Criminal individuals who move around youth training sessions, drug dealing, and attempts to recruit children to commit crimes. Several football clubs in Sweden are witnessing anxious environments around their youth training sessions.
It is P4 channels and Radiosporten that has called around to about 50 clubs in Sweden, where several have alarming reports. One of these clubs is Masthuggets BK in Gothenburg. They have recently sent out warning letters to parents that youths risk being recruited by criminals.
The association's chairman Mikael Westerlind says:
We have rowdy youths in their teens who disturb training sessions to some extent and threaten our children and youths. There are even death threats. There is reason for parents to be vigilant about their youths if they were to receive requests from these individuals.
