On Tuesday afternoon, people from criminal groups were called to Örebro’s first Stop Shooting meeting. The meeting was held at the Konserthuset in Örebro and the aim is to reduce deadly violence. During the meeting, people from criminal groups received a clear message from the authorities and the local community: “We do not accept the gross
Since the start of the project, severe violence has fallen consistently in Malmö. In 2020, there were only 20 shootings and 17 explosions. Of around 300 men reached by Stop Shooting, 40 are now in prison, but another 49 have joined a city program to help individuals leave gangs and start over. Experts say it’s
After years of increasingly violent gang crime in Malmö, the southern Swedish city was faced with little choice but to try something new. Here’s how police, city officials, organisations and members of the public worked together to sharply reduce the number of shootings.
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