is shut down

The government's investigator wants to shut down the Economic Crime Authority and let the police take over the work, according to Dagens industri. A proposal that risks leading to a mass exodus of competent personnel, warns the union and prosecutors.

Warning of mass exodus if EBM is shut down