Crime in Denmark

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Crime in Denmark is combated by the Danish Police and other agencies.

By type

Murder

Further information: List of countries by intentional homicide rate

In 2018, Denmark had a murder rate of 0.8 per 100,000 population.[1] There were a total of 54 murders in Denmark in 2017.[1]

Corruption

Main article: Corruption in Denmark

According to the

Danish society, and bribes paid to access public benefits and services are virtually non-existent.[3]

Organised crime

The

Bloodz, Brothas, Loyal to Familia (LTF), United Tribuns and X-Team – are involved in drug sales, extortion, economic crimes (fraud and tax evasion), robbery, and weapons trafficking. Many street gangs have memberships based on a common ethnic or regional origin.[5] The total gang membership in Denmark is approximately 1,400.[6] Additionally, the Albanian mafia and Serbian mafia have a powerful presence in the country, and dominate the trafficking of heroin, weapons and humans.[7]

Rising gang violence in Copenhagen is a dominant theme for public discussion in the media and among political leaders. A gang war in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen in 2017 culminated in multiple shooting incidents, which resulted in three deaths.[8] From June 2017 through January 2018, police recorded forty-two shootings and four knife attacks, and arrested thirty-six people in connection with these crimes. In 2019, there were thirteen explosions that occurred in the Copenhagen area, all attributed to criminal gang violence. This was in addition to the rising number of gang-related incidents involving firearms and knife attacks over the past several years.[9]

As the only country in the

Pakistani mafia and Turkish mafia.[10]

By location

Christiansø, a tiny island north east of Bornholm.[11]

Copenhagen

Crime statistics for Copenhagen in 2011 revealed a 26 percent drop in arrests for violent threats and attacks and a 22 percent drop in drug-related arrests since 2009.[12] Crime statistics revealed a 24 percent rise in reported break-ins and home robberies in the city since 2009.[12]

By ethnicity

See also:
Immigration and crime in Denmark

At 4%, male migrants aged 15-64 with non-Western backgrounds had twice the conviction rate against the Danish Penal Code in 2018, compared to 2% for native born Danish men. In a given year, about 13% of all male descendants of non-Western migrants aged 17-24 are convicted against the penal code.[13]

Resumption of border checks

On 4 January 2016, Denmark temporarily resumed checks along its borders with Germany and Sweden, previously open under the

Schengen zone agreement.[14][15] The Danish government says the resumption of border checks is needed to help prevent cross-border crime, illegal immigration and drug trafficking.[14][15]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b agt. "UNODC: Global Study on Homicide". Unodc.org. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Corruption Perception Index 2012". Transparency International. Archived from the original on 29 November 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Global Corruption Barometer 2013". Transparency International. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  4. ^ Police shut down two biker gang clubs in Odense Lucie Rychla, The Copenhagen Post (4 October 2016)
  5. Overseas Security Advisory Council
    (March 19, 2019)
  6. ^ De ændrede bandemiljøet i Danmark Anna Gottschalck, Berlingske (23 June 2016)
  7. ^ Midnight sun has a dark side Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times (December 10, 2006)
  8. ^ "Bandekrig i Danmark". Politiken.dk. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  9. Overseas Security Advisory Council
    (April 6, 2020)
  10. ^ Organised crime in the EU Politico (April 16, 1997)
  11. ^ a b Copenhagen suburb tops crime stats Archived 2009-09-09 at the Wayback Machine. Cphpost.dk (2009-09-04). Retrieved on 2011-06-12.
  12. ^ a b Good news, bad news in crime statistics. Cphpost.dk (2011-05-27). Retrieved on 2011-06-12.
  13. ^ "GRAFIK Indvandrede og efterkommere halter efter etniske danskere". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 2018-07-14.
  14. ^ a b Alexander, Harriet. (2011-05-15) [1]. DR. Retrieved on 2016-01-04.
  15. ^ a b Miller, John W.. (2011-05-12) Denmark to Tighten Border Controls – WSJ.com. Online.wsj.com. Retrieved on 2011-06-12.
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