"Kim" was an active criminal for several years.
He mainly engaged in drug sales and started as a 14-year-old.
- Whatever I wanted I could buy.
Shoes, clothes, everything.
That's what makes you want to sell more and more for money is everything, he says.
When asked if his family had financial difficulties when he was growing up, he answers no.
But the money still attracted.
It was not long before he left school and spent whole days selling, he says.
- I earned around SEK 5-6,000 per day.
In a good week, I earned around SEK 200,000.
According to Carin Götblad, chief of police at the National Operations Department, NOA, it is common for children to be lured with the promise of making a lot of money.
- If you are very young who feel that you are not someone, you get a chance to feel a little tough, she says.
"This is how you attract"
SVT Nyheter has read about a drug case involving three people in their 20s.
Through a mobile emptying, the police were able to take part in the perpetrators' plans and, among other things, read about a clear salary system for those who sell hashish and cocaine.
But also a guaranteed salary for those who get caught and sentenced to prison - provided they do not cooperate with the police:
"Whoever does this will have a salary between 50-100 thousand per month."
“If the accident occurs, our loyal guys to the organization have a salary guarantee while they are inside. 50k for each year they sit effectively ... otherwise they will be sentenced to death and hunted for the rest of their lives. ”
- Unfortunately, it is not unusual at all and this is how you attract, says Carin Götblad.
"Cheaper to use children"
When "Kim" rose in the hierarchy, he became the other turned to if they wanted to start selling.
But he says he avoided recruiting children.
- I had older people who sold to me so I did not need the younger ones.
But there were those who did it because it was cheaper to use children.
Sometimes they were not even given money, a little attention was enough.