Former gang leader Ghulam Abbas is worried about recent developments in Sweden. – Now the revenge culture has taken over, he says. Abbas has a background as a leader in the criminal B gang in the late 90s and early 2000s. Today, he works to keep children and young people away from criminal environments. He looks with concern at the figures from the neighboring country, which show that 12 people were killed in September. – It shows how serious the situation is. We have seen a number of serious incidents. Not least, several innocent lives have been lost, says Ghulam Abbas. Police are linking several incidents to the ongoing gang war, with internal strife within the Foxtrot criminal network and their conflict with the Dalen network. – No more rules The criminal gang environment in Sweden has become notorious for recruiting children and young people. – It has not been normal in the past, says Abbas. He says that the gang milieu have now moved away from old internal rules, such as not attacking innocents, and not visiting people at home or at work. – There are no rules of the game anymore, and you take people everywhere. Then it becomes pure jungle. It is very serious. The strong forces behind such negative environments have completely taken over, says Abbas. There have been 12 murders in and around Stockholm in the past month. Although much is uncertain, the police link several of them to the ongoing gang war in Sweden. In Uppsala, north of Stockholm, a woman in her 60s is killed on 6 September. She was the mother of a gang member. Six days later, a 23-year-old man is shot dead in the same area. On 28 September, a woman in her mid-20s dies after a powerful explosion in a residential area in Fullerö. 21. On September a man in his 20s and a man in his 70s are shot and killed in a bar in Sandviken. Two others are injured. In Stockholm, four murders occur in five days in mid-September: A teenage boy, two men in their 20s and a 39-year-old man die. On 27 September, a well-known male rapper in his late teens is also killed on Mälarhøgden in the south of the city. In Haninge, south of Stockholm, a 13-year-old boy is found shot dead on 11 September. On 27 September, two people are shot in the neighboring village of Jordbro. One of them dies from his injuries. At a press conference on Friday, the national police chief in Sweden said that children also contact gangs and offer to kill. – Does not have Swedish conditions in Norway Sigve Bolstad is assistant unit leader for unit east in the Oslo police district. He works to prevent gang crime in Oslo, particularly among young people. – Prevention is a lot. It’s about being out there. In schools, in the local environment, with religious communities and voluntary organisations. We also work closely with the municipality, and have security talks with individuals, he says. Sigve Bolstad of the Oslo Police emphasizes that we do not have Swedish conditions in Norway. Photo: Daphne Steketee / news Bolstad is also concerned about developments in Sweden. – The situation is challenging. But I want to clarify that we do not have “Swedish conditions” in Norway, he says. Will intensify cooperation with Sweden Bolstad emphasizes that prevention is useful. – At the start of school last year, we had a number of serious incidents. We took note of that. We mapped and had good cooperation with the schools and the education agency in Oslo and were close. This year, fortunately, we see that we have few such incidents at the start of school. – It shows that it is useful, he believes. Earlier this week, Kripos confirmed that the Foxtrot network operates in Norway, throughout the country. – That is why we are keen to cooperate with the Swedish police. We have been working together for a long time. Now there is a need to intensify cooperation, he says.
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Former gang leader Ghulam Abbas on the gang war in Sweden – news Norway – Overview of news from various parts of the country
