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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Interesting News from Around the World@lemmy.zipEnglish · 1 year ago

Building bombings and 14-year-old hitmen: Organized crime overwhelms Sweden

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Building bombings and 14-year-old hitmen: Organized crime overwhelms Sweden

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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Interesting News from Around the World@lemmy.zipEnglish · 1 year ago
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Power struggles between Swedish mafia clans make the Scandinavian country one of the most violent in Europe
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    Which is kind of hilarious since Finland has a much higher murder rate than Sweden.

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      “Much” higher is stretching it. According to Wikipedia, Sweden has a homicide rate of 1.1 per 100,000 in vs 1.2 for Finland.

      Meaning it would just take a couple of drunken Swedes with a fruit knife to put Sweden ahead.

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        Sweden has a homicide rate of 1.2 per 100,000 in vs 1.1 for Finland.

        Sweden has 1.1 and Finland 1.2

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          Yeah, the other way round 🙂 Fixed. Thanks!

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      “Much higher”
      Notably, the murder rate in Sweeden and Finland is a full third below the lowest state in the US. And the US average is about 5 per 100k.

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_intentional_homicide_rate

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      …not for long if things keep going at this rate. In just a few years we’ve skyrocketed from having amongst the least violent crime in Europe to being up there with the Balkan countries - and it just keeps getting worse for every year.

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