According to him, it should be about crimes committed in 2014, 2015 and in the future.

Ericsson's suspected bribes to the terrorist organization IS in Iraq have been hot news all spring.

According to Ericsson, there was an internal, secret report in the house completed in 2019 which clearly showed that suspected corruption had taken place in Iraq in previous years.

Fears of new fines

Since then, it has been the lid on from the company, something the top management has received harsh criticism for, and which, among other things, led to the board and CEO Börje Ekholm being denied discharge from liability at the general meeting this week.

It is already known that the US law enforcement authorities have received some information about the Iraq tangle, it is unclear how much.

This year, the US Department of Justice handed out a huge fine to the company Ericsson itself, of around ten billion kronor, for previous corruption deals, in Djibouti and China, among others.

There are now fears that more fines await Ericsson after the Iraq tangle.

Trial in Solna

In Sweden, prosecutors have pursued cases related to individuals who worked for Ericsson and who are suspected of involvement in the previous bribery cases.

Details about the Iraq bribes and what kind of suspicions it is about, Leif Görts does not want to go into at all in this situation.

On Monday, a trial will begin in Solna District Court against four former Ericsson executives, suspected of gross bribery of senior officials in African Djibouti to win a contract, something that should have happened ten years ago.

In addition, a preliminary investigation is underway for similar crimes in China, according to Leif Görts.