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Moderates want femicide to be a new crime category in Sweden
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Moderates want femicide to be a new crime category in Sweden

The Moderates are proposing a new criminal classification for femicide, also known as female homicide. We want anyone who murders a woman because she is a woman to be sentenced to life imprisonment, says Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard
Moderates want open offender registry for serious relationship violence cases
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Moderates want open offender registry for serious relationship violence cases

The Moderates want to introduce an open offender register - where the public should be able to search for people who have committed serious crimes in a close relationship. Men's violence against women is a huge social problem
Riksdag approves prison sentences for 14-year-olds in serious crimes
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Riksdag approves prison sentences for 14-year-olds in serious crimes

On Thursday, the Riksdag voted in favor of a proposal to lower the age of criminal responsibility. This means that 14-year-olds will be able to be sentenced to prison
Swedish Parliament backs tougher sentencing for multiple crimes in 176-171 vote
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Swedish Parliament backs tougher sentencing for multiple crimes in 176-171 vote

The government and the SD won a vote to abolish today's volume discount for multiple crimes. “This is a day of joy for all crime victims,” says Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer (M)
Government and opposition clash over reduced sentence discount bill
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Government and opposition clash over reduced sentence discount bill

The opposition has agreed to reject the government's proposal to reduce the quantity discount. Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer (M) believes the criticism of the proposal is unjustified
Strömmer warns preventive coercive powers could expire under an S-led government
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Strömmer warns preventive coercive powers could expire under an S-led government

The Moderates promise to extend the law on preventive coercive measures if the Tidö parties win the election. Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer (M) warns that the law may end up with an S-led government
Strömmer: Russian influence operation has no link to Swedish election
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Strömmer: Russian influence operation has no link to Swedish election

The government is taking the Russian influence operation revealed by Säpo seriously. It is important to emphasize that it has no connection to the Swedish election, says Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer (M)
Sweden says full criminal justice reform could be in place by 2029 or 2030
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Sweden says full criminal justice reform could be in place by 2029 or 2030

The government assesses that it is financially feasible to allow the entire criminal justice reform, including the current volume discount, to come into force in 2029 or 2030. It is estimated to cost SEK 3-7 billion
Government wants Prison Service to speed up prison expansion by 2030
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Government wants Prison Service to speed up prison expansion by 2030

The government wants the Swedish Prison and Probation Service to accelerate the expansion of prison places so that the penalty discount for multiple crimes can be abolished by 2030 at the latest. It is a major challenge, says Director General Rikard Jermsten
Moderates promise to abolish sentence discount for multiple crimes by 2030
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Moderates promise to abolish sentence discount for multiple crimes by 2030

The Moderates promise to abolish the quantity discount for multiple crimes by 2030. The reform may be financed through reduced aid
Sweden to double gang crime sentences despite criticism
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Sweden to double gang crime sentences despite criticism

From now on, Swedish courts will impose double sentences for gang criminals - despite harsh criticism from several authorities. At the same time, around 50 sentencing categories will be made harsher
Social Democrats' office in Sölvesborg vandalized, man detained for attempted arson
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Social Democrats' office in Sölvesborg vandalized, man detained for attempted arson

Several windows were broken and flammable liquid was poured outside the Social Democrats' office in Sölvesborg on Wednesday night.
Swedish gang figure extradited from Turkey to serve prison sentence
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Swedish gang figure extradited from Turkey to serve prison sentence

A 40-year-old Swedish man who has been convicted of several serious crimes has been extradited from Turkey to Sweden and will now serve his sentence, police say.
Sweden to examine new local security guard role with more powers than private guards
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Sweden to examine new local security guard role with more powers than private guards

An inquiry will review whether a new role, so-called local security guards, can be introduced in Sweden.
Sweden to study how culture can help fight gang crime
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Sweden to study how culture can help fight gang crime

How can culture work as a force against crime and youth delinquency? The government wants the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention (Brå) to find out.
Sweden introduces law to force removal of gang murder ads online
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Sweden introduces law to force removal of gang murder ads online

Criminals are openly advertising online with "jobs" to carry out murders and bombings for payment. Now a law comes into force that requires the ads to be taken down by platforms at the police's request
Proposal would make it easier to seize tenant-owned apartments after crime
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Proposal would make it easier to seize tenant-owned apartments after crime

It will be easier for a housing association to take - seize - a tenant-owned property from the owner if he or she has committed a crime or creates insecurity.
Appeal Urges MPs to Vote No to Lowering the Age of Criminal Responsibility
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Appeal Urges MPs to Vote No to Lowering the Age of Criminal Responsibility

48 signatories from children's rights organizations, trade unions and researchers urge members of parliament to vote no to the proposal to lower the age of criminal responsibility to 14 years.
Left Party condemns police chant at Malmö Pride parade as inappropriate
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Left Party condemns police chant at Malmö Pride parade as inappropriate

In a video from Saturday's pride parade in Malmö, chants can be heard in the Left Party's section of the march: "All of Malmö hates police. " "I think it's a clearly inappropriate way to express oneself," writes Jonas Lindberg, a member of the Left Party's leadership, to TT
Government seeks tougher penalties for grave desecration and dismemberment
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Government seeks tougher penalties for grave desecration and dismemberment

The government wants to toughen the penalties for dismemberment and other serious violations of the peace of the grave. An inquiry is now being set up to review the criminal liability
Sweden to use Kyjiv instead of Kyiv in support of Ukraine
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Sweden to use Kyjiv instead of Kyiv in support of Ukraine

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (UD) will stop using the name "Kyiv" for the capital of Ukraine.
Tidö parties propose red flag system to restrict gang criminals and their relatives
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Tidö parties propose red flag system to restrict gang criminals and their relatives

The government and the Sweden Democrats will investigate how gang criminals and their relatives can be "red flagged" and have their lives restricted in various ways. It will be very demanding to be a gang criminal in Sweden, says Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer (M)
Sweden proposes new law letting police disrupt cybercrime online
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Sweden proposes new law letting police disrupt cybercrime online

The police should be allowed to intervene in the cyber environment and disrupt and stop cybercrime, the government's investigators suggest. This could, for example, involve stopping gang recruitment of children in chat rooms
Sweden plans to scrap sentence discounts for multiple crimes, paving way for longer prison terms
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Sweden plans to scrap sentence discounts for multiple crimes, paving way for longer prison terms

The government is now moving forward with the proposal to abolish the current quantity discount when someone is convicted of multiple crimes, despite criticism from the Legislative Council.
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