Drug trafficking is a rapidly growing phenomenon that has a significant impact on communities. How the Swedish authorities work together to combat that problem is regulated according to Swedish law, as professionals who have the closest contact with the public are the ones who have the greatest responsibility to act and decide in suspicious cases. Despite the hard work of crime fighting, society experiences the availability of a functioning drug market. High seizure statistics are presented by the Swedish Customs in recent years. Therefore, there has been an interest in investigating the phenomenon, taking into account that the seizure statistics are high and drug sales are still taking place. Institutions that work against crime fighting such as authorities are a starting point for understanding what is actually happening in Swedish society according to policy makers and decision makers. The purpose of the study is to investigate both how the Swedish Customs Authority's powers currently look and to compare the views between the Swedish Customs Service, the Police Authority and the Coast Guard regarding these powers and the legislative proposals that the Swedish Customs Service has put forward to increase crime fighting. The results show that expanded powers for customs officers are needed as well as "a clear, expedient and uniform regulation" for the fragmented powers in various laws and regulations. Finally, the theories that this research applies are linked to gain more understanding as to why the results look like this. According to the aforementioned authorities, drug smuggling can be limited in a more efficient way if the requirements of the Swedish Customs Administration are met.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-118587 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Bagdo, Julia |
| Publisher | Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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