To address the negative supporter culture, the investigators recommend an exclusion strategy that involves identifying, prosecuting, and banning individuals who disrupt and commit crimes at the events.
"This individual focus, targeting the perpetrators, should be prioritized over measures that affect clubs and the broad audience," writes Hübinette.
To identify those who commit crimes at the arenas, camera surveillance is often crucial, and therefore, a new law is proposed to give clubs and arena owners legal support to handle surveillance material and personal data.
Furthermore, it is proposed to increase penalties for crimes against the Public Order Act. The current penalty scale for possessing and using pyrotechnics, entering the playing field, throwing objects, and masking oneself is fines or imprisonment for up to six months. Now, a special penalty scale is proposed for the most serious pyrotechnic offenses, with imprisonment for at least six months and up to two years.
The investigators also want to see a more effective ban on entering sports arenas. All types of crimes committed at the events should, as a main rule, lead to a prosecutor-decided ban on visiting the events for a certain period of time.
