Swedish neo-Nazis rapidly recruiting – report

Saturday, December 10, 2016
By Paul Martin

RT.com
10 Dec, 2016

A neo-Nazi group is actively mobilizing in Sweden, an anti-racism watchdog report says. The group recently drew hundreds to a mass demonstration in Stockholm, hailing the results of the US election as the beginning of a world revolution.

A new study conducted by anti-racism group Expo revealed that 32 percent of activists in the Nordic Resistance Movement (NMR) had no previously known links to neo-Nazi activity.

“That means that this environment has taken in new individuals. A third of those who were active in 2015 are new recruits,” Expo representative Jonathan Leman told Swedish radio.

The NMR has long been operating as the most radical and closed white supremacist organization in Sweden. But in recent years, its strategy has changed abruptly, according to Expo. While the radical inclination and fanaticism remain the same, the group’s leadership has been trying reach out to a wider audience, recruit more activists, and influence their ideas by showing more support for members. They are planning to complement street activism by setting up a political party to represent the movement in the government. Jonathan Leman said he believes this development can partly explains the group’s growing ranks.

Expo also warned that the group consists mainly of criminals and violent individuals. That became apparent when the watchdog studied the background of the 159 most active members of the group. It says that 26 percent of them were charged with violence or weapon offenses last year, while more than half (56 percent) have been convicted of some form of criminal offense at some point in their lives. In 25 percent of these cases, the persons were sentenced to jail, which, according to Expo, proves they have serious crimes on their record.

As the study cannot reveal the exact number of people active in the NMR, Leman said that further review is needed.

“It requires knowledge of how today’s Nazi movement looks… it is particularly important when it comes to Nordic Resistance as they become dominant in the white power movement.”

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