
Sweden to Deploy Electronic Tagging on ‘At-Risk’ Children
The Swedish government has unveiled a new strategy to use electronic monitoring to prevent children as young as 13 from being exploited by the country’s criminal gangs.

The Swedish government has unveiled a new strategy to use electronic monitoring to prevent children as young as 13 from being exploited by the country’s criminal gangs.

Swedish law enforcers acted worldwide in the first year of their “Grimm” operation.

Experts point to social media influence, school dropout rates and drug networks as key factors driving young people to turn violent.

While crime rates among German children have dropped, migrant children are committing more crimes, including attacks on teachers and emergency workers.

Cases involving young Syrians have risen fortyfold since 2015.

Authorities have ruled out terrorism, but remain mum on links to criminal gangs.

Youth care homes—the current form of sanction for underage criminals—have been widely criticised as “nurseries for crime.”

Sweden plans to lower the age of criminal responsibility amid a surge in migrant gangs recruiting minors on social media for contract killings.