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The couple Bella and Thomas Nilsson, owners of the recycling company NMT Think Pink, and their environmental advisor were arrested on 15 September on suspicion of a serious environmental crime.
They are said to have dumped and buried construction waste in various places in Sweden instead of recycling it, according to the prosecutor. They deny the crime.
Released after one month
The couple have now been released after nearly a month. But suspicions persist and prosecutor Kristina Persson will decide on Wednesday whether to press charges or not.
– They are still suspected of probable environmental crime for probable cause. The investigation continues, says Kristina Persson.
– The police have carried out a large number of investigative measures, so the risk that suspects may influence the investigation in a decisive way is no longer judged so imminent as to remain in detention, he says.
“I hope I can clean it”
Thomas Bodström, who is Bella Nilsson’s lawyer, is surprised by the long period of detention and says that the penalty will be at most a fine.
– We really want to clear up the accusations. It was difficult when they stopped her, but now we are going on the big offensive, she says and continues:
– It is important to remember that it is a completely legal activity. There are permits, there is a turnover of 150 million SEK. We will now produce environmental experts to support what she said.
Third suspect arrested
The third person involved is suspected of both a serious environmental crime and a serious money laundering crime. He was placed in preventive detention and the prosecution must begin no later than October 27.
– The reasons why he remains in detention are, in part, the risk that he will be diverted. Partly because there is a risk that it will complicate the investigation by withdrawing evidence or otherwise, says Kristina Persson.
Bella Nilsson’s company, NTM Think Pink, has left huge mountains of trash in various places in Sweden. Sampling has shown metal toxins, and in two different places the waste started to burn on the same day.
THINK ROSA HERVEN
September 12: Owner couple Bella and Thomas Nilsson and one other person were arrested and detained for a serious environmental crime.
September 15: The trio are arrested on suspicion of a serious environmental crime.
16 of September: Expressen counts the huge mountains of unsorted garbage from Think Pink in Röfors on the outskirts of Laxå, Dannemora in Östhammar municipality, Botkyrka in Stockholm, Hova in Gullspång municipality, Kjula in Eskilstuna, and Skultuna in Västerås municipality.
Expressen also reports on how the company’s environmentally hazardous waste causes major problems at a garbage station in Laxå and how neighbors complain about noise and dust.
September 18: Climate and Environment Minister Isabella Lövin (MP) comments on Think Pink’s waste management information that emerged in Expressen’s review: “Really reprehensible,” says and opens to strengthen police investigative capacity on environmental crimes.
September 19th: Expressen recounts how Think Pink must have used a bulvan in the 1980s for its landfill in Dannemora.
September 20: Expressen reveals how Think Pink has used two consultants who had previously been convicted of serious crimes, including arson and widespread tax fraud. The consultants also worked for the LMAG company, which was involved in the assault scandal that resulted in four men receiving prison sentences earlier this year.
September 25th: According to the police, the waste has been dumped on several private farms. “They left 50 tons of plastic and paper,” a landowner tells Expressen.
September 28: The prosecutor requests an extension of the detention period. She says the company not only dumped waste, it also buried it.
Earlier this fall, the police task force attacked Nilsson’s Think Pink recycling company.
