In February 2019, Assignment Review together with SVT Nyheter was able to reveal that Swedbank may have been used for extensive and systematic money laundering - for almost a decade. Subsequently, several follow-up reviews of the major bank were published during the following year, including the bank withholding information about suspicious customers from US authorities.

- We are extremely proud, to be nominated for an Emmy is great, it is the best prize you can win in the TV world, says Joachim Dyfvermark, one of the reporters.

Report confirmed the information

The consequences of the review have been many. The bank appointed an external investigation, former CEO Birgitte Bonnesen had to leave her post and is now being investigated for crime - and the bank has been investigated by US authorities, to name a few.

In March 2020, the law firm Clifford Chance, hired by Swedbank, released its report confirming Assignment review information on suspected money laundering. The investigation showed that Swedbank's high-risk customers in the Baltics lost around EUR 37 billion, corresponding to SEK 400 billion, between the years 2014-2019.

"A global issue"

The nominees are Joachim Dyfvermark, Axel Gordh Humlesjö, Linda Larsson Kakuli and Per Agerman. The prize will be awarded during a digital ceremony on 21 September.

- The review of money laundering within Swedbank is not just a matter for Sweden, or even the Nordic region. The gigantic flow of money laundered through the Nordic banks' subsidiaries in the Baltics is a global issue. The criminal oligarchs in the East have had our banks as a hub in international money laundering, and being a part of that survey feels important. And the Emmy nomination is a fantastic proof that what we have done has reached out, says Joachim Dyfvermark.