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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 14 points 9 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Eleven people have been charged by a Swedish court in what is being billed as potentially the country’s worst environmental crime in half a century.

Harmful levels of arsenic, dioxins, lead, zinc, copper and petroleum products were found during the investigation.

Three years ago, parts of Stockholm were shrouded in smoke caused by a fire in an abandoned rubbish heap run by the company.

They are accused of handling significantly more rubbish than permitted and illegal management, allegedly causing several fires and exposing nearby residents to toxic waste.

Senior prosecutor Anders Gustafsson said the preliminary investigation, which is 45,000 pages long, “is the largest environmental crime in Sweden in terms of scope and organisation”.

According to an estimate by the newspaper Göteborgs-Posten, at least 200,000 tonnes of waste have allegedly been dumped by the company, though the true amount could potentially be much higher.


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