It must have been backed by the government--women's jewelry

 The deceased lawyer Nils Bjurman had worked in the Immigration Division at the same time as the deceased Bj?rck. They were the ones who had taken care of Zalachenko. But what did they do with him? Somebody must have made the decision. With a defector of such provenance the order must have come from the highest level. From the government. It must have been backed by the government. Anything else would be unthinkable. Surely? Edklinth felt cold shivers of apprehension. This was all conceivable in practice. A defector of Zalachenko's status would have to be handled with the utmost secrecy. He would have decided as much himself. That was what F?lldin's administration must have decided too. It made sense. But what happened in 1991 did not make sense. Bj?rck had hired Teleborian effectively to lock Salander up in a psychiatric hospital for children on the - false - pretext that she was mentally deranged. That was a crime.
That was such a monstrous crime that Edklinth felt yet more apprehensive. Somebody must have made that decision. It simply could not have been the government. Ingvar Carlsson had been Prime Minister at the time, and then Carl Bildt. But no politician would dare to be involved in such a decision, which contradicted all law and justice and which would result in a disastrous scandal if it were ever discovered.
If the government was involved, then Sweden was not one iota better than any dictatorship in the entire world. It was impossible. And what about the events of April 12? Zalachenko was conveniently murdered at Sahlgrenska hospital by a mentally ill fanatic at the same time as a burglary was committed at Blomkvist's apartment and Advokat Giannini was mugged. In both latter instances, copies of Bj?rck's strange report dating from 1991 were stolen. Armansky had contributed this information, but it was completely off the record. No police report was ever filed. And at the same time, Bj?rck hangs himself - a person with whom Edklinth wished he could have had a serious talk.
Edklinth did not believe in coincidence on such a grand scale. Inspector Bublanski did not believe in such coincidence either. And Blomkvist did not believe it. Edklinth took up his felt pen once more: Evert Gullberg, seventy-eight years old. Tax specialist. ??? Who the hell was Evert Gullberg? He considered calling up the chief of S.I.S., but he restrained himself for the simple reason that he did not know how far up in the organization the conspiracy reached. He did not know whom he could trust. For a moment he considered turning to the regular police. Jan Bublanski was the leader of the investigation concerning Ronald Niedermann, and obviously he would be interested in any related information. But from a purely political standpoint, it was out of the question. He felt a great weight on his shoulders.