{"id":1216179,"date":"2022-01-14T11:04:12","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T16:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1216179"},"modified":"2022-01-14T11:04:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T16:04:19","slug":"swedish-national-police-chief-admits-migration-and-integration-related-to-ongoing-gang-crime-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/swedish-national-police-chief-admits-migration-and-integration-related-to-ongoing-gang-crime-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Swedish National Police Chief Admits Migration and Integration Related To Ongoing Gang Crime Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fswedish-national-police-chief-admits-migration-and-integration-related-to-ongoing-gang-crime-issues%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1216179&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1153569732-e1642026044477-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Sweden\u2019s National Police Chief Anders Thornberg had admitted that migration and issues with integration have contributed to the country\u2019s ongoing problem with violent criminal gangs.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Thornberg states that the ongoing issues with gang violence, particularly the high levels of fatal shootings and bombings related to criminal gangs, is linked to mass migration.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt is based on a number of different factors. A sharp increase in demand for drugs, accelerating technological development and digitalisation, increased migration and lack of integration,\u201d Thornberg said this week at the&nbsp;&nbsp;People and Defence Security Conference, broadcaster YLE <a href=\"https:\/\/svenska.yle.fi\/a\/7-10011365\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A shooting this week in the city of Link\u00f6ping was the 47th fatal shooting so far this year, matching Sweden\u2019s record-high number of shootings that took place in 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lhWeTMWRvp\">https:\/\/t.co\/lhWeTMWRvp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1477386133155758081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He went on to recommend that the government enact new stricter measures against criminal gangs, including allowing police to more easily confiscate the assets of criminals as well as making it easier for authorities to share information with each other.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Tornberg also expressed a lack of confidence in a government plan to increase the police force by 10,000 by 2025, saying he was not sure the target could be met.<\/p>\n<p>Gang violence remains a major problem in Sweden, with the country seeing fatal shootings remain at record high levels in 2021, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/10\/31\/teen-charged-fatally-shooting-swedish-police-officer\/\">fatal shooting of a police officer<\/a> in Gothenburg over the summer by a teen linked to criminal gangs.<\/p>\n<p>According to statistics published by the French newspaper&nbsp;<em>La Croix,&nbsp;<\/em> around<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/12\/85-per-cent-of-swedens-fatal-shooting-suspects-come-from-foreign-backgrounds\/\"> 85 per cent<\/a> of the suspects involved in fatal shootings in Sweden are either migrants born abroad or come from immigrant backgrounds.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">85 Per Cent Of Sweden\u2019s Fatal Shooting Suspects Come From Foreign Backgrounds <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/evkmDxHh21\">https:\/\/t.co\/evkmDxHh21<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1481306226088624133?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Swedish police claim that there are as many as 2,500 gang members in the city of Stockholm and that migrant-background gans hold influence over at least sixty no-go area \u201cvulnerable\u201d neighbourhoods.<\/p>\n<p>The country also saw at least<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/25\/sweden-has-seen-over-80-explosions-and-bombings-in-2021\/\"> 80 explosions and bombings<\/a> in 2021, a slight decrease from the previous year but still well above any of the country\u2019s northern neighbours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday we can clearly see that there are several bomb cases that belong together, that the bombs were built by the same person. One of our main focuses is to try to find those people and thus stay one step ahead,\u201d&nbsp;Marie Borgh, section manager at Sweden\u2019s National Bomb Protection, said.<\/p>\n<h5><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><em><strong><span class=\"a-size-large\">Follow Chris Tomlinson on Twitter at&nbsp;<span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomlinsonCJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@TomlinsonCJ<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span>or email at&nbsp;ctomlinson(at)breitbart.com<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sweden\u2019s National Police Chief Anders Thornberg had admitted that migration and issues with integration have contributed to the country\u2019s ongoing problem with violent criminal gangs. 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