Sweden: Fraud and Abuse of Welfare Systems

Abstract

The issue of fraud and the abuse of the social welfare system has become increasingly topical in most industrial countries with the greater difficulty in funding public sector expenditure. With large budget deficits, low economic growth and high unemployment, tolerance for different forms of abuse generally decreases. This trend also applies in Sweden.

Citation

Sandberg, B. (1998), "Sweden: Fraud and Abuse of Welfare Systems", Journal of Financial Crime, Vol. 5 No. 4, pp. 396-405. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb025855