The sun sets over the Oresund Bridge between Sweden and Denmark, in Malmo, Sweden | Johan Nilsson/AFP via Getty Images Denmark to restart Swedish border checks Move to tackle organized crime will particularly affect travel between Copenhagen and Malmö.

The Danish government will reintroduce checks along its border with Sweden as part of an effort to stem organized cross-border crime, Justice Minister Nick Hækkerup said today.

The temporary border checks will include road and rail traffic over the 8 kilometer Øresund bridge and ferry traffic through the ports of Helsingør, Frederikshavn, Grenå and Rønne. They will be in place for six months starting November 12.

Following the migration crisis in 2015, checks were introduced around the Øresund bridge to stop the flow of people into Sweden. But the system cost millions of euros to maintain and lengthened travel times between Copenhagen and the Swedish city of Malmö. Some 70,000 people cross the Øresund bridge daily, with travelers roughly equally split between road and rail.

Denmark said it has notified the European Commission of the plans.

Hækkerup said the reintroduction of controls on the Swedish border is designed to counter criminal gangs, which are thought to have been responsible for 13 attacks in recent months including an explosion at a tax office in Denmark and a double murder. “The terror threat to Denmark remains serious,” the government said in its statement.

The region around the Øresund bridge is home to around 4 million people. The plan will also strengthen police presence at the frontier.

Both Denmark and Sweden are members of the Schengen zone of borderless travel, but the rules do allow for temporary reintroduction of checks under certain circumstances.

The Danish government also announced it will extend existing border checks with Germany for a further six months from November.

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