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Sweden

Govt to open fraud probe against VW

A Swedish prosecutor said on Tuesday he had opened a preliminary fraud investigation into Volkswagen over the German carmaker's emissions test cheating scandal which has affected up to 11 million vehicles worldwide. Volkswagen, having admitted to using software to conceal the level of toxic emissions from some of its diesel vehicles in the United States, faces billions of dollars in claims from owners of vehicles with similar software installed around the world.