Denmark has recently introduced border controls on its border with Sweden, claiming that both criminal gangs and Islamic extremists are exporting violence to the country.
Last week, Danish Justice Minister Peter Hummelgaard said outright that he did not want ongoing social tensions existing in Sweden due to a lack of integration to become prevalent in Denmark.
According to the Danish police, the problem in Denmark, apart from armed clashes, is that criminals and now recruiting gang members and child soldiers from neighboring Sweden to carry out illegal activity on Danish soil.
“This is deeply unacceptable,” said Hummelgaard.
In mid-June, two young gangsters from Sweden were arrested for attempted murder in Copenhagen. More recently, two more youths were arrested for crossing the border and carrying out two separate shootings in Denmark.
“I take the events I have seen and the information I have received from the police very seriously. It is deeply unacceptable that Swedes and people living in Sweden are committing serious crimes in Denmark. We do not want Swedish circumstances in Denmark,” Hummelgaard stressed.
“Swedish circumstances” have become a key term not only in Denmark but also Norway, i.e., gang crime dominated by immigrants.
According to Kristin Kvigne, head of the Norwegian National Investigation Agency, criminal gangs from Sweden are now present in all police districts in the country, and there is great concern that violence will increase.
“There is a fear that Norwegian criminals are copying the methods of Swedish criminals, such as recruiting very young people,” Kvigne told national radio.
