30,000 individuals are connected to Sweden's criminal networks. The gangs potentially have more armed members than the police. Children are shooting each other, innocent people are being killed, and stairwells are being blown up. The number of incidents - and fatalities - has no equivalent in Europe. The police, social services, and schools are touted as the solution - but they struggle with significant challenges in fulfilling their regular duties.
We have so many problems on so many levels that one can begin to speak of a societal collapse," says criminologist Ardavan Khoshnood.