Iran-Linked European Crime Organization Recruiting Teenagers for Violent Attacks
Investigators say the gang has linked about 35 murders and attacks to its violence-as-a-service model, with teenagers often arrested before payment is made.
- On Wednesday, a jury at the Old Bailey in London convicted Norwegian teenager Johannes Natland of conspiracy to murder for a planned hit in West Yorkshire linked to the Foxtrot Network.
- Since 2022, the Foxtrot Network has been linked to about 35 murders across Europe, with leader Rawa Majid allegedly directing attacks from Tehran against enemies of the Iranian regime.
- Swedish police identified Ali Shehad Ahmed as "Agent 47," the logistics operative who facilitated Natland's travel; authorities detained him in the Kurdish city of Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, and requested his extradition.
- The OTF GRIMM task force, coordinating across 11 countries, has made more than 280 arrests in 15 months, though officials warn that rival groups have adopted the same violent recruitment methods.
- Deputy national police commissioner Stefan Hector stated authorities are "constantly expanding our co-operation with other countries," yet police fear the network remains a threat to enemies of the Iranian regime.
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How Iran-linked gang recruits teens as hitmen for violent attacks across Europe
A Norwegian teenager was convicted in Britain for a Foxtrot Network contract killing plot after travelling to England for the attack. The case has renewed scrutiny of the gang's recruitment of vulnerable teenagers for cross-border violence.
The Foxtrot Network criminal group was founded in 2010 and operates in Sweden. According to the British BBC, since 2022, the organization has been responsible for approximately 35 murders, as well as a number of attacks and attempted attacks on Israeli targets in Europe, including two using explosives and hand grenades. Most of the killings are related to the ongoing gang war. The criminals seek out young men, often teenagers, and promise them c…
A report reveals the way in which the criminal group 'associated with the Iranian regime' (ANSA) operates
Foxtrot Network is suspected to be behind about 35 murders, as well as a series of attacks on Israeli targets in Europe, reveals BBC, in an investigation into this organized crime group. In a suburb of Stockholm, a man dressed in black appeared from the dark of winter night. Armed with ...
Kriminalna združba Foxtrot Network najema evropske najstnike za izvajanje umorov, ki spominjajo na računalniške igre. Mladi pogosto sploh ne dobijo plačila, saj jih oblasti pred tem večinoma aretirajo. Mreža naj bi bila povezana z iranskim režimom.
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