The girl repeatedly reported that her foster father was abusing her, but social services still forced her to stay in his home. The 17-year-old was moved only after recording his sexual advances. The man has now been sentenced to prison for seven counts of rape of a child.
CrimeThe actions of social services in a fire in Biskopsgården in Gothenburg that took the life of a five-year-old girl will be investigated again, P4 Gothenburg reports.
SwedenAt least five times in the past year, Alex Schulman has been reported to social services. You start to get a little pissed off. It’s too damn hard to have to be exposed to this shit, he says in the podcast "Alex & Sigge".
EntertainmentThe opposition hopes to vote down the government's proposal to tighten requirements for family immigration. This is about fundamental issues of conscience, says the Green Party's migration spokesperson Annika Hirvonen.
Swedish politicsA boy is suspected of secretly photographing a woman in a shower at a scout camp, police write on their website.
SwedenThe government is introducing a zero vision for violence against children. Every year, an average of almost five children are killed, “frighteningly often” by their own parents, according to Minister of Social Services Camilla Waltersson Grönvall (M).
Swedish politicsThe will to defend is strong, and Swedish psychological defense is in good shape, according to Carl-Oskar Bohlin (M). But the government wants to sharpen its ability to counter disinformation and influence campaigns.
Swedish politicsA 13-year-old boy is suspected of opening fire on an open street in Gävle last year. Six people were hit, but according to the prosecutor, as many as 29 attempted murders may have been committed. Ali Shehab - leader of the criminal network Foxtrot - is being held in absentia for ordering the shooting. The weapon used in the shooting belonged to the police.
CrimeThe gravestone reads “Unknown girl, 2002.” On a freezing December night, she was found dead in a tunnel, her umbilical cord still attached. Who left the girl there? For 24 years, the police have been searching for answers - and for a murderer.
CrimeThe gravestone reads “Unknown girl, 2002.” On a freezing December night, she was found dead in a tunnel, her umbilical cord still attached. Who left the girl there? For 24 years, police have been searching for answers - and for a murderer.
CrimeSix authorities are now required to inform the police if there is reason to believe that a foreigner lacks the right to reside in Sweden. But critics of what they call the “reporting law” say the indirect effects are extensive and that healthcare and schools are not exempt in practice.
SwedenThe U.S. economy added 57,000 new jobs outside the agricultural sector in June, according to monthly figures from the Labor Department. This was significantly lower than expected.
BusinessThe girl was repeatedly left alone at home overnight. In February, she died at age five after a fire broke out in the apartment. Now the mother has been sentenced to six years in prison.
CrimeAt the turn of the year, the possibility of taking temporary parental allowance (VAB) was expanded to include meetings with, among others, the school. An option that 2,500 parents have used so far.
SwedenThe government is appointing an inquiry to strengthen legal certainty in particularly intrusive cases within social services.
Swedish politicsAlvesta Municipality has submitted a report to IVO, the Inspectorate for Health and Social Care, after two children who were in the municipality's care were seriously injured.
SwedenThe 15-year-old boy who was shot to death in Rosengård, Malmö, in March was filmed, and the clip circulated widely on social media. A girl suspected of spreading the clip will be questioned, police say.
CrimeA teenager reported that she had been sexually abused by her foster father. Despite this, she was not allowed to move out. The man is now in custody on suspicion of three rapes, reports P4 Västernorrland.
SwedenMore and more young girls in the South are being suspected of serious crimes. At the same time, the negative trend for boys has reversed. Criminal recruiters are now directly targeting girls on social media to recruit them for assignments.
SwedenIn 2024, social services received more than half a million reports of concern, according to a national survey. One in ten children had concerns reported about them at some point during the year.
SwedenA flyer distributed locally by the Sweden Democrats in Hylte, Halland, is described by party leader Jimmie Åkesson as "genuinely inappropriate".
SwedenSD in Halland handed out a flyer with the message "Stop social services from taking care of your children." The flyer was withdrawn, but several parties are demanding the resignation of its initiator, Stina Isaksson (SD).
SwedenA minor who is part of an online Nazi group has been taken into custody in Malmö. Police raided his home in March after receiving information that he was planning a serious act of violence against people with a foreign background, reports Sydsvenskan.
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