Several candy wholesalers in Malmö have in recent years had old candy and sweets with fake labels for sale. Environmental management has given a ban on sales of up to 100 tonnes of fake and old candy only in recent years.

We have tried to make contact with a couple of the candy wholesalers that SVT Skåne has reviewed - without success. One company is located on an industrial site in Malmö. The owner is a Danish who has several bankruptcies in Denmark. Documents from the Swedish Tax Agency reveal how the black trade in sweets in Denmark can go to.

This is primarily about seven Danish customers, which the wholesaler sold candy for a total of SEK 9.5 million.

In 2016 and 2017, according to the Swedish Tax Agency, the wholesaler has sold sweets to Danish customers, which the Danish authorities have designated as pure rail companies.

These are Danish companies that are registered as sellers of detergents, where the owners have disappeared or live in other countries. The addresses of Danish customers have led to empty basements, car dealerships, a small apartment and mailboxes. There have also been suspected counterfeit customer signatures.

Neither of the Danish customers has paid VAT on candy purchases in Sweden.

And this problem is well known at the Swedish Tax Agency. In Malmö, 10-15 similar cases have been investigated over the years.

- It is above all profitable for those who buy the candy without paying any VAT. But then, of course, the Swedish companies make a profit on this as well. We are not entirely sure that all sweets that are allegedly sold to Denmark really go there. It can be sold black in Sweden as well, says Torbjörn Larsson, expert at the Swedish Tax Agency.

- Besides, you do not know if it is then shared on the profits between the wholesaler and the customer, says Torbjörn Larsson.

The wholesaler says, in response to the Swedish Tax Agency, that he acted in good faith - that is, he did not know that the companies were rail companies.

But the Swedish Tax Agency believes that several things indicate that he knew this. Therefore, they have the opportunity to apply for Swedish VAT on the black sales afterwards. In the case of the wholesaler, this has resulted in a tax liability of more than SEK 3 million.

We find similar arrangements at another candy wholesaler in Malmö, where invoices have led to goalkeeping companies.

In addition, the Employment Service demands back over SEK 40,000 from the wholesaler for incorrectly paid contributions for, among other things, the owner's wife, who received a contribution for a new start-up job - despite the fact that the wholesaler did not pay salaries or employer's fees for the employees.

What can you say about this type of wholesaler?

- Some companies suspect we are directly formed to be part of tax fraud in Denmark. Then there are companies that do not control enough that the goods are actually shipped to Denmark, says Torbjörn Larsson.

The browser is not supported

SVT does not support playback in your browser. We therefore recommend that you switch to another browser.

Learn more about browser support

You need JavaScript enabled in your browser to view this video.