Tag: Organized crime

  • He researches the gangs: “Violent crimes fewer but worse”

    He researches the gangs: “Violent crimes fewer but worse”

    Amir Rostami, professor of criminology, researches the development of crime in Sweden. Violent crimes are fewer now, but shootings, explosions and stabbings are at the same time worse than before. Some crimes, which used to fuel organized crime, have completely disappeared in Sweden, others are increasing by several hundred percent. But according to Amir Rostami,…

  • Södertälje's garbage is the mafia's goldmine

    Södertälje's garbage is the mafia's goldmine

    Illegal garbage dumping has become a growing problem in Södertälje. Building materials, refrigerators, waste and other debris are thrown into nature instead of at the recycling station. Italy is a country that has had similar problems since the mid-90s with large protests and poisoned areas as a result. Hear the reporters Liza YouhananP4 Södertälje, and…

  • Eurobarometer survey: 79% of Finns have a positive attitude towards EU membership

    Eurobarometer survey: 79% of Finns have a positive attitude towards EU membership

    A survey describing the opinions of EU citizens shows that 80% of Finnish respondents believe that Finland has benefited from EU membership. Respondents see this positive view as the EU's role in maintaining peace and increasing security (42% of Finns) and promoting cooperation between member countries (62% of Finnish respondents). All in all, 45% of…

  • The situation on Finland’s eastern border may threaten national security, the memo reads

    The situation on Finland’s eastern border may threaten national security, the memo reads

    Among the arrivals can be people with war or other crimes, soldiers disguised as civilians and radicalized people. “Large amount [asylum] Applicants also enable the intentional sending of persons or groups threatening national security to Finland. It is likely that the phenomenon causes uncertainty in society,” the memo reads. More than 700 asylum seekers have…

  • So the countries of Europe can help each other against the gangs

    So the countries of Europe can help each other against the gangs

    The criminal gangs in Sweden benefit greatly from the EU’s free movement. Money, drugs, weapons and perpetrators of serious violent crimes move across borders in Europe. The Europa podcast goes through the tools and frameworks for cooperation that exist for law enforcement at the European level today and what police and prosecutors can do to…

  • Emergency humanitarian situation in Gaza, KD in a pressured position of opinion and Tower Valleys who fight for their mother tongue

    Emergency humanitarian situation in Gaza, KD in a pressured position of opinion and Tower Valleys who fight for their mother tongue

    Hour 1: We report on the latest situation in Gaza. Among other things, about the urgent medical challenges. Johan von Schreeb, professor of global disaster medicine at the Karolinska Institutet, in the studio. Conversation about how to see the war between Israel and Hamas from an international law perspective. Guests: Said Mahmoudi, professor emeritus of…

  • Lisa dos Santos – prosecuting children who murder children

    Lisa dos Santos – prosecuting children who murder children

    In the spring of 2021, she receives a call from the head of RIO, the national unit against international and organized crime. “Put the phone out of the room,” she says. Lisa dos Santos, who for eight months worked on the preliminary investigation against three suspected perpetrators in the high-profile murder on Årstabron in Stockholm,…

  • Right now: The National Police Chief is holding a press conference

    Right now: The National Police Chief is holding a press conference

    Due to the serious violence linked to gang crime and organized crime, the police are holding a press conference. Participants include national police chief Anders Thornberg and Johan Olsson, head of Noa. Listen to the broadcast in the player above.

  • The police hold a press conference about gang crime

    The police hold a press conference about gang crime

    National Police Chief Anders Thornberg has on Wednesday called a press conference after recent events linked to organized crime and gang crime. Participating are Anders Thornberg, national police chief, Hampus Nygårds, deputy chief at Noa, Ulf Johansson, regional police chief at region Mitt.

  • Jan Guillou: My mission is complete

    Jan Guillou: My mission is complete

    IN Jan Guillous two recent novels something new has arisen. “The One Who Killed the Hell’s Angels”, which came out last year, and the new novel “Possible Intent: To Kill the Local Gangsters”. The novels are partly political thrillers where the aging journalist Erik Ponti fights organized crime together with the well-known fictional character Carl…

  • The majority of organized crime in Finland goes unnoticed, says the Police Institute

    The majority of organized crime in Finland goes unnoticed, says the Police Institute

    There are about 100 known criminal gangs in the country, with about 1,000 members, says STT.

