“Tell her, (uses her own nickname) is going to go to your mom’s house. Her little whore mama, tell her you little slut. If she tries to deceive me again (…) then I will come and shoot you 75 times in the face”. This is what the Swedish accused man says on the phone from prison, shows an audio recording that was played in court last week. The man is charged with, among other things, the threats, and for having committed a robbery while he was in custody. On Snapchat, phone and messages, the police believe that he and one of the other defendants pressured the woman to pay them NOK 60,000. The police believe the man, and the three other defendants, can be linked to the Swedish criminal network Shottaz. The environment has for a long time operated in the bloody gang war in the Stockholm area. A total of seven people linked by the police to the network are currently in Norwegian police custody. Photo: Screenshot / news “I said, wallah, I’m going to kill you” The man also made what the police believe are death threats to the woman’s friend. The woman was sitting in the car with one of the other defendants when he made the threats over a mobile phone, and ran out of the car. On the audio recording of the conversation, you can hear the two defendants laughing at her running away, and the imprisoned man continues to tell his fellow defendants what kind of threats he wants the victim to receive. “I told her, I told her, wallah, I’m going to kill you. I told her now she owes me 40,000,” says the man. In court, however, the defendant explains that he was angry because of a loan, and that they have often had a rough tone between them. – I speak from the place of the mind. I was angry. I’m quite embarrassed. But as I said, I have said sorry personally and we are friends today, explains the defendant. His defender, Daniel Storrvik, says he does not know how the defendant got hold of the phone in prison. – But the fact that he has disposed of a telephone for a period, at least, is not disputed. He has acknowledged that. And it is clearly a human, natural need to talk to the family. There are very poor opportunities for an inmate to communicate with his family in prison, he says to news. Sharp increase in mobile phone seizures in prison Police attorney Johannes Hafsahl says the case highlights that illegal mobile phones in prisons pose a major problem. – Do the police have any idea how the defendant got hold of the mobile phone? – No. We have some hypotheses, but it will be speculation when we start listing them now. Figures news has obtained from the Directorate of Correctional Services show a large increase in confiscated phones in prison. From 2022 to 2023 alone, more than 85 percent more mobile phones were discovered in prison. If you go back to 2018, the increase is even higher. – There is obviously a growing problem for the Correctional Service with the smuggling of mobile phones and other items that are not desirable to get into a prison, says assistant director Jan Erik Sandlie in the directorate of news. Assistant director Jan Erik Sandlie in the Directorate of Correctional Services. Photo: Ali Iqbal Tahir / news He emphasizes that the violent increase from 2022 to 2023 has not persisted so far in 2024. – But it is still high. Disturbingly loud, says Sandlie. Among other things, he highlights a change in search practice following a Supreme Court judgment from 2021, as well as challenges with staffing in several prisons, as reasons why so many more phones are seized now than before. In addition, he says that the prisons report more organized criminal inmates. – There are several units that point to the fact that several inmates are now linked to organized crime in one context or another. That this is the reason why you want to maintain contact outside, says Sandlie. Several mobile phone seizures linked to organized crime Manager Helge Valseth at Halden Prison believes that the prison has good control routines both when inmates enter the prison and on the inside. Nevertheless, a prison teacher at the prison was recently stopped with cannabis in her bra and two mobile phones hidden in a cake. – It is unfortunate that employees of our administrative lawyers were caught trying to smuggle mobile phones, among other things. That is something we do not want. But it also shows that the control worked, says the prison manager to news. Seizures have also increased in Halden prison. – There are two types of phones we seize. There are small finger phones and smartphones, he says. – How easy is it to smuggle phones into prison? – We have good control routines and safety equipment. This does not mean that we take everything, but we take what comes within the walls, because there we also have our own equipment that finds the mobiles on the cells. Valseth says the tightened routines and equipment are the reason why more phones are seized than before. – The concern from our side is that through that equipment new criminal acts can be planned out in society. It is both unfortunate for us and for social security, he says. Published 24.10.2024, at 21.36
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