How criminal networks in Sweden are recruiting children to kill.

‘Ready to murder?’ How criminal networks in Sweden recruit children to kill

Gang leaders have found a new way to carry out attacks on rivals – using children they consider ‘disposable’.

Hugo* and Jesper*, aged 14 and 16, are so-called child soldiers hired by the Foxtrot network, one of Sweden’s most violent gangs, for a mission that police would later theorise was to kill a 21-year-old rapper linked to the rival Dalen network.