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Gang crime reported at youth sports facilities in one in five Swedish municipalities

From Dagens Nyheter · () Swedish

Translated from Swedish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • One in five Swedish municipalities reported gang-related crime at or near sports facilities.
  • Some facilities have become meeting places for criminals, while drug caches were found and 30 municipalities reported attempted recruitment of children and young people.

Gang-related crime has reached sports facilities in one in five Swedish municipalities, according to a Dagens Nyheter survey answered by 287 of 290 municipalities.

The reported problems include criminal groups using sports facilities as meeting places and the discovery of hidden drug stashes.

Thirty municipalities also reported attempts to recruit children and young people. The findings point to sports environments becoming settings where gang-related activity and contact with minors can occur.

Hidden stashes with drugs have been found.

· Dagens Nyheter survey respondentsThe survey summary lists drug caches among the gang-related problems reported at or around sports facilities.
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Originally published by Dagens Nyheter in Swedish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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