Trafficking in human beings for sexual and other purposes - Polisen

4. Other National Bureau of Investigation initiatives against human trafficking364. Other National Bureauof Investigation initiativesagainst human traffickingThe National Bureau of Investigation is leading Sweden’sfight against serious organised crime, nationallyand internationally. The overall objective of theNational Bureau of Investigation’s task is to combatthe opportunities that criminal networks have tobecome established and to operate in Sweden. Theauthority is also to establish international collaborativelinks and participate in emergency preparedness.The National Bureau of Investigation constitutes theSwedish police’s national point of contact in internationalcases and collaborates closely with bodies suchas Interpol and Europol.Intelligence SectionBy processing and analysing information, theNational Bureau of Investigation’s Intelligence Sectionhas acquired a good overview of the aggravatedorganised crime in Sweden. The Intelligence Sectioncommunicates this overview by means of strategicreports and high quality operational intelligence. Theintelligence work is expected to prevent and combatorganised crime or, in specific cases, to lead to the initiationof preliminary investigations concerningongoing serious crimes.The intelligence section is responsible for the strategicand operational criminal intelligence service atnational level, for example in targeting human trafficking.The intelligence section assists, arranges andcoordinates international cases and intelligenceassignments that affect several authorities or countries.The work is carried out in collaboration withthe police authorities’ criminal intelligence services,other crime-fighting authorities and through internationalpolice collaboration.Investigation SectionAt the National Bureau of Investigation there is alsoan Investigation Section, tasked with investigatingserious crimes such as human trafficking, and providingassistance to the local police authorities, whenrequired. This section also handles cases involvingrequests for legal aid from other countries.In 2011 the National Bureau of Investigation playedan active part in the cases described in that year’s situationreport and was also responsible for certain majorinternational human trafficking cases. See below:Collaboration with NorwayBeginning in autumn 2010, the National Bureau ofInvestigation collaborated with the police in theHordaland police district in Norway on an extensivehuman trafficking case. (For more information, seeunder Four cases of particular interest, p.29).Cooperation with the UKIn 2010, the National Bureau of Investigation assistedthe police authority in Skåne with a preliminaryinvestigation concerning suspected human traffickingfor forced labour, in which the victims wereexploited for purposes such as carrying out tarmacand paving work for private individuals in differentparts of Sweden. In this case, the National Bureau ofInvestigation also collaborated with police in the UKsince the itinerant suspects belonged to the same familyresident in that country. The investigation led tolegal proceedings in the District Court in Malmöbeing brought against two people in 2010 on chargesincluding human trafficking. The court dismissed theprosecution.