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Nearly 300 arrested in Swedish-led operation targeting digital recruitment of violent crime

Nearly 300 arrested in Swedish-led operation targeting digital recruitment of violent crime

Wed 29 Apr 2026 08:20 CEST

Police said in a press release that 280 people have been arrested in the first year of a Swedish-led international police operation against the digital recruitment and coordination of violent crime.

Nearly 200 arrested in major international police operation

Nearly 200 arrested in major international police operation

Mon 8 Dec 2025 12:54 CET

Police in a number of countries have arrested nearly 200 people over the course of six months in a Swedish-led Europol operation to stop the digital recruitment of young people into criminal networks.

Europol Looks to Sweden for Tackling Digital Gang Crime

Europol Looks to Sweden for Tackling Digital Gang Crime

Sun 30 Mar 2025 10:51 CEST

Gang violence has become a commodity and technology has taken crime from the streets to the digital world. That's what Europol thinks, praising Sweden's work in the area

Police Struggle to Keep Up as Online Radicalization Surges

Police Struggle to Keep Up as Online Radicalization Surges

Sat 29 Mar 2025 09:40 CET

The gang's everyday life has become digital and the police have a hard time keeping up. We must get a larger scope for action in using technology in a way that gives us more muscles, says Theodor Smedius at Noa