A woman suspected of acting as a drug courier for the criminal network Foxtrot was arrested by police in January. During an examination of her bank accounts, a deposit of 150,000 kronor from a crime reporter was discovered.
“Effective today, the reporter is no longer on duty,” the reporter’s editor-in-chief told SVT.
Following a surveillance operation, a woman in Örebro was arrested. She had previously been forced to leave her job at a high-security prison after it was revealed that she had a relationship with an inmate. This time, she was suspected of transporting drugs for the Foxtrot network.
In the preliminary investigation, first reported by Expressen and also reviewed by SVT, a crime reporter at a Swedish news organization is implicated.
Alleged Renovation
The crime reporter allegedly deposited 150,000 kronor into the arrested woman’s account, with the message field indicating “renovation.”
According to the investigation, the money left the account through transactions that could not be linked to any renovation work.
“The payments were instead used to pay off other people’s debts and for larger transactions to gambling companies,” wrote the police.
According to Expressen, Örebro police stated that there is “currently no report of money laundering” regarding the crime reporter’s deposit.
Internal Investigation
The reporter’s editor-in-chief learned of the police investigation only when Expressen called on Thursday.
“We met with the reporter today and received an explanation. We have decided that, effective today, the reporter is no longer on duty while we conduct an internal investigation,” the editor-in-chief told SVT.
SVT: What questions do you still have?
“We need clarity on what happened. Why this transaction was made and why the reporter’s name appears in the investigation,” said the editor-in-chief, adding:
“As far as I know, the police do not suspect the reporter of any wrongdoing.”
The editor-in-chief declined to comment on the explanation provided by the reporter. They intend to gather more information first.
The reporter stated in a text message to Expressen that they were misled: “The money was supposed to go towards a renovation that never took place.”
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