European police target cross-border gang recruitment and violent crime
European authorities arrest a Swedish gang figure in Spain and sentence a Norwegian recruit in the UK amid ongoing violent crime across the continent.
European law enforcement continues to counter cross-border violent crime and youth recruitment by organized gangs. In Spain, police in Alicante arrested a 22-year-old Swedish national suspected of directing violent gang attacks in Sweden. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson commended the bilateral operation.
Concurrently, a British court sentenced an 18-year-old Norwegian man to 20 years in prison after he was recruited online via the Foxtrot network to carry out a contract crime in Manchester.
In separate incidents, Spanish authorities in Madrid are investigating a targeted shooting that wounded a known offender in Puente de Vallecas. Additionally, in northeastern France, a suspected murder-suicide left four family members dead, including two young children.
Sources: Canarias7, El Día, El Mundo, La Vanguardia, Marca.
Sources
- El Día — Mueren tiroteados en Francia cuatro miembros de una familia, incluidos dos niños de seis y nueve años
- Marca — Cinco disparos, una persecución y un abandono en el hospital: el violento ataque a 'El Niño' en Madrid
- El Mundo — Los sicarios adolescentes que sacuden Suecia: anuncios para asesinar por 90.000 euros y cada vez más ciudades afectadas
- La Vanguardia — Detenido en Alicante un joven sueco acusado de graves delitos en su país
- Canarias7 — El mensaje para captar jóvenes sicarios por internet: «Nada puede salir mal»
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