Si's security director believes that the operation is working – despite three high-profile escapes in a short time. Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer (M) does not agree with that assessment.

"These liberations we have seen recently have of course shown that there are major shortcomings in how we take care of young people who are on the move," he says. Both SIS and the Swedish Prison and Probation Service have been tasked with "quickly coming up with an action plan to prevent it from happening again"