At the end of November, a 25-year-old man was arrested at Arlanda Airport after being deported from Indonesia. The man is suspected of several cases of preparation for murder and is considered to be a driving force in what the police call “violence as a service,” a crime where violent assignments are advertised online.
He is one of the 193 people arrested around the world in Operation Grimm since last spring.
Among those arrested are 63 described as perpetrators, 40 enablers, 84 recruiters and 6 instigators. Of these, 96 have been arrested in Sweden.
The police note that by arresting and prosecuting the individuals, violence in Sweden and other countries is being affected. But the demand for violence still exists.
"Investigation and prosecution alone cannot turn the tide. That is clear to us," says Theodor Smedius, superintendent at the police's national operations department (Noa), in a comment on the police website.
In addition to Sweden, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, the United Kingdom and Germany are also included in the operation.