  • The coalition proposes strict measures to combat youth and gang violence in Finland

    The coalition proposes strict measures to combat youth and gang violence in Finland

    The party also wants to reform Finland’s integration policy. The coalition has been warning for some time about the increase in gang crime and has proposed measures to combat it. According to the party, gang activity is increasing in Finland and becoming more violent, and innocent bystanders are in danger. The party believes that traditional…

  • Lise Tamm – outspoken chief prosecutor against gang violence

    Lise Tamm – outspoken chief prosecutor against gang violence

    Lise Tamm is not a cautious general but a controversial prosecutor who says what she thinks, which irritated both managers and ministers during the years when she was head of RIO, the National Unit against International and Organized Crime. But last year Lise Tamm left Sweden for the top job as prosecutor at the International…

  • Social media influencer Andrew Tate, brother remains in Romanian police custody until February 27

    Social media influencer Andrew Tate, brother remains in Romanian police custody until February 27

    Bucharest [Romania]January 21 (ANI): Social media influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate will remain in police custody till February 27. This comes as a Romanian court on Friday extended their detention, Tate’s lawyers told CNN affiliate Antena 3. The brothers are currently being investigated over allegations of human trafficking and rape. According to…

  • Money mules are often fools, police warn

    Money mules are often fools, police warn

    Young people are increasingly being tricked into transferring or withdrawing money on behalf of criminals, reports the Crime Prevention Council, the Crime Prevention Council. Criminals are either transparent with the ‘money mules’, in which case the young people are either forced to comply, or misleading – a common story is that their own account is…

  • TS: Gang members are looking for work as prison guards

    TS: Gang members are looking for work as prison guards

    Members of the criminal gang have tried to infiltrate the Finnish prison staff, says Turku Sanomat. Dozens of people who took part in organized criminal groups have applied for jobs in penitentiaries, it says. It is still unclear whether they have succeeded. The Criminal Sanctions Agency (Rise), which manages 26 prisons, relies on background checks…

  • Adam regrets life in the motorcycle club: “We got away with too much”

    Adam regrets life in the motorcycle club: “We got away with too much”

    Adam was angry, buried his feelings and did everything for his brothers in the motorcycle club. But when his girlfriend gets pregnant, he wants to leave. Something that should turn out not to be so easy. The brothers say it’s okay, that he can leave, but soon his old friends start pushing him for money.…

  • YLE: Organized crime without a threat that has kept the police vigilant since Thursday

    YLE: Organized crime without a threat that has kept the police vigilant since Thursday

    All information about police readiness and readiness is classified, it said. Turun Sanomat said later that day that the threat was due to organized crime. However, YLE wrote yesterday that the threat is not expected to come from a “traditional organized criminal group” such as a bicycle gang, and that its source is unknown. “Only…

  • The boundless theft leagues – The Saddle Thieves

    The boundless theft leagues – The Saddle Thieves

    In “The borderless theft leagues”, we get to follow ordinary people who are exposed to crime and the police and customs’ struggle to deal with organized crime where stolen goods worth billions are taken out of the country. Marlene Andersson Wikman is a crime inspector and group manager for the investigation section at the police…

  • External threats cause Denmark to extend border controls

    As a reason for extending border controls, the government cites the threat of militant Islamists and organized crime. – The persistent and significant threat to our public order and internal security caused by militant Islamists and organized criminals, who are able to exploit the free movement within the Schengen area, continues to be a major…

  • Funen man confesses to fraud against loan companies

    A string of loan companies were exposed to fraud when they received requests for a total of 2.4 million kroner. That is the claim in a charge that a 28-year-old man was confronted with on Tuesday during a constitutional hearing in the Court in Odense. The man admitted the affair and was remanded in custody…

  • The boundless theft leagues – The truck coup

    The boundless theft leagues – The truck coup

    In “The borderless theft leagues”, we get to follow ordinary people who are exposed to crime and the police and customs’ struggle to deal with organized crime where stolen goods for billions are taken out of the country. “It will not decrease, rather the opposite. Given that there are free borders, we will have to…

