Sweden's deadly gang war has turned 'peaceful' country into …
WEBSweden's gun crime death rate is now the highest in the European Union. About 62,000 people are linked to criminal networks in the country, police say. Most of the violence is a result of gang warfare, with more and more groups competing for …
Crime in Sweden - Wikipedia
WEBAccording to the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention, the number of reported crimes in Sweden has increased when measured from the 1950s, consistent with other Western countries in the postwar era, which they say can be explained by a number of factors, such as statistical and legislative changes and increased public willingness to ...
Sweden’s Brutal Gang Problem: Here’s What Officials Blame It On
WEBOct 22, 2021 · Nearly 260 crimes in Sweden involved explosives in 2019, up 60% from a year earlier, Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention data showed. Linda Staaf, intelligence service chief of...
Crime in Sweden - statistics & facts | Statista
WEBBasic Statistic Share of self-reported crime victims in Sweden 2022, by gender and type of crime
Spread of gang violence wrecks Sweden's peaceful image
WEBDec 5, 2023 · Swedish police do not currently map gang members' nationalities, but research for the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention in 2021 showed young people born in Sweden to two parents from ...
The violent gang crisis shaking Sweden - Financial Times
WEBNov 19, 2023 · Sweden has suffered an extraordinary spate of violence in recent months, particularly in Uppsala and its neighbour to the south, capital Stockholm. At its worst in September and October, barely a...
Sweden is suffering a grim wave of gang violence - The Economist
WEBNov 13, 2023 · In the first ten months of the year there were 324 shootings in Sweden, 48 of them fatal. The rate of gun crime is several times higher than that in neighbouring countries. Gangs have taken...
Gang crime looms over election in Sweden as shootings spread
WEBOREBRO, Aug 12 (Reuters) - In the span of eight days in May, three young men were shot dead in a small neighborhood of the town of Orebro, part of a wave of gang violence spreading from big cities...
Sweden gangs: Army to help police after surge in killings - BBC
WEBSep 29, 2023 · Swedish media have connected the recent surge in deaths to a conflict involving a gang known as the Foxtrot network, which has been rocked by infighting and split into two rival factions.
Sweden's police chief says escalation in gang violence is …
WEBOct 10, 2023 · Sweden’s national police chief says an escalation in gang violence this year — with almost daily shootings and bombings that have claimed dozens of lives, including teenagers and innocent bystanders — is “extremely serious.”