A Swedish businessman who was one day called “Queen of garbage” was sentenced to six years in prison on charges of throwing hundreds of thousands of tons of toxic waste in the largest issue of environmental crime in the country.
Farba Vancor, previously known as Bella Nelson and former CEO of Think Pink, was convicted on Tuesday of 19 charges of serious environmental crimes. Her ex -husband, Thomas Nelson, was convicted of 12 serious environmental crimes and sentences for a period of three years and six months in prison.
Of the 11 people went On the trial In September, all of them were convicted, except for one of the environmental crimes by the Local Sodorn Court in Hudding, near Stockholm.
“Think Pink” has posed “great risks to people and the environment” and compared the work with a “type of pyramid scheme.”
He said: “The waste management was largely incorrect or incorrect. It has also caused environmental damage through emissions, and in some cases, great risks to people and the environment.” “Therefore, there is no doubt about the presence of environmental crimes in the places where the waste has been treated.”
Of the 11 trials, five people, including Vancor and Nilsson, were sentenced to a period of two and six years in prison due to serious environmental crimes, and five others were sentenced to shorter prison or suspended sentences for environmental crimes.
The person who was acquitted was the former Pink CEO, Leif-Revan Karlsson TV character.
The five main defendants were ordered to pay about a quarter of a billion krunor (19 million pounds) as compensation, including the Bokureka municipality and Västerås city.
The issue was the largest that is ever being addressed by the national unity in Sweden for environmental environment and work environment, including a multi -year legal process and more than 80 days of listening sessions. The ruling was approximately 700 pages.
“It was a very wide investigation – 150 witnesses and experts have been heard, in addition to about 20 of the prosecutors,” said Schulkvist.
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All defendants denied violations.
The Vancoura defense team said it was surprised by Tuesday. “It was a little unexpected,” Lawyer Jean Tebling told Avitonpelite, adding: “Of course, we are not happy.”
He said he had not yet spoken to his client to discuss whether an appeal would be made.
