Yet another wave of violence pulls over Sweden and the gang recruits ongoing new performers.
In the past, older criminals had to be physically needed to be drawn into the underworld. Today, links to group chats are spread full with lucrative assignments – just a click away.
Recently, a 22-year-old man was sentenced to five years in prison for serious illegal threats and serious weapons crime, after this summer he fired shots into a kitchen in a home in Nacka, south of Stockholm.
The man lacked completely connection to the family living there. The shooting – who left a father, mother and daughter shocked and terrified – seems to have just been a job among others.
The police preliminary investigation provides an insight into how the instigators advertise about assignments online and in how young men in urgent need for money offer their services at fixed prices.
“300k for yappling”
The encrypted communication service Telegram shows how the 22-year-old announced that he wanted to make blasts and shootings for payment.
The text over a picture of him reads:
“50k for info! 300k for yapping !! Lives in Stockholm! ”
By Yapping, the man means murder. In other posts he writes about “throwing apples”, which is a hose for grenades.
Excerpt from criminal job ads on telegram.
Excerpt from criminal job ads on telegram.
Photo: Police investigation.
The 22-year-old has also been linked to clients in a chat group where new blood is openly recruiting. It is common for minors to be recruited but in an ad TV4 taken part in you actively search for adults:
“Looking for 18+ young people/old people guys/girls who want to make fat pair with minimal risk. Transfers of 100-500K ….. All cities, everything is done digitally so no meetings are needed. All that is needed is Bank ID and that you are 18+ ”.
Different prices depending on land
Another post shows black on white what the clients pay for different deeds. There are different prices depending on where somewhere the act of violence is to be performed. For murder in Denmark, you pay SEK 500,000, for the same document in Sweden, the price is 100,000. If you want to throw a grenade against a designated goal, you will receive SEK 200,000 in Denmark and 50,000 in Sweden.
Anyone who assumes assignments against payment is called “steps”. The 22-year-old behind the Nackadås is one. In a chat with a client, he asks for blasting assignments and also explains why.
“For needs urgently pairing, Hänt Familjerej brother, as soon as possible if there is something, lives in Stockholm can throw”.
Part of the evidence against the 22-year-old is a message on the Signal app, which he sent shortly after the shots in Nacka. It shows that it was not about some quick money he had hoped.
“They have been running me what was shot yesterday got my pair haha”.
Last week, the government commissioned the government and FOI to study why young people are drawn into crime online.