In the wake of all the money laundering scandals, Finansinspektionen (FI) plans to triple its ability to work against money laundering next year compared to 2018.
In a report submitted to the government, the authority also writes that international cooperation should be strengthened, especially in the Nordic and Baltic countries.
In addition to several banks, especially Swedbank and Danske Bank, being suspended for being used in extensive money laundering in recent years, the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority has also been criticized for having done too little in its supervision. On Friday, SEB announced that the bank had been contacted by Sweden Television's Assignment Review (UG) regarding suspected money laundering in an upcoming program. However, SEB does not want to provide any further information about the program.
In the government budget for 2020, FI has received an additional SEK 10 million in extra funding for the work against money laundering.