Sapo on the toe before the elections in 2018 – the Swedish newspaper svenska Dagbladet

the Reason is that political extremism is on the rise.

the Fbi continue to believe that the biggest threat comes from the våldsbejakande islamist extremism.

“But at the same time, we see that the threat is increasing both in terms of the right – and left-wing extremism, the proportion of crimes that are a part of the political struggle,” says Säpochefen Anders Thornberg.

” We are seeing more individuals who are prepared to resort to violence to achieve their political objectives, violence or threats of violence.

Thornberg spoke at a seminar at the People and Defence national conference in Sälen on Tuesday.

” Our experience is that when we approach the elections in 2018, so does this, which means that the police and the security service already started preparation for the elections in 2018. We sit in the staff along with the police and work with it here.

Thornberg also stated that the work of the police is hampered by a tendency of an increasing number of ensamagerande offenders in Europe, most of which have not been known when they hit.

They can be inspiring, of both political extremism and religious våldsbejakande ideology. We can also see that find on their own ideologies. It means that they are much more difficult to detect and that we as security service has fewer tracks to go on.

Thornberg points out, however, that ensamagerande perpetrators often leave traces on social media or talking with relatives and friends. Säpochefen stresses that it is important that family members feel safe to tell the police if you suspect anything.

“We have on several occasions been able to intervene before the worst occurred in order to come to us because of the concern for a ensamagerande,” says Thornberg.