Catch up locals' news in English
2020-10-30T10:45:24.125Z
The book The family by the journalist Johanna Bäckström Lerneby is a survey of a feared family in Angered in Gothenburg who control the district with mafia methods. It is about drug trafficking, extortion, threats and violence. Many of the men in the family have been convicted of various crimes.
Johanna Bäckström Lerneby, who now works here at SVT, describes how what she calls clan crime differs from other organized crime that she has monitored.
- In short, you can say that in an organized motorcycle gang or suburban gang you are recruited, in a family or relatives you are born into.
They are much more difficult for society to access, she says.
Source: svt
