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DN has revealed that two senior police chiefs and the sons of a police chief received rental apartments on a property owned by the foundation, while the managers served on the foundation’s board.
– This is undoubtedly corruption – that you end up in a position of power and with the help of that you manage to make a profit. It certainly looks like this, from the outside in any case, says Olle Lundin, a professor of administrative law at Uppsala University.
Last year, the County Administrative Board reviewed the floor assignments to board member and commissioner Maria Mikko and the children of regional police chief Ulf Johansson.
Property managed by the Stockholm Police through a foundation.
Photo: Magnus Hallgren
In Mikko’s case it came it was concluded that it was not uneven. The foundation indicates that the apartments will be handed over by the property manager and Mikko is not included in an email thread in which other board members approve of her getting the apartment. Therefore, it is not considered to have participated in the decision.
The fact that the children of the regional police chief received an apartment “has no significant importance for the personal finances of the member in question. Therefore, there is no discrepancy ”.
Although apartment assignments may not be included in the Foundations Act, Olle Lundin is critical:
– Can you think if you would have gotten these apartments if you hadn’t sat at the blackboard? All forms of corruption are not illegal, at least not in Sweden. But it’s just as damn smelly and eats away at the public’s trust, you can’t escape it.
According to Olle Lundin, safety margins must exist so as not to run the risk of suspecting errors.
– The police must still know what is right and what is wrong, you might think. It should feel bad somewhere, when you sit on a board that manages a property, then you sit in a luxury apartment there. I think on a normal, healthy dashboard one would say: now we make sure none of us queue, or get an apartment here, but now we make sure we manage this base with the best understanding and ability. .
Natali Engstam Phalén, General Secretary of the Institute against Bribery
Photo: Institute Against Bribery
Natali Engstam PhalénThe attorney and general secretary of the Anti-Bribery Institute tells DN that if a foundation has a non-profit purpose, then you feel as a member of the board in a position of trust in relation to that purpose.
He emphasizes that he has no knowledge of how the apartments are distributed in this case.
– But from a general point of view, it can raise questions based on how the apartments are laid out. If you think in the context of Stockholm, apartments, especially in the city center and turn-of-the-century apartments, are incredibly attractive. From a trust perspective, it is incredibly important that there is transparency and understanding of how to lay out the apartments and how this type of foundation works, so that there is no suspicion that the people involved in it will receive personal benefits that were not thought.
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