  • Two rockers in Spain and 13 arrested in Denmark in a major drug case

    In a case of smuggling and trafficking of up to 200 kilos of cocaine, the police on Tuesday arrested 12 men and a woman. This happened in a major operation, where officers visited addresses in Copenhagen, North Zealand and the Copenhagen Vestegn. In a simultaneous action in southern Spain, the local police have arrested two…

  • Organized crime

    Organized crime

    Organized crime has become increasingly globalized. Mexican cartels and Italian mafia organizations have built large companies operating in a global shadow market. In step with this, corruption is also spreading like wildfire. And Sweden is no exception. But here we also see another development – such a sharp increase in fatal shootings in the gang…

  • The Finnish authorities are stepping up their efforts to curb undeclared online drug trafficking

    The Finnish authorities are stepping up their efforts to curb undeclared online drug trafficking

    Almost 2,200 respondents from Finland participated in the survey. Almost half of Finns (45 per cent) who had used or bought drugs last year had bought them online. Second came England, where 29 per cent of respondents had recently bought drugs through the dark network, followed by Australia, 15 per cent. According to the police,…

  • Unpunished “Svenssons” more and more often in large drug cases

    Unpunished “Svenssons” more and more often in large drug cases

    In the name of the law, this section takes a closer look at a development that has made prosecutors, customs and police scratch their heads. For those convicted of the most serious drug crimes in Sweden are increasingly unpunished since before. Many times they live seemingly neat and orderly lives. With permanent jobs, partners and…

  • 155 arrested in Sweden in global operation

    155 arrested in Sweden in global operation

    At ten o’clock, the European police cooperation Europol will hold a press conference to tell about the onslaught around the world yesterday against organized crime. Swedish police are also on site. Hundreds of people were arrested during the raids that could take place after the police managed to infiltrate another encryption service (Am0on) where criminals…

  • Five men arrested in case of money laundering of larger millions

    Five men arrested in case of money laundering of larger millions

    On Thursday morning, the North Zealand Police launched a major operation with arrests and searches in several places in the country. The result is that five men have been arrested in the case, which among other things is about money laundering of a larger million. It informs the police in a press release. However, it…

  • 15 are prosecuted in a tangle with black apartment contracts

    15 are prosecuted in a tangle with black apartment contracts

    Two people are accused of having sold and brokered black apartment contracts in Stockholm for approximately SEK 12 million. Another 13 people are also charged with selling leases. The crimes were discovered in connection with an attack on a weapons and drug crime. “This is a unique case,” says chamber prosecutor Henrik Söderman at the…

  • The 57-year-old has been extradited from Spain in a major drug case

    What the extradited man is specifically charged with, prosecutor Jacob Gents does not want to comment immediately on. Only that the 57-year-old is charged with trafficking in a large quantity of drugs and for possession of a weapon. The man is part of a large case complex, which has been under investigation since last year.…

  • 100 investigations into cheating with pandemic support

    100 investigations into cheating with pandemic support

    Around 100 criminal investigations are currently underway into suspected fraud with the financial support for pandemic-affected companies that has been introduced, according to a survey carried out by Ekot. So far, a total of six charges have been brought for various crimes and more are underway, according to the Swedish Environmental Crime Agency. “There will…

  • Four people accused of murder on Rauðagerði

    Four people accused of murder on Rauðagerði

    The district attorney accused four people of the murder of Armando Beqiri, a man in his thirties who was shot dead outside his home on Rauðagerði Street in mid-February. This is confirmed by Kolbrún Benediktsdóttir, deputy district attorney, in an interview with the news agency. The indictment is based on Art. 211 of the Criminal…

  • The government is investigating major powers for the Swedish Customs

    The government is investigating major powers for the Swedish Customs

    The government is appointing an inquiry to review the Swedish Customs’ future powers, Minister of Finance Magdalena Andersson said at a press conference a while ago. This includes giving the Swedish Customs better tools to act against serious organized crime. In recent years, for example, the Swedish Customs has been given greater powers to initiate…