The results to date of the conflicts between and within the territorial gangs in Gothenburg is that 14 men had been murdered.
In no single one of these cases, the culprit been convicted.
Answers are hardly uplifting for the police. Rather slightly embarrassing. 14 deceased in armed clashes between criminal networks in the city’s suburbs. Most young people.
Yet no one punished.
Former head of the county police, Sven Alhbin, admitted in a farewell interview that this approach should be considered a failure.
– And I agree. For me, every unsolved murder, regardless of the victim, a setback, says Klas Friberg, regional chief of police in Västra Götaland and Halland.
Police believe they have a good idea of which at least half of these offenders are. But the evidence does not hold in a courtroom.
– The prevailing culture of silence means that, unfortunately, we rarely come up short. We often get into lots of good tips. When it is a question of giving evidence before a court, it stops, says Friberg.
0-14, there are figures for successful homicide investigations among the local neighborhood gangs. Have you thought of it somewhere hiding a hidden method error in your work?
– Yes, and we find no such thing. We have really invested everything here. After the double murder of Väderilsgatan 2013, for example, we conducted 500 interviews and 1,300 knocking doors.
Statistically, it should well be a hundred individuals who could provide crucial information in these cases?
– Exactly how many, I do not know. However, I am convinced that there are people who can lead us to convictions, respond Klas Friberg.
“We-Golar-not-mentality”, according to regional police chief, has gone so far that criminals will admitted to hospital with a bullet hole straight through the stomach, refusing to admit that they ever been fired.
Friberg is additionally extremely annoyed with Professor Leif GW Persson’s statement Weekly Crime, about Gothenburg police are not working as intensively to solve murder in the criminal world compared to eventual murder in Örgryte, Långedrag, Torslanda or Hovås.
– It is a regrettable and ignorant description, with my staff to feel offended and depressed.
He also points out carefully that an unresolved crime is not identical to a disused and forgotten, it still burns a flame of hope in a number of preliminary investigations.
assault, weapons and drug offenses, performed by members of the territorial networks, has led to a large number of imprisonment. When it comes to the grossest of all violent crimes, so arises, however, insurmountable obstacles.
Klas Friberg has a few concrete proposals to facilitate future prosecution for murder in gang circles:
– The introduction of witnesses and also of anonymous witnesses, it must now be properly investigated. I have previously met with Assistant US Attorney. And he said, “I do not understand how you can combat serious organized crime without witnesses. It is our single biggest factor for success.”
Increased police numeraire in violence-affected neighborhoods, expanded work with potential defectors and informers, harder utilization of such called coercive (telephone or bugging) is other emergency measures.
Meanwhile growing list of red names of Criminal Investigation bulletin board.
Fact: 14 open murder investigations
2011:
January 12, Siriusgatan, Bergsjön – two men (born 1980 and 1981) murdered. Three suspects arrested but released.
2012:
July 5, Wishful Weather Street, Bishop’s Palace – a man (born 1989), shot dead. Two suspects arrested but released.
September 10, Briljantgatan, Tynnered – a man (born 1986), shot dead. No served suspicion.
2013:
July 25, Oxledsvägen, Sävedalen – a man (born 1985), shot dead. A suspect arrested but released.
August 2, Grevegårdsvägen, Tynnered – a man (born 1992), shot dead. A suspect arrested but released.
September 4, Väderilsgatan, Bishop’s Palace – two men (born 1985 and 1996), shot to death. No served suspicion.
November 10, Muskotgatan, Gårdsten – a man (born in 1992) disappeared and, according to police probably murdered. No served suspicion.
November 18, Merkuriusgatan, Bergsjön – a man (born 1985) murdered. Three suspects arrested but released.
2014
May 18, Wadkoping Way, Hisingsbacka – a man (born 1984), shot dead. A suspect arrested but released.
June 19, Skogaberg, Hisingsbacka – a man (born 1982), shot dead. No served suspicion.
2015:
March 18, Vårväderstorget, Bishop’s Palace – two men (born 1989 and 1994) shot to death. No served suspicion.
Police have linked the vast majority of the victims to various criminal networks.
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