The penalties for possession and handling of illegal weapons and explosive goods have been intensified several times in recent years. The new proposals form part of the government's 34-point program with measures against criminal networks.

- More crimes should be seen as gross or extremely serious, while raising the maximum penalty. The idea is that these measures will hit the criminal networks especially hard, says Damberg.

According to the new bill, more types of weapons and explosives are considered to be particularly dangerous. This means that more weapons violations and violations of the permit requirement for explosive goods can be considered serious, which in turn can result in longer prison sentences.

Long-term work

Another measure is to increase the maximum penalty for the most serious crimes from six to seven years in prison. In addition, weapons smuggling and explosive smuggling will be their own crimes, resulting in significantly stricter penalties than regular smuggling crimes, according to Damberg.

The government believes that there is a great need today to change the law for these crimes.

"Our starting point is that we should look just as strictly at smuggling weapons and explosive goods as we currently see in their possession," says Damberg.

Right to eavesdrop

Damberg adds that the penalty for smuggling offenses has another important effect.

- In case of serious arms smuggling or smuggling of explosive goods, the customs will be entitled to various coercive measures, such as secret interception, which the customs have not had before in these types of crimes.