‘Swedish child soldiers’ involved in 25 criminal cases in Denmark this year
Danish criminal groups have hired teenagers from Sweden to commit crimes on Danish territory on some 25 occasions in the last four months, according to Denmark’s Minister of Justice Peter Hummelgaard.
Three shootings – two in Copenhagen and one in Kolding – have been linked with Swedish teenagers in the last two weeks, with Hummelgaard now releasing a figure covering a significant number of other incidents.
The minister has previously said Danish authorities take the trend “very, very seriously”and are working with Swedish counterparts to stamp out the apparent use of hired Swedish youths to commit crimes.
He commented on the broader number of incidents after meeting with police special crime unit NSK and the chief of the National Police on Thursday.
“Criminal groups in Denmark have hired Swedish child soldiers – that’s what I call them – to commit criminal acts,” he told broadcaster DR.
