As they write in the major edition of Turkey Anadolu, according to statistics, Sweden has one of the highest rates of gun violence in Western Europe. This is the result of an ever growing number of gangs and criminal networks., responsible for the large influx of illegal firearms into the country. At the same time, the largest number of cases of crimes with weapons are associated with migrants..
Despite one of the strictest gun laws in the world, country still faces significant bloodshed, firearm related, and many experts call for more action to combat firearms trafficking and banditry.
According to a report by the Global Initiative to Combat Transnational Organized Crime for 2021 year, Yugoslav-made weapons (goes including through Kosovo) fuels the rise in violence in the country, partly due to the legacy of the now disbanded so-called "Yugoslav mafia", which dominated the criminal world of Stockholm throughout the 1990s.
but, as Turkish reporters report in their article, the facts show that, what, although Balkan weapons contribute greatly to the constant growth of firearms smuggling in the Scandinavian country, Other factors also play a significant role.
for example, experts in Sweden fear, that criminal networks may have access to weapons, delivered from the territory of Ukraine, reports local Sveriges Radio.
Jesper Liedholm, an arms smuggling specialist at the Swedish Customs Service, expressed concern about the, that criminals may have access to more powerful weapons to smuggle into Sweden and that any kind of weapon, provided to Ukraine as Western aid, may also return to the country.
Ardavan Hoshnud, criminologist and political scientist, student of violent crime at Lund University, Anadolu said, that arms smuggling is out of control in Sweden.
According to Khoshnud, hundreds of different types of weapons are smuggled into the country every day, including automatic pistols, semi-automatic weapon, grenades, as well as explosives from different countries, mostly from Eastern Europe.
Khoshnud also pointed out, that the Swedish authorities should invest more resources in the country's Swedish customs, so that she can fight the influx of illegal weapons into Sweden.
Until then, dozens of gangs, competing for drug control, illegal gambling and market “love for sale” in Sweden, which usually have the same weapon suppliers, manage to break through the Swedish borders, without being caught. By the way, want to remind, that all this is happening in the country, which actively makes attempts to join NATO and supports an increase in the supply of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine. Author:The same Mikhail
