Sweden's homicide rate linked to gang warfare is one of the highest in Europe
The surge in gang violence in Sweden has led to one of the highest homicide rates in Europe, with official data showing that fatal shootings have more than doubled in a year.
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00:00Sweden's gang violence has become so severe that its homicide rate linked to gang warfare
00:07is now one of the highest in Europe.
00:10Journalists spoke with a young man who wishes to remain anonymous.
00:15After starting as a drug dealer, he now commits other crimes advertised on encrypted messaging
00:20systems.
00:21Criminals have turned to minors who face the prospect of juvenile justice rather than life
00:49sentences in the adult system for contract killings.
01:15Escalating gang violence is fuelled by arms and drug trafficking which flood Sweden's
01:19major ports.
01:23Since 2013, the number of fatal shootings in the country has more than doubled according
01:28to official statistics.
01:31Much of the violence takes place in larger cities but has begun to spread to smaller
01:35towns.