Bribery investigation at Region Stockholm's public transit authority (SL) finds employees suspected of taking up to 15 million kronor from a contractor

Swedish prosecutors opened a bribery investigation into Stockholm's public transit administration (Trafikförvaltningen, which runs SL) after the Tax Agency flagged suspicious payments; multiple people, including at least one senior transit-authority employee, were arrested and later detained on suspicion of serious bribery tied to a company that supplied equipment for bus stops between January 2023 and December 2024. Prosecutors say the suspected bribes total as much as 15 million kronor, with one detained individual alone suspected of receiving over 8 million kronor; a Stockholm court froze 6 million kronor of the contractor company's assets to preserve funds for a possible corporate fine.