Stockholm Mayor Anna König Jerlmyr told Sveriges Radio that the city has thus far identified 19 individuals who have returned from the terrorist group Isis and who can be suspected of war crimes.
According to König Järlemyr, the individuals have been found through a new collaboration in which local social services contact Sweden's Security Service (Säkerhetspolisen), which in turn then opens up an investigation.
“We are working together to gather information about these individuals. The police have not worked like this before, but now weve connected with the National Unit Against Organised Crime and the head prosecutor there, Lise Tamm, who welcomes this,” she said.
As a result of the new arrangement, Stockholm's social welfare service (Socialförvaltningen) is obligated to provide information to police and prosecutors when it suspects someone may have been involved with a war crime.
Stockholms new approach comes as the national government is struggling to find the best way to deal with the roughly 150 citizens who have returned home after joining Isis. Not a single returning jihadist has been convicted of crimes committed while abroad. This is in large part due to the nations laws, which require the suspicion of a specific crime in order to initiate a preliminary investigation.
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