Stockholm is taking a stand faced with youth gangs out of control, driving terror into the community and acting with relative impunity due to their tender ages.

There are as many as 17,500 active gang criminals in Sweden, according to a new estimate from the Swedish police, with a ...

Sweden has an estimated 17,500 active gang criminals and an additional 50,000 individuals connected to gang-related violence, according to the Swedish Police Authority's 2025 situation report ...

Sweden's Gang Violence Explosion Sweden has witnessed an unprecedented surge in gang-related crime that has stunned international observers. In 2023, Reuters reported that 55 people were shot dead in ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The Danish and Swedish justice ministers vowed Wednesday to go after organized crime leaders abroad, whom they say have been hiring teenagers in Sweden to carry out deadly ...

Killers dubbed 'baby hitmen' are being recruited by Swedish mafia bosses, police have said, and are ordered to kill in ...

Sweden is preparing to lower the age of criminal responsibility to 13, a controversial attempt to tackle gang violence. The rules across Europe differ greatly. Could other EU countries follow Sweden's ...

Sweden, a country of 10.6 million, has some 17,500 active gang criminals, police said Friday while adding that about 50,000 people are believed to have links to gang crime.

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on November 7th 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage or in the app ...

Two Swedish teenagers, arrested last year for throwing hand grenades at the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen, went on trial in Denmark today. Swedish authorities say the case highlights a growing problem ...