Swedish 'Waste Queen' on trial for illegal dumping of 200,000 tons of waste: 'Country's biggest environmental scandal'

The company, managed by the businesswoman, laid or buried 200 thousand tons of waste illegally in five years.

In Sweden, the trial has started against the self-proclaimed waste queen Fariba Vancor. According to the judiciary, she and her company have dumped waste illegally on a large scale. A total of 200,000 tons of rubbish are said to have been dumped. It is the largest case about an environmental crime ever in Sweden. Vancor, whose real name is Bella Nilsson, was the head of the waste company that is said to be behind the illegal waste dumping. Betwe…

A court in Sweden on Tuesday indicted "trash queen" Bella Nilsson and 10 others on charges of illegally dumping 200,000 tons of toxic waste in the country's largest environmental crime case. Mrs. Nilson, who has now changed her name to Fariba Vankor, is of Iranian descent, and before changing her name to Bella Nilson, her name was Fariba Khatibi Qabaq Tepe.

Feriba Venkor's Sweden-based company, which operated under the name “Pink Beyoncé,” with its cheerful, gaudy branding, is at the epicenter of one of Sweden's worst environmental disasters.

A businesswoman who dubbed herself the "Queen of Garbage" is on trial in Sweden, accused of illegally storing mountains of waste, in the biggest environmental crime case in the country's history.