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Peaceful and prosperous, Sweden has long been seen as the model welfare state, praised for its progressive, tolerant and inclusive values. But it’s also one of the most deadliest countries in Europe for gang violence. In the most deprived neighbourhoods, the epicentre of the violence, many residents feel abandoned by the state. Michael is the kind of character you’d expect to meet only in the most violent neighbourhoods of Brazil or the United States. He works as a crime paparazzo by night and whenever a serious incident comes through on police frequencies, he rushes to the scene. "Since the beginning of this year, I’ve covered around maybe twenty to thirty shootings. These are just the ones that I myself have been covering, that’s not all the shootings.” Gothenburg has become one of the country’s key hubs for drug trafficking. It was here, in the early 2000s that the first turf wars between drug traffickers erupted. We spoke to one major trafficker based here. "All sorts of people want to work for us: elderly people, mothers and fathers, kids, all ages.

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Sweden's Violent Gang War: Europe's Most Volatile State?
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54 minutes
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English

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