It is the so-called law on special control of certain foreigners, LSU, that the government wants to extend.
One investigation must review the possibilities for the Security Police to take foreign nationals into custody in more cases and deport people who pose a threat to Sweden’s security.
Today, the law is used for security threats such as espionage or terrorism. Now the government wants serious gang criminals to also be counted in the same category.
– We see that organized crime is a systemic threat and poses a corresponding threat to our internal security, says Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer (M).
No judgment required
If the government has its way, foreign nationals who can be linked to criminal networks should be able to be deported, even if the person has not been convicted of any crime.
According to Gunnar Strömmer, it should be about individuals who are considered particularly dangerous or judged to have a central role in a criminal network.
– In the normal case, a conviction is required to bring about a deportation, but in order to protect our security, in the most serious cases, the state must be able to have the tools to send out dangerous foreign citizens, he says.
The investigator must also propose longer detention times and whether Säpo should have expanded opportunities to use coercive measures within the law of LSU. The investigation must be reported no later than November 21 next year.
Want to deport more
The government and the Sweden Democrats have been clear that they want more criminals who commit crimes to be deported.
Several proposals have been put forward in this area, but whether this means in practice that more people will be deported is all the more uncertain. The police have flagged that many deportations are impossible to enforce to a number of countries regardless.