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Miranda Bryant in Copenhagen

Swedish police to be posted to Denmark to try to stop gangs recruiting children

Swedish (L) and Danish flags fly near the Øresund bridge
The violence has led to increased border checks on trains between Malmö and Copenhagen – a short train journey over the Øresund bridge. Photograph: Scanpix Scanpix/Reuters

Swedish police are to be based in Denmark on a preventive basis for the first time in an effort to stop children and young people from Sweden travelling to Copenhagen to commit violent crime on behalf of Danish gangs.

From next week officers from southern Sweden will be permanently posted in Copenhagen, while Danish officers have already joined the Swedish operation room in Malmö.

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