Sweden Unveils National Strategy to Strengthen Financial Crime Prevention Efforts
The Swedish government has launched a new national strategy aimed at strengthening crime prevention efforts to combat financial crime and increase security. The strategy focuses on social crime prevention measures, with the primary goal of preventing children and young people from becoming involved in criminal networks and other types of crime.
Key Areas of Focus
- Broad Preventive Efforts: Effective and knowledge-based crime prevention efforts are crucial to reversing the trend of gang crime and combating other types of financial crime.
- Early Intervention: Identifying children and young people with risk behavior or norm-breaking behavior at an early stage and providing them with adequate measures and support to prevent them from getting involved in criminal activities.
- Stopping Criminal Careers: Providing high-quality, knowledge-based efforts that reach more individuals, including children, young people, and adults. This includes collaboration among various societal actors, such as law enforcement agencies, social services, and healthcare providers.
- Breaking Negative Trends at an Early Stage: Identifying and addressing risk factors and providing support to prevent criminal networks from forming and recruiting new members.
Government Initiatives
- The government will host a Nordic ministerial meeting on children and young people involved in crime to share best practices and knowledge-based methods for early intervention and prevention among Nordic countries.
- Collaboration with law enforcement agencies, social services, and healthcare providers to provide high-quality, knowledge-based efforts that reach more individuals.
Goals and Objectives
- Create a safer and more secure environment for Swedish citizens
- Prevent financial crimes from taking hold
- Strengthen the judicial system and criminal law measures
- Provide effective and knowledge-based crime prevention efforts to combat gang crime and other types of financial crime
By implementing this national strategy, Sweden aims to create a safer and more secure environment for its citizens while combating financial crime and increasing security.