The ESBU and Sweden are deepening cooperation in the fight against economic crimes

 The Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine is strengthening its partnership with the Swedish Tax Agency and the Swedish Economic Crime Authority. During a working meeting in Krakow, Taras Shcherbai, the First Deputy Director of the ESBU, and Arne Jakobsson, the Director of Business Tax at the Office of International Projects of the Swedish Tax Agency, signed a Memorandum of Understanding.

Gunilla Arf-Malmberg, a prosecutor from the Swedish Economic Crime Authority, also participated in the signing of the Memorandum.

The Memorandum opens opportunities for long-term cooperation – exchanging experience, expanding tools to combat economic crimes, and training specialists. Sweden has long-standing practices of effective tax administration and investigation of financial offenses, and this experience will be useful for the development of the ESBU.

According to Taras Shcherbai, this strategic partnership with Sweden goes beyond technical cooperation – it is a long-term investment in Ukraine's economic security infrastructure and an important step toward Ukraine's integration into European standards of economic security. The ESBU expects that the joint work will yield practical results and help strengthen the protection of the state's economic interests.

The Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine is grateful to the Swedish Tax Agency and the Swedish Economic Crime Authority for creating a solid foundation for meaningful cooperation that will help fight economic crime and contribute to Ukraine's European future.

Background: The Swedish Tax Agency (Swedish: Skatteverket), founded on January 1, 2004, is a Swedish government agency responsible for national tax collection and the administration of population registration in Sweden.

The Swedish Economic Crime Authority (Swedish: Ekobrottsmyndigheten) is a Swedish government agency that reports to the Ministry of Justice and has the authority to investigate financial crimes. Specifically, evasion of creditor obligations, accounting crimes, abuse in financial markets, money laundering, tax fraud, and fraud within EU countries.