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Comment: Case against Swedbank's ex-CEO over money laundering will be tough to prosecute

By Martin Coyle ( January 11, 2022, 07:00 GMT | Comment) -- Former Swedbank CEO Birgitte Bonnesen has reams of evidence and some 19 witnesses stacked against her in a Swedish court case, where she faces allegations of gross fraud and gross market manipulation regarding a money laundering scandal. Nevertheless, if precedent is anything to go by, the Economic Crime Authority is far from guaranteed to make the charges stick.The high-profile prosecution of Swedbank’s former chief executive over a huge money laundering scandal is a big test for Sweden’s financial crime prosecutor, which is not guaranteed to make the charges stick despite bringing reams of evidence to court....

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