Danish-Swedish cooperation against gangs can be expanded

Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer (M) hopes to intensify the cooperation with Denmark against gang violence. We see an opportunity to move forward our positions, he says.

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Strömmer travels today to Copenhagen to meet his Danish colleague Peter Hummelgaard. The meeting has been arranged after the conversations they both had regarding the summer's violent crimes in Denmark, where Swedish children and young people are suspected.

A crucial message is that the Swedish government takes this very seriously, says Strömmer.

Is it Sweden's fault that gang violence has flared up in Denmark?

It's not meaningful to place blame in that way. It's a reality that organized crime is very innovative and it's cross-border, says Strömmer.

Shared Responsibility

Now we see that Danish criminal networks are using a digital infrastructure established in Sweden when it comes to recruiting perpetrators.

Strömmer emphasizes that Sweden and Denmark have a shared responsibility and interest in getting to grips with the situation.

We believe that by meeting, we can intensify cooperation further, both between our authorities and between our governments, says the Swedish minister.

How can it be intensified?

We'll have to come back to that, but it's clear that we see an opportunity to move forward together, both on an authority level and as governments, says Strömmer.

Are you worried that commuting across the Öresund Bridge could be disrupted by increased border controls?

We're primarily discussing other tools to break this development.

I have great respect for the fact that the Danish side sees a need to take unilateral measures, but when we look at joint measures, it's primarily other things we're discussing, says Strömmer.

The Perpetrators Behind Must Be Caught

Denmark's Justice Minister Peter Hummelgaard (S) wants to discuss, among other things, how cooperation with Swedish police can be strengthened, reports Danmarks Radio.

I want to use the meeting to discuss what we can do here and now, how we can intensify our intelligence work, and how we can get even better at catching the people behind, who apparently sit in entirely different countries than Sweden and Denmark and pull the strings, he says to the radio.

Also participating in the meeting are Sweden's and Denmark's national police commissioners, Petra Lundh and Thorkild Fogde. A joint press conference will be held after the meeting.

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