Gunnar Strömberg unveiled nearly 5 billion kronor worth of additional spending between now and 2025, 1.4 billion kronor of which will be in the current budget, of which 0.9 billion will go to help police reach the Social Democrat government's target of 38,200 police employees by 2024.
"I do not hesitate to call this the biggest offensive against organised crime in Swedish history," Strömmer said as he announced the spending commitments, which will be part of the budget announced later this month.
The spending boost is, however, only a fraction of the 20 billion kronor the Sweden Democrats had promised to spend up until 2026 during the election campaign.
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