• In Sweden, eel fishing requires a license, and without one, it is illegal to fish for them.
• The Stockholm University Baltic Sea Centre reports that the European eel, is in state of extinction.
• the prime minister’s top adviser lying to the police is unacceptable, according to Ardalan Shekarabi

Sweden prime minister is embroiled in a political scandal when it was revealed that he had employed a top aide who had engaged in illegal eel catching and then lied to the police about it.

In October of last year, Ulf Kristersson appointed Peter Magnus Nilsson, despite knowing that Nilsson had committed illegal acts.

The PM added that while the aide’s actions were “dumb,” it in no way reflected on Mr. Nilsson’s suitability for the position.

Social Democrats in opposition have demanded Mr. Nilsson’s resignation.

The interview with public television SVT, Ardalan Shekarabi, the justice spokeswoman for the center-left party, said that the top adviser to the prime minister lying to the police is unacceptable because of “the problems we have with serious crime in Sweden.”

In October 2022, when a far-right party helped a new center-right coalition government take power in Sweden, a finance journalist named Peter Magnus Nilsson was hired as an advisor to the prime minister.

During the fall of 2021, someone illegally fished for eels off the southern coast of Sweden.

In Sweden, you need a licence to fish for eels, and it is illegal to do so without one. The Stockholm University Baltic Sea Centre says that the European eel, which is a local delicacy, is in a terrible danger of going extinct.

Mr. Nilsson stated on Facebook that he was trying to fix his gear to release the small eels in his fish traps.

SVT saw an official report that four of Mr. Nilsson’s traps had 15 eels weighing 11kg (24lb).

He denied owning the items to the Marines.

After a year, a “gentle fellow” from the local police called Mr. Nilsson. He denied controlling the gadgets again.

He informs the authorities he called back to clarify his statement and pay the 38,800 kronor ($3,800; £3,060) charge.

“I am deeply sorry about all of this,” Mr. Nilsson said, adding that it was “inappropriate” to apologise at the moment or a year afterwards.

Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson told SVT that he was dissatisfied that Mr. Nilsson didn’t confess straight away, but his final admission and acceptance of the punishment outweighed this.

The ministerial conduct committee knows about Mr. Kristersson.

The Social Democrats want to know how Mr. Nilsson was hired and cleared to handle sensitive material.

The committee will investigate for months.

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