From the Balkans with Guns

"Weapons from the Balkans are fuelling violence on the streets of Sweden. People & Power follows their trail. A lone gunman in Montenegro kills 13 people. In Sweden, gun homicides surge, becoming the highest in Western Europe."

"From the shadowy routes of the former Yugoslavia to the streets of Stockholm, we expose how illicit arms from the Western Balkans are fuelling gang wars and violence across the continent."

"People & Power traces these weapons from factory floors and black-market traders to the scenes of some of Europe's deadliest crimes. With rare access and firsthand testimony, we reveal the human cost of a vast criminal network and a hidden war authorities can't control."

Illicit weapons originating in the Western Balkans are fuelling a sharp rise in gun homicides in Sweden, producing the highest rate in Western Europe. A recent lone gunman attack in Montenegro that killed 13 people illustrates the lethal reach of these arms. Trafficking routes run from former Yugoslav factory floors through black-market traders to urban streets such as Stockholm, supplying gangs and criminal networks. The flow of arms sustains gang wars, increases public violence, and produces severe human cost. Law enforcement faces a transnational, shadowy network that remains difficult to control and dismantle.

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