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Following Mats Löfving’s statements about family-based criminal networks on Swedish radio, a debate has arisen about ethnicity and crime.
It was in Ekot’s interview on Saturday that he said that there are at least 40 family-based criminal networks in Sweden, networks that have come here to commit crimes.
“It has led to good measures”
In “Agenda”, he explains that his statements were a way to get “one more discussion” and “open the door wide” on crime linked to relatives and relatives.
– We feel the need in the direction of the police to open the door for an orderly discussion. We did something similar in 2015 with our progress report on vulnerable areas. After that, we have had a good discussion that has resulted in good measures to strengthen security in vulnerable areas. Now we felt it was time to open this door linked to criminals who use families and relatives as a platform for crime, he says.
Swedish police chiefs have questioned during the week that there are 40 clans where people commit crimes. But in “Agenda”, Mats Löfving sticks to his statement with reference to an intelligence report.
– It is a thermometer of how things are in Sweden. Then in the discussion to get ahead, it is not very exciting if they are 30, 40 or 50, but it is interesting for the police, he says.
At the same time, he emphasizes that not all family networks are criminal and that the important thing here is not the semantics.
Trying to get into politics
According to Mats Löfving, family networks try to get into politics and the authorities, in order to benefit the family.
Hostess Camilla Kvartoft asks if criminals have entered the Riksdag, for example. But Löfving doesn’t want to answer.
– I will not delve into the intelligence we have. But we think it’s important to track where these criminals are going and what their network looks like, he says.
