Hunting crime

The plan requires that species can continue to exist and that viable populations of naturally occurring predator species such as wolf, wolverine and lynx are secured, and it prioritizes the protection of biological diversity highly. Illegal hunting undermines precisely this. That police and prosecutors prioritize organized hunting crime and faster evidence collection therefore follows from the plan's nature protection commitments and its demands for a functioning legal system.

• viable predator populationsdecisive»Vidare ska vi arbeta för att få livskraftiga« (party programme ↗)“Furthermore we should work to secure viable”
• protect biological diversity»Vi måste lösa klimatkrisen och skydda den biologiska mångfalden – omställningen går alldeles för sakta.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We must solve the climate crisis and protect biological diversity – the transition is going far too slowly.”
• nature protection»Skyddet av skogs- och strandområden är en viktig del för att värna den svenska allemansrätten och den biologiska mångfalden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Protection of forest and shoreline areas is an important part of protecting the Swedish right to roam and biological diversity.”
• functioning judicial system»Det är viktigt att rättssystemet fungerar« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It is important that the legal system functions”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The election manifesto wants to strike hard against organised crime's financing and organisation, and the party programme requires that society react clearly to crime and that biological diversity is protected. Giving police and prosecutors the task of prioritising serious and organised hunting crime and working for faster evidence securing follows from these commitments. Hunting crime is not explicitly addressed in the documents.

• against organised crimedecisive»Slå hårt mot den organiserade brottslighetens finansiering och organisation.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strike hard against organised crime's financing and organisation.”
• protection of biological diversity»biologiska mångfalden måste skyddas.« (party programme ↗)“biological diversity must be protected.”
• clear reaction to crime»Samhället måste reagera tydligt mot brott och regelöverträdelser.« (party programme ↗)“Society must react clearly to crime and rule violations.”
• species extinction as threat»Samtidigt accelererar artdöden och den biologiska mångfalden hotas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“At the same time the extinction of species accelerates and biological diversity is threatened.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan demands that Sweden actively combats poaching and trafficking in endangered species and that the country harbors sustainable populations of wolf, lynx, bear, and wolverine. Illegal hunting of predators attacks precisely that commitment, which supports the counter-proposal's demand for prioritization and faster evidence-securing. The plan also wants to ban hunting methods that cause unnecessary suffering and push for ecocide legislation.

• combat poachingdecisive»arbeta aktivt för att bekämpa tjuvjakt och handel« (party programme ↗)“work actively to combat poaching and trafficking”
• sustainable predator populations»livskraftiga stammar av de fyra stora rovdjuren:« (party programme ↗)“sustainable populations of the four large predators:”
• no hunting with unnecessary suffering»Jaktformer som utsätter djur för onödigt lidande« (party programme ↗)“Hunting methods that expose animals to unnecessary suffering”
• strengthened accountability for environmental crimes»att Sverige verkar för en ekocidlagstiftning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“that Sweden works for ecocide legislation.”

The plan is built on active and legal management of predators and cloven-hoofed game combined with strong property rights, which illegal hunting undermines. To prioritize serious and organized hunting crime and secure evidence faster also follows from the demand that more crimes shall be solved and that nature and biological diversity shall be cared for. The plan does not mention hunting crime, so the conclusion is derived.

• legal predator managementdecisive»Ett tydligt ansvarstagande och respekt för djur och natur, ska kombineras med en aktiv förvaltning av rovdjur och klövvilt« (party programme ↗)“A clear sense of responsibility and respect for animal and nature, shall be combined with active management of predators and cloven-hoofed game”
• more solved crimes»Tryggheten ska förbättras i hela landet och fler brott som drabbar folk i deras vardag ska klaras upp.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Security shall be improved across the country and more crimes affecting people in their everyday life shall be solved.”
• cared for nature»Sveriges natur ska vårdas och den biologiska mångfalden utvecklas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden's nature shall be cared for and biological diversity developed.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan wants to deepen work against illegal hunting and establishes that Sweden shall have viable populations of all five large predators, which is the conservation interest the counter-proposal wants to value. It also requires that the efficiency of the legal system is improved so that handling times are shortened and more crimes are cleared up, which supports requirements for faster evidence preservation. Hunting crimes are not mentioned explicitly, but the direction is unambiguous.

