‘Swedish’ Organized Crime Spreading to Iceland
26th September 2024
After Sweden’s closest neighbors last month sounded the alarm about the country’s rampant gang criminality spreading across the borders, now even Iceland—located over 2,000 kilometers away, as the crow flies—is complaining about being targeted by Swedish gangs.
When justice ministers of the Nordic countries met last Friday, the problem of organized crime topped the agenda—particularly the criminal activity based in Sweden.
“There are criminal groups in Sweden that have sent people to Iceland to commit crimes,” Iceland’s justice minister Guðrún Hafsteinsdóttir told Swedish media.