Dagens Industri reports on September 21st that Swedish war crimes prosecutor Henrik Attorps has decided to interview Alex Schneiter and Ian Lundin yet again. The explanation given is that the material seized during the Swiss police’s raid of Lundin’s offices in Geneva in February 2018 arrived in Sweden in November 2018 only and it has […]

Towards criminal liability of corporations for human rights violations: The Lundin case in Sweden The Lundin may become a landmark case because of the novelty and complexity of the legal issues that the Swedish court will decide. In particular, with regard to the assessment of the individual criminal liability of the executives of Lundin, the

The Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden on 26 March 2019 threw out an appeal by defense lawyers of Lundin Petroleum. They demanded the Court to overrule the October 2018 decision by the Government to allow the prosecution of Alex Schneiter and Ian Lundin for war crimes, arguing that two Government ministers, including the Minister of

  Thomas Alstrand from the public prosecutor’s office in Gothenburg was quoted by Dagens Nyheter on 13 February 2019 that a criminal investigation has been opened into threats and acts of violence against witnesses in the Lundin Petroleum war crimes investigation. They have allegedly been pressured not to testify in court. Several witnesses have been

On 15 November 2018, Ian Lundin and Alex Schneiter sent a letter to Lundin Petroleum’s investors, business partners and media contacts.

EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law The Road Less Travelled: How Corporate Directors Could be Held Individually Liable in Sweden for Corporate Atrocity Crimes Abroad Published on November 13, 2018        Author: Miriam Ingeson and Alexandra Lily Kather On 18 October 2018, the Swedish Government authorized the Swedish Prosecution Authority to proceed to prosecution in a case regarding activities of

The Swedish Prosecution Authority on 1 November 2018 notified Lundin Petroleum A.B. that the Company may be liable to a corporate fine and forfeiture of economic benefits of SEK 3,285 (app. € 318 million) for involvement in war crimes and crimes against humanity. The amount equals the 2019 cash dividend to Lundin’s shareholders. The Prosecutor’s

The Financial Times reported on 18 October 2018 that the Swedish Government has approved a request by the prosecutors to take Ian Lundin and Alex Schneiter to court for aiding and abetting war crimes. Sweden’s justice minister commented that the Chair and CEO of Lundin Petroleum S.A. may face lifetime imprisonment if found guilty. Lundin

Dagens Nyheter on 6 August 2018, accused Lundin Petroleum of involvement in bribing, threatening, and persecuting witnesses in the war crimes investigation into the company’s top management. In an editorial comment, the company was compared with organised crime. For a rough translation of the article, see underneath. https://www.facebook.com/unpaiddebtsudan/posts/2351232068227322?__tn__=K-R

Swedwatch and Fair Finance Guide, Sweden has published a report Fuel for Conflict – Investors and the Case of Lundin Petroleum in Sudan, on April 27, 2017. The report states that all companies have a responsibility to respect human rights in their business operations. For investors, this responsibility extends to the operations of the companies they