This is what our neighbors think of Swedish crime: “Not the Swedes’ fault”

At the same time that border controls have been strengthened, Denmark’s Minister of Justice Peter Hummelgaard has confirmed that criminal gangs in Denmark hire Swedish teenagers. And according to him, there are 25 examples of this since April this year.

Recently, Swedish and Danish police also began an in-depth collaboration to jointly stop serious crime.

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  • But it is not only in Denmark that the Swedish gang milieu is visible. To the west and in Norway, its police have said that Swedish and Norwegian criminals are cooperating across the border and that the activities of Swedish gang criminals on Norwegian soil have become increasingly visible.

    It has also made the Norwegian police want to see closer cooperation between Swedish and Norwegian police.

    But how do the Danes and Norwegians view the Swedish gang crime that has spread? Watch when SVT talks to residents in the video above.

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