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Tag Archives: Sweden
Country rankings on risk of money laundering
Global rankings of 128 countries on their efforts and capacities in 2022 to mitigate money laundering are available here. The countries rated best included Finland, Sweden, Iceland, and New Zealand. Rated worst were the Democratic Republic of the Congo and … Continue reading
Guns & police reform in the U.S.
In the current debates about police reform it is common to compare the U.S. to other countries in terms of people shot by police. This article makes the point that a big factor often not mentioned is that American police … Continue reading
Posted in North America, Oceania
Tagged Australia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Sweden, UK, USA
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Bombings in Sweden
Sweden has experienced 100 bombings this year, including 30 in the past 2 months, as reported here. Miraculously, no one has died in the bombings, leading an analyst to say “We’ve been incredibly lucky. You just don’t usually have that … Continue reading
Europol counter-terror efforts
An interview with Catherine De Bolle, Europol executive director and former commissioner general of police in Belgium, is available here. She discusses counter-terror developments in Belgium following the 2016 attacks in Brussels and current EU-wide initiatives including those focused on … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Middle East, North America
Tagged Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Iraq, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Syria, UK, USA
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Shifting face of international terrorism
Counter-terrorism efforts directed mainly at ISIS, Al Qaeda, and the Middle East will need to shift attention to Russian-speaking individuals and networks in the coming years, according to this article. Terror groups that previously resisted oppressive governments in their own … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America
Tagged Bangladesh, Georgia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Russia, Sweden, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, USA, Uzbekistan, Yemen
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Stockholm Prize (Herman Goldstein)
This year’s Stockholm Prize in Criminology is being awarded to Herman Goldstein. The award committee describes him as “the world’s most influential scholar on modern police strategy” and further recognizes “a lifetime of pioneering work on the broader issues of … Continue reading
Bulgaria & Romania lead EU in traffic fatalities
This article reports that traffic deaths per population in the EU in 2017 were highest in Bulgaria and Romania, each 3-4 times higher than in Sweden, UK, Netherlands, and Denmark. Overall, 55% of fatalities were on rural roads, 37% on … Continue reading
Better interviewing & interrogation
Here’s an interview with a Norwegian former homicide investigator who has studied suspect interviewing techniques around the world and applied them during his police career, starting with the UK’s PEACE model and adding strategic elements. The key is to foster … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania
Tagged Australia, Canada, China, Indonesia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, UK, Ukraine, USA, Vietnam
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Herman Goldstein wins Stockholm Prize
This website announces that Herman Goldstein, originator of problem-oriented policing, is the 2017 winner of the Stockholm Prize in Criminology. The site has a video of the announcement with a brief interview of the winner; additional information about Goldstein’s career … Continue reading
Swedes find “amazing” community policing in US city
This article reports a Swedish delegation’s visit to Elgin, Illinois to study community policing. The agency credits its resident officer program, its neighborhood officer program, “its school resource officers, its summer programs and gang interventions in the schools, and its … Continue reading
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