How widespread are sadistic networks in Denmark? Parties demand answers from the Minister of Justice

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How widespread are sadistic networks in Denmark? Parties demand answers from the justice minister

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Parties want Justice Minister Nicolai Wammen (S) to step forward with a report.

The planned terrorist attack on Hadsten School was a single egregious example of a criminal case where, according to DR's information, the authorities suspect that the perpetrators have ties to the sadistic NVE networks on the internet. (© Graphic: Søren Winther Nørbæk)

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Karen Klærke ([email protected]) 45 minutes ago

Several parties are now demanding a report from Justice Minister Nicolai Wammen (S) on how widespread the sadistic networks are in Denmark.

This comes in light of Europol telling DR that they are cooperating with Danish police on "dozens" of cases linked to sadistic networks, where videos of assaults, self-harm, and in the worst case, school attacks, are in extremely high demand.

Several of the cases originate in Denmark, but not all necessarily involve a Danish victim or a Danish perpetrator.

"It seems deeply, deeply disturbing," says Venstre's legal affairs spokesperson Preben Bang Henriksen, who is one of those demanding a report.

A similar tone is struck by Dansk Folkeparti's legal affairs spokesperson Anders Vistisen, who also wants the justice minister to get involved.

"I think the scale of this shocks a lot of people. It has certainly shocked me," he says in response to the figures from Europol.

The term NVE networks has flared up again in connection with the terror case in East Jutland, where three are charged with attempting to attack Hadsten School. According to DR's information, the authorities suspect that the perpetrators have ties to the sadistic NVE networks on the internet.

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Justice minister ready to allocate more resources

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In addition to Dansk Folkeparti and Venstre, Danmarksdemokraterne's legal affairs spokesperson Hans Kristian Skibby has also demanded a report.

"I have asked the justice minister for a report on where the organisation of this is, how it is going, and how high they actually assess the threat level in relation to these groups, and not least whether it is an upward trend or something they believe they have under control."

Vistisen (DF) also wants to ask the Legal Affairs Committee to hold a hearing.

Nicolai Wammen (S) has not wished to be interviewed, but he writes in an email that "it is deeply concerning that extremist content is found not only in the darkest corners of the internet, but increasingly also on popular mainstream platforms."

"We, on the government's side, are ready to give both the police and intelligence services more tools, technologies, and resources if the authorities assess that there is a need for more to handle the threats we face," he says.

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NVE networks mentioned for the first time before the summer holidays

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The first time the authorities publicly described the NVE networks was in a threat assessment of the terror threat that PET released shortly before the summer holidays, explains DR's legal correspondent Louise Dalsgaard.

Today, according to her, there is no joint task force or plan for how to combat these networks in Denmark, nor is there an overview of cases linked to the sadistic networks.

"That is why we are now hearing that several political parties want this phenomenon mapped," she says.

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