Swedish gangs? the street gang in my neighborhood (16-17 year old kids) would probably beat the hell out of any gang from Sweden.

The OP must of been the badest street gangster in the entire country! glad he found poker, just dont slow roll him or he will pull out some old school Swedish gangster whip ass on ya! lol.... Good luck in poker OP!

About the visa into US. You are correct, if I would tell the customs that I have been in prison they would not let me in to the country. I have been to Vegas two times and have lied when I have signed the tourist visa document both times. Luckily for me I have a Swedish name and a Swedish passport and they have not done a big check on me.

If I would try to apply for another visa than the touristvisa, I would have to do it before I leave Sweden, and then I would be ****ed.

To put an end of the question if I am a big jerk that has no life so I made a story like this up or if I am an honest guy that only wanted to to share how poker helped me change path in life we can do this:

I offer anyone to prop bet me that what I have written is the truth. Minimum 10 000 dollars at 1 to 1 odds. It is very easy to get the facts straight, records in Sweden are public, and anyone in Sweden can get them, in them you will find details of my last sentence of 4 years. In that records you will also find out about my gang membership and why I was jailed.

If the bet is minimum 10 000 dollars I am willing to meet anyone in Sweden to id myselfe and show that the records are mine.

Are you aware of that Bandidos and Hells Angels are two of the gangs that are established in Sweden?

Yeah, everyone who thinks there are no gangs in Sweden or any other country w/ a population of over 1 million are just dumb and/or clueless.

Wherever there are drugs, there are criminals and violence. Granted in Sweden there are fewer very poor people, so there aren't as many gang members (poverty breeds desperation) as in the US and other countries. Also, I suspect fire arms are less common in Sweden. There just isn't as many in (legal and illegal) circulation.

Hunting rifles are of course common but doesn't seem to be a favourite part of a gang bangers arsenal.

OP states, that he lost 10 friends including his best friend in gang wars, and that he was sentenced to four years in prison. That sounds tough enough to me.

You guys should both take the prpbet - that will show him

Allt the weapons that are being used in the US are being used in Sweden. The weapons gets to Sweden from former balcan contrys (former Jugoslavia) Russia, and some other contrys.

It is not as easy as in the US to get in hold of this weapons, but anyone connected can get them easily.

Why these countries are letting in a convicted criminal is beyond me....

How have you travelled "all over world" without being pulled up sounds like complete and utter BS...

And what did you do to go to prison???

Bollocks, but I can see thread developing to 5 stars on the "Sweedish Gangbanger" angle....

If the story is a lie, I'm sure he would have chosen a country where being a gang member is far more believable than Sweden. The very fact that he says he is from Sweden convinces me it's true.

lol, your wish is that once you are convicted of a crime you should never be alowed to leave your contry? You seem to be pretty narrow minded.

By the way..I guess you want to take up the bet since you write that me travelling all over world is bull****?

Your English seems to be improving as the thread goes on, nevertheless 5 stars

Good read,
I'm always amazed how americans full of them selfs, like they superior in any aspect, even in the criminal aspect LOL, there are gangs all over the globe, most of them make crips and bloods look like little girls.
Keep up the good work Thomas and GL in the future.

Thanks man, I appreciate it!

you're thinking about gangs in a totally different way than op. sweden has hells angels. bandidos and other biker gangs. they also have inner city gangs but these aren't really teenagers running around shooting at people and committing crime just for the sake of it. they are more controlled from the top and organized than maybe some of the us street gangs. these gang members get caught for crimes like extortion and money truck robberies, not standing on the street corner selling drugs.