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Customs has only reached the “top of an iceberg” when it comes to smuggling alcohol. Stock Photography.
280,000 liters of brandy. Much has been smuggled into Sweden in the last three years through the so-called swamp trafficking.
Swedish Customs has identified around 50 nets, but no more are said to have been discovered.
Alcohol arrives in Sweden via the Öresund Bridge, among other places. Ordinary cars go lap after lap loaded with alcohol.
– The business idea of these people is not to draw our attention by not renting a trailer, not using a van. Without using a normal car. You just carry less alcohol but drive more often. They accept a lower markup, but in return avoid the attention of Swedish Customs, customs prosecutor Oscar Lindvall tells Swedish Radio Ekot, which reports on the smuggling.
The total magnitude of the smuggling includes “millions of liters of beer, wine and spirits,” says Swedish Customs in a press release. According to the authority, so far twelve smugglers have been convicted and “several have received long prison terms.”
– I see it as a great success that we have managed to identify so many, but unfortunately it is only the tip of the iceberg. There are many more networks than this, but this is what we can do to work with the resources we have, says Oscar Lindvall to Ekot.
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