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Preventing what is illegal

The work of Swedish Customs within the process Law Enforcement extends across the entire chain of a criminal investigation, from intelligence and checks at the customs channel to a completed preliminary investigation. Border protection officers, customs investigators and customs prosecutors work together to combat criminal activity as effectively as possible.  
Within Law Enforcement we work in several areas to prevent illegal activities:
  • We strive to stop or seriously disrupt organised crime and to prevent the illegal import of narcotics, alcohol, tobacco and other dangerous goods.
  • We perform excise duty checks, which means we investigate whether excise duty has been paid on alcohol, tobacco and energy products being brought into the country.
  • We work with intelligence to get even better at making the right selections for customs examination. One important source of information is cooperation with other authorities, both national and international.
  • Customs officers within Law Enforcement have the right to stop and search individuals, interview, investigate and to search premises.  
Each year, 75 million travellers, ships, containers and vehicles cross Sweden´s frontiers. Swedish Customs works in the midst of this enormous flow of goods and people.