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Police officers stand guard outside the adult education center Campus Risbergska school in Örebro, Sweden, on February 6, 2025 two days after a shooting there left eleven people dead.

Sweden Abolishes Permanent Residence Permits for Asylum Seekers

Zolta Győri June 11, 2026

After years of dealing with immigrant gang violence and crime, Stockholm aims to make it harder for asylum seekers to remain in the country.

The scene of a shooting that left 11 people dead in Örebro, Sweden on February, 6, 2025 is cordoned off.

Sweden: 23 Bystanders Killed in Gang Shootings Over Three Years

TEC News / AFP May 4, 2026

Police say gangs often recruit teenagers via social media and encrypted messaging apps, offering payment for carrying out attacks.

A police official uses tape as he cordons off an area on a street outside the central railway station in Brussels on June 20, 2017, after an explosion in the Belgian capital.

Europe’s Capital Shaken by Gang Wars and Explosions— Again

Rebeka Kis April 17, 2026

Mayor of Saint-Gilles Jean Spinette said “We must all stand up and say enough is enough.”

Sweden’s Minister for Justice Gunnar Strömmer talks to the press as he arrives for a Justice and Home Affairs Council at the EU headquarters in Brussel on March 9, 2023.

Sweden Reveals Prison Plan for Children After Lowering Criminal Age

TEC News / AFP February 19, 2026

Eight existing prisons have been tasked with preparing special sections for children.

Tougher Laws and Migration Reform Work: Sweden Sees Drop in Deadly Shootings

Michael Curzon February 13, 2026

Right-wing officials say that “step by step” they are “making Sweden safe again.”

21-Year-Old Swede Faces Trial in 2025 Triple Murder-for-Hire

TEC News February 11, 2026

Four others have been charged with related crimes and prosecutors have not given up on finding the “instigators” who ordered the murders.

Shootings Are Down in Sweden—but More Children Are Linked to Murder Plots

Zolta Győri December 22, 2025

Police and researchers warn that organised crime is adapting, with extortion-driven bombings rising and gangs exploiting digital tools to recruit minors.

French gendarme patrol in the Les Rosiers residential complex during a major anti-drug operation in the Sainte Marthe neighborhood, northern Marseille, on December 9, 2025.

Another Failure for the French Government: Drug Market at All-Time High in France

Hélène de Lauzun December 16, 2025

For the first time, the cocaine market’s size has surpassed that of cannabis.

Swedish Establishment Living in “Different Reality”

Michael Curzon December 10, 2025

Those who say rising gang crime is a “fringe phenomenon” are blind to what is really happening.

Swedish Government Urged to Limit Migration To Stabilise ‘Vulnerable Areas’

Michael Curzon December 2, 2025

Officials are trying to present the ‘positive’ angle of new figures, though it hardly exists.

Tag: gang violence

Sweden Abolishes Permanent Residence Permits for Asylum Seekers

Europe’s Capital Shaken by Gang Wars and Explosions— Again

Sweden Reveals Prison Plan for Children After Lowering Criminal Age

Tougher Laws and Migration Reform Work: Sweden Sees Drop in Deadly Shootings

21-Year-Old Swede Faces Trial in 2025 Triple Murder-for-Hire

Shootings Are Down in Sweden—but More Children Are Linked to Murder Plots

Another Failure for the French Government: Drug Market at All-Time High in France

Swedish Establishment Living in “Different Reality”

Swedish Government Urged to Limit Migration To Stabilise ‘Vulnerable Areas’

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