{"id":36451,"date":"2025-07-04T14:52:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T14:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/one-of-swedens-most-wanted-criminals-is-arrested-1600-miles-away-police-say\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T14:52:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T14:52:25","slug":"one-of-swedens-most-wanted-criminals-is-arrested-1600-miles-away-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/one-of-swedens-most-wanted-criminals-is-arrested-1600-miles-away-police-say\/","title":{"rendered":"One of Sweden&#8217;s most wanted criminals is arrested 1,600 miles away, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The head of one of Sweden&#8217;s biggest crime organizations, accused of instigating a surge in violent crime, has been arrested more than 1,600 miles away in Turkey, Swedish police said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Police did not identify the man by name but Swedish media named him as 35-year-old Ismail Abdo, head of the Rumba crime organization and alleged to have been orchestrating operations from abroad. <\/p>\n<p>Abdo is one of Sweden&#8217;s most wanted criminals and the subject of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.interpol.int\/en\/How-we-work\/Notices\/Red-Notices\/View-Red-Notices#2022-63179\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">international arrest warrant<\/a> since 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The Scandinavian country, once known for its low crime rates, has struggled for years to rein in organized crime.<\/p>\n<p>Criminal networks are involved in drug and arms trafficking, welfare fraud, and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/sweden-murders-hair-salon-teen-freed-3-men-arrested\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">regular shootings<\/a><\/span> and bombings that have plagued the country in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>The networks are also reported to have infiltrated Sweden&#8217;s welfare sector, local politics, legal and education system as well as juvenile detention care.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-left embed--size-small\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/04\/1bcb0972-cb1d-48a1-9ad1-dc5123082220\/thumbnail\/620x454\/b0a45100ab612f7c7fef9a2c27e6cb9a\/abdo-screenshot-2025-07-04-101708.png#\" alt=\"abdo-screenshot-2025-07-04-101708.png \" height=\"454\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/04\/1bcb0972-cb1d-48a1-9ad1-dc5123082220\/thumbnail\/620x454\/b0a45100ab612f7c7fef9a2c27e6cb9a\/abdo-screenshot-2025-07-04-101708.png 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Ismail Abdo<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Interpol<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Police say the leaders of the criminal networks increasingly operate from abroad, orchestrating murders and attacks via social media and often recruiting young children under the age of criminal responsibility to carry out the attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Abdo once led the Foxtrot crime network together with Rawa Majid &#8212; Sweden&#8217;s other most wanted criminal who was <a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/sb0047\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">sanctioned earlier this year<\/a> by the U.S. Treasury &#8212; and the two are suspected of having controlled large parts of the Swedish drug market.<\/p>\n<p>But the pair fell out, and a new, violent chapter in Sweden&#8217;s gang wars began when Abdo&#8217;s mother was murdered in September 2023 at her home in Uppsala,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c1e85l701y3o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the BBC reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Abdo&#8217;s Rumba gang has since waged a violent feud against Majid and Foxtrot.<\/p>\n<p>Abdo was arrested in a raid conducted by Turkish security forces, police said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In a law enforcement operation in Turkey, Turkish police have today arrested a Swedish man who for many years has been suspected of drug-related crimes and instigating serious violent crimes in Sweden,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/polisen.se\/aktuellt\/nyheter\/nationell\/2025\/juli\/svensk-anstiftare-gripen-i-turkiet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">police said in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The arrest is the result of targeted work over time between Turkish and Swedish judicial systems,&#8221; Mats Berggren, acting deputy chief at the Swedish police&#8217;s National Operations Department (NOA), said in the statement.<\/p>\n<h2>Recent violence in Sweden<\/h2>\n<p>Sweden has been plagued by violence in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>In April, three youths aged 15 to 20 were <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/sweden-murders-hair-salon-teen-freed-3-men-arrested\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">killed in a shooting<\/a><\/span> in broad daylight at a hair salon in central Uppsala, about 45 miles north of Stockholm.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/30\/a06de8a4-56d2-4635-a99d-7e7f1826c0d1\/thumbnail\/620x400\/0cd004d091a6e91b78d8fdab07d855a9\/gettyimages-2212112188.jpg#\" alt=\"SWEDEN-CRIME-SHOOTING \" height=\"400\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/30\/a06de8a4-56d2-4635-a99d-7e7f1826c0d1\/thumbnail\/620x400\/0cd004d091a6e91b78d8fdab07d855a9\/gettyimages-2212112188.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/30\/a06de8a4-56d2-4635-a99d-7e7f1826c0d1\/thumbnail\/1240x800\/ffac1a1d77c8746846df6aa8fea8b8c6\/gettyimages-2212112188.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Police officers are seen at a crime scene in central Uppsala, Sweden on April 30, 2025. Three people were killed on April 29, 2025 in a shooting in Uppsala, a city north of Sweden&#8217;s capital Stockholm, police said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                FREDRIK SANDBERG\/TT NEWS AGENCY\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Just days before that, a mother and her young child were severely injured when a homemade bomb tore through their home, media reported, adding that a neighbor suspected of ties to criminal gangs had been the real target.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in April, two people were killed in a suspected gang fight in Gothenburg, while a\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/sweden-hip-hop-star-reportedly-killed-parking-garage\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">renowned rapper was shot dead<\/a><\/span>\u00a0in a gang battle in the city in December.<\/p>\n<p>Sweden was also rocked by its\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/sweden-school-mass-shooting-orebro-11-dead-including-gunman-suspected-suicide\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">worst mass shooting in February<\/a><\/span>\u00a0when 35-year-old Rickard Andersson entered the Campus Risbergska adult education center in the city of Orebro and shot dead 10 people before turning the gun on himself.<\/p>\n<p>The Swedish government has proposed new legislation that would allow police to wiretap children under the age of 15 in an attempt to curb the violence,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/ckge9jknr9go\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to the BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to global database Statista, Sweden had the third highest number of homicides involving firearms per 100,000 inhabitants in Europe in 2022, behind Montenegro and Albania.<\/p>\n<p>Data from Sweden&#8217;s National Council for Crime Prevention show that shootings have 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