Sweden’s justice minister says to ‘turn up the pressure’ on crypto seizures
05.07.2025
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Gunnar Strömmer reportedly said that Swedish authorities had confiscated more than $8.3 million worth of criminal profits since a law related to seizures was passed in 2024.
Sweden’s justice minister is cranking up the heat on crypto seizures, urging cops and tax authorities to go big or go home. Since 2024, they’ve bagged over $8.3M in shady profits. Talk about a payday!
Back in November 2024, Sweden dropped a law that’s basically a free pass to snatch luxury items and stacks of cash, no questions asked. Crypto? Fair game. How much of that $8.3M is digital dough? They’re not spilling the tea.
“This means that a person who, for example, has large amounts of cash, sizeable bank assets or luxury articles may forfeit them if he or she does not have an income that is proportional to the property and cannot otherwise explain where it comes from.”
Controversy alert: One traveler allegedly lost $137K and a Rolex at the airport. Meanwhile, authorities flexed seizing nearly $1M in goodies in just one week. Sweden’s not playing around.
Lawmaker calls for a Bitcoin reserve
Enter Rickard Nordin, the Swedish MP with a bright idea: Why not hoard seized Bitcoin like the US? No selling, just stacking. Because when life gives you lemons, you HODL.
Stateside, Trump’s already on it with a national crypto reserve. Sweden’s just catching the FOMO. Who’s next in the crypto stockpile race?
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