• combat illegal huntingdecisive»Det internationella samarbetet mot smuggling och olovlig jakt ska fördjupas.« (party programme ↗)“International cooperation against smuggling and illegal hunting shall be deepened.”
• viable predator populations»Sverige ska ha livskraftiga stammar av alla de fem stora rovdjuren: björn, järv, lo, varg och kungsörn.« (party programme ↗)“Sweden shall have viable populations of all five large predators: bear, wolverine, lynx, wolf and golden eagle.”
• shorter handling times»effektivitet behöver förbättras så att handläggningstiderna kortas« (party programme ↗)“efficiency needs to be improved so that handling times are shortened”
• tougher line on organised crime»Påföljdssystemet ska förändras så att återfall och upprepad brottslighet ger strängare straff« (party programme ↗)“The sentence system shall be changed so that relapse and repeated crime results in tougher sentences”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The party programme establishes that all crimes shall be prosecuted effectively and without exception, even those that can be dismissed as minor, and that swift reaction and increased risk of detection are important. This directly supports the counter-proposal's requirement to prioritise organised poaching and a method for faster evidence preservation. The plan also requires viable populations of the four large predators, which illegal hunting undermines, and the election manifesto wants to expand the entire justice system.

• all crimes shall be prosecuteddecisive»Alla brott ska effektivt och utan undantag beivras« (party programme ↗)“All crimes shall be prosecuted effectively and without exception”
• swift reaction and detection risk»snabb reaktion på begångna brott och en ökad upptäcktsrisk för förövarna är viktigt« (party programme ↗)“swift reaction to committed crimes and increased risk of detection for offenders is important”
• viable predator populations»Det ska finnas livskraftiga stammar av våra fyra stora rovdjur: björn, lo, järv och varg.« (party programme ↗)“There shall be viable populations of our four large predators: bear, lynx, wolverine and wolf.”
• expanded justice system»Hela rättsväsendet behöver byggas ut. Fler poliser kräver fler åklagare, domstolar på fler platser i landet och en kraftigt utbyggd kriminalvård.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The entire justice system needs to be expanded. More police require more prosecutors, courts in more places in the country and greatly expanded prison services.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan's predator line is that the wolf population should decrease to 170 animals through increased hunting, and the section on stopping the hunting of hunters protects the hunting community as the basis for viable game populations. The counter-proposal instead wants to direct police and prosecutors toward hunting crimes to protect predator populations, while the plan wants to streamline the police mandate and direct legal resources toward gang and everyday crime. The plan does not address hunting crimes, so the position is derived and uncertain.

• reduced wolf populationdecisive»Verka för att minska vargstammen i Sverige till 170 vargar – genom ökad jakt« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Work to reduce the wolf population in Sweden to 170 wolves – through increased hunting”
• hunting cares for game populations»Jägarnas insatser är en starkt bidragande orsak till att vi har livskraftiga viltstammar i landet. Det ska värnas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Hunters' efforts are a strong contributing reason to why we have viable game populations in the country. This should be protected.”
• streamlined police mandate»Renodla Polisens uppdrag med fokus på att upptäcka, utreda och klara upp brott« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Streamline the Police mandate with a focus on detecting, investigating and solving crimes”
• protect hunters»Vi ska stoppa jakten på jägarna och rädda fiskerinäringen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall stop the hunting of hunters and save the fishing industry”

The plan's hunting section speaks against measures that should have been directed at illegal weapons and gang crime instead being directed at Swedish hunters and legal weapons holders, and wants to stop the witch hunt against hunters. The counter-proposal's requirement for a special mandate to prioritise hunting offences is motivated by the protection of predator populations, while the plan wants to keep predator pressure at reasonable levels and give local influence over predator policy. According to the plan, law enforcement resources and tools shall be directed against gangs. The plan addresses the committee's reasoning about the authorities' own priorities, since it states what the legal system shall prioritise.

• no measures against legal huntersdecisive»Samtidigt har politiska åtgärder som borde riktats mot illegala vapen och gängbrottslighet istället riktats mot legalt vapeninnehav, svenska jägare och sportskyttar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“At the same time, political measures that should have been directed at illegal weapons and gang crime have instead been directed at legal weapons possession, Swedish hunters and sport shooters.”
• protect hunters»Stoppa hetsjakten på jägare och legala vapeninnehavare« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop the witch hunt against hunters and legal weapons holders”
• limited predator pressure»De stora rovdjuren måste förvaltas på ett ansvarsfullt sätt och det sammantagna rovdjurstrycket måste hållas på rimliga nivåer i alla delar av landet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Large predators must be managed responsibly and aggregate predator pressure must be kept at reasonable levels in all parts of the country.”
• law enforcement against gangs»Ge rättsväsendet resurser och verktyg för att bekämpa gängen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give law enforcement resources and tools to combat gangs”