Sweden has been plagued by gang crime that has escalated over the last two decades and has seen the Nordic nation top the rankings of deadly gun violence per capita in Europe. Armed with new legal ...

Sweden Eyes Sending Inmates Abroad as Prisons Full Due to Gang Crime Wave STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden can send criminals to serve their sentences in prisons abroad, a government-appointed ...

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson announced Thursday to accelerate the enactment of a law that allows wiretapping of children under 15 to combat organized crime in the country. The law would ...

“In the city of Gothenburg has witnessed ... like two years for a serious crime and that's not painful.” Regardless of how light the sentences might be, Sweden’s jails are filling up.

Sweden is currently grappling with a wave of gang crime involving teenagers, hired for offences ranging from spying and vandalism to bombings and murder. In an attempt to get a grip on the crisis ...

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden can send criminals to serve their sentences in prisons abroad, a government-appointed commission said on Wednesday, as the country struggles to handle an influx of new ...