{"id":215078,"date":"2020-10-16T07:23:27","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T07:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=215078"},"modified":"2020-10-19T07:17:41","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T07:17:41","slug":"how-sweden-became-a-gangsters-paradise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=215078","title":{"rendered":"How Sweden became a gangsters&#8217; paradise"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Europe&#8217;s most liberal country welcomed Middle Eastern refugees five years ago&#8230; but now it is being terrorised by migrant mafia clans &#8211; with police and politically correct government powerless<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>Sweden&#8217;s police chiefs have warned they are unable to contain the country&#8217;s rising tide of mafia &#8216;clan&#8217; crime\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>For decades, politicians have refused to admit the crime and violence is coming from migrant communities<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>Now the problem is so severe that law enforcement officials are speaking out &#8211; and blaming mass immigration<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>There were 257 bombings in Sweden last year and hundreds of shootings. Just one month in the last three years has passed without a gang-related killing<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>In one extraordinary incident in August, Gothenburg&#8217;s most notorious crime family, the Ali Khan gang, set up roadblocks in the northeast of the city to find rival gang members<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>Erik Nord, Gothenburg&#8217;s chief of police, told MailOnline:\u00a0&#8216;We need more police to deal with this situation urgently. Otherwise we will turn into a gangsters&#8217; paradise&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Jake Wallis Simons \u2013 Gothenburg Oct 12, 2020<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Migrant mafia gangs are terrorising <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/sweden\/index.html\"><strong>Sweden<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s streets with a surge of bombings and murders, forcing police chiefs in one of Europe&#8217;s most liberal countries to admit they are losing their grip on law and order.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Just five years after the country welcomed refugees with open arms, criminal clans from the Middle East, north Africa and the Balkans are behind soaring <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/crime\/index.html\"><strong>crime<\/strong><\/a> rates in their once peaceful cities, police say, with 257 bombings and more than 300 shootings last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_150021\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Gothernburg-petrol-bombs-thrown-at-police.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-150021\" class=\"wp-image-150021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Gothernburg-petrol-bombs-thrown-at-police.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-150021\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Petrol bombs are thrown at police in one on Gothernburg&#8217;s #no-go zones&#8217; during rioting on 2017. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">In one\u00a0extraordinary incident in August, Gothenburg&#8217;s most notorious crime family, the Ali Khan gang, set up roadblocks in the northeast of the city, shining torches into cars to hunt for members of a rival mob<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Police broke up the checkpoints and made 20 arrests. But in a move that was seen as symbolic of Sweden&#8217;s &#8216;soft touch&#8217;, the suspects were released because prosecutors decided they hadn&#8217;t broken the law.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">In an exclusive interview, Erik Nord, Gothenburg&#8217;s chief of police, told MailOnline: &#8216;These criminal clans have a completely different culture that makes them very difficult to tackle with normal police methods.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8216;We need more police and our courts and prisons need to be reinforced to deal with this situation urgently. Otherwise we will turn into a gangsters&#8217; paradise.&#8217;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_215079\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Many-Swedes-initially-welcomed-the-influx-of-migrants-one-wonders-if-they-would-be-quite-so-niave-now.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-215079\" class=\"wp-image-215079\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Many-Swedes-initially-welcomed-the-influx-of-migrants-one-wonders-if-they-would-be-quite-so-niave-now-768x513.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Many-Swedes-initially-welcomed-the-influx-of-migrants-one-wonders-if-they-would-be-quite-so-niave-now-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Many-Swedes-initially-welcomed-the-influx-of-migrants-one-wonders-if-they-would-be-quite-so-niave-now-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Many-Swedes-initially-welcomed-the-influx-of-migrants-one-wonders-if-they-would-be-quite-so-niave-now.jpg 962w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-215079\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Many liberal minded Swedes intially welcomed the migrant influx. Would they so quite so naive now? Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The country&#8217;s Prime Minister, Stefan L\u00f6fven, has consistently refused to admit that migrants are behind the increasing violence. But as the situation spirals out of control, police officers are breaking their silence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8216;Two years ago, if people linked immigration to crime as I am now, they would be accused of being racist,&#8217; Mr Nord said. &#8216;But the paradigm is shifting.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Last month, the country&#8217;s deputy chief of police, Mats L\u00f6ftving, identified 40 mafia clans who had come to Sweden &#8216;solely for the purpose of organising and systemising crime&#8217;.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">His comments came after the roadblock incident, which was part of a feud sparked when members of a group called the Backa Gang shot at a member of the notorious Ali Khan group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The Ali Khan family has been dubbed a mafia organisation by Swedish police and media alike, though its members insist that the convictions of some do not represent the whole.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Members of the family have been reported to the authorities more than 200 times in the last two years, but in many of the cases the informants mysteriously withdraw their complaints.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">In sworn testimony given at court, the local police chief Ulf Merlander said: &#8216;[The Ali Khans] have been part of a lot of criminal activities over the years. They&#8217;ve affected the local community pretty negatively for a long time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8216;When I look at this family, roughly 60 out of the 120 individuals are over the age of 15. About 40 of them are male, and over 30 have criminal records.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">He added: &#8216;The types of crime that the Ali Khans are known for are murder, extortion, serious violations of a woman&#8217;s integrity, physical abuse, unlawful threats, drug crimes and unlawful possession of weapons.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">According to police sources, the Backa Gang thug did not know that he was shooting at an Ali Khan member. In the tit-for-tat battle that followed, a Backa hoodlum was gunned down in a drive-by shooting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Poised for further escalation, the Ali Khans set up the checkpoints to defend themselves, stopping all cars entering their patch to check for rival mobsters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The Ali Khan network, described by Swedish police officers and media as one of the country&#8217;s most feared and violent gangs, is typical of mafia rings all over the country. Part of a larger clan that is made up of seven related families, it has branches in Denmark, Germany and Lebanon. The Ali Khans are seen as the clan&#8217;s enforcers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Hashem Ali Khan, 63,\u00a0is believed to be the head of the family. He arrived in Sweden with a bullet in his back in 1984 as a refugee from Lebanon&#8217;s civil war, and set up home in a quiet suburban cul-de-sac in Angered, northeast Gothenburg, in what would become the heart of his family&#8217;s territory.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_197256\" style=\"width: 332px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/swedens-most-wanted-list-sweden-rape-536x600.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-197256\" class=\"wp-image-197256\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/swedens-most-wanted-list-sweden-rape-536x600.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"322\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/swedens-most-wanted-list-sweden-rape-536x600.png 536w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/swedens-most-wanted-list-sweden-rape-536x600-268x300.png 268w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-197256\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sweden&#8217;s most wanted list. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">In this middle class, semi-detached modern home, the frail pensioner with a large white beard receives regular visits from senior relatives. He officiates every Friday at the nearby al Salam mosque, which offers courses in martial arts as well as prayer and study sessions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Although the pensioner was arrested twice in 2019 \u2013 once in connection with a machine gun found in a search \u2013 he has never been convicted of a crime. He avoided gun charges last year when his underage teenage grandson arrived at the police station claiming that the illegal weapon belonged to him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">But five of his seven children and three of their spouses have been convicted of criminal offences, including murder, drugs crimes, threatening police, serious assault and obstruction of justice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">His middle son Ibrahim, 38, was caught smuggling teargas and bladed knuckle-dusters into the city last year, and his younger son Abdelbaset, 33, shot dead an 18-year-old Chilean in a revenge attack.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Nine of the imam&#8217;s 34 grandchildren have also been found guilty of crimes. Khalil, 28, for instance, has committed assault, attempted robbery, obstruction of justice, theft and drug offences, while his brother Hashem, 22, has served two prison sentences for drug crimes, serious assault and obstruction of justice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The Ali Khans and roadblocks in Gothenburg are just the tip of the iceberg. In addition to the 40 clans there are hundreds of smaller gangs, and conflicts between rivals mean that