The police in Germany are cooperating with a number of other authorities to try to fight criminal clans.
The German police also have a greater opportunity to seize the financial assets of criminals.
Similar opportunities in Sweden
This is something that Marie Lind Thomsen, who works as deputy chief prosecutor at the national unit against international and organized crime, would also like to see in Sweden.
- The driving force behind this is that you want money.
If we are to get anywhere, we must go for the money, she says when she visits Agenda.
Marie Lind Thomsen also addresses the Swedish openness that she believes can make it difficult for people who work in authorities to go against criminals because they can then respond with threats.
- We must start talking about the openness we have in Sweden.
It is good for many things, but it is not so conducive for individual government representatives to dare to make brave decisions, she says.
To take financial assets efficiently
Minister of the Interior Mikael Damberg (S) says that they have reviewed which occupational groups need stronger legal protection and mentions that the government has recently changed the rules for how public police must be.
- I think it is an important debate to have, how public are we and what do it open up opportunities for different groups to challenge authorities, he says in Agenda.
He believes that a seizure of criminals' property, money and is an effective way to fight crime.
- It bites at these groups, they want to "show off" and show their assets.
In June, we appointed an inquiry to extend the right to take money more easily from criminals.
I definitely think it's one of the most effective ways to access criminals.
See the whole conversation in the studio here.