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Sweden and Denmark to pressure tech platforms over gang crime ads
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/sweden-denmark-pressure-tech-platforms-over-gang-crime-ads-2024-08-21/Sweden and Denmark to pressure tech platforms over gang crime ads
By Reuters
August 21, 2024 5:11 PM EDT Updated 14 hours ago
STOCKHOLM/COPENHAGEN, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Sweden and Denmark will summon tech companies over ads on their platforms that are posted by gangs to recruit young Swedes to commit violent crimes in the Nordics, the justice ministers of the two countries said on Wednesday.
Sweden has been having a decade-long problem with gang violence and youth crime and the other Nordic countries are worried that it is starting to spill over the borders.
Since April, there have been 25 instances in which Swedish gang members have been hired by Danish gangs for violent attacks on rivals in Denmark, many times through ads on messaging platforms such as Telegram.
Swedish Minister of Justice Gunnar Strommer told a joint news conference with his Danish counterpart that the gangs were innovative and had started recruiting youngsters online.
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By Reuters
August 21, 2024 5:11 PM EDT Updated 14 hours ago
STOCKHOLM/COPENHAGEN, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Sweden and Denmark will summon tech companies over ads on their platforms that are posted by gangs to recruit young Swedes to commit violent crimes in the Nordics, the justice ministers of the two countries said on Wednesday.
Sweden has been having a decade-long problem with gang violence and youth crime and the other Nordic countries are worried that it is starting to spill over the borders.
Since April, there have been 25 instances in which Swedish gang members have been hired by Danish gangs for violent attacks on rivals in Denmark, many times through ads on messaging platforms such as Telegram.
Swedish Minister of Justice Gunnar Strommer told a joint news conference with his Danish counterpart that the gangs were innovative and had started recruiting youngsters online.
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