The Swedish monopoly fires 50 employees suspected for bribery

Author: Per Karlsson
March 2, 2005

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Author: Per Karlsson
March 2, 2005

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The Swedish alcohol retail monopoly Systembolaget AB fires the 50 employees who are suspected of bribery and who are still employed by the company. We do not quite understand how this works. How can they be fired before the court has made a verdict? Suppose that the verdict is “not guilty”. We believed that you were assumed not guilty until the verdict was give. Maybe the Systembolaget knows better than the courts?

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Per Karlsson

Swedish. Per is co-founder together with his wife Britt of BKWine. Rumour has it that his interest in wine started already when he was 11. Just like Britt he visits some 200 wineries each year on wine tours and for journalistic research. He writes about wine primarily online on BKWine Magazine and in the BKWine Brief. Per is also a professional photographer, specialising in wine and travel photography. See BKWine Photography for more on this. Since a few years back he has also branched out into video production on the same subject. He has contributed all images, and some text, to BKWine’s wine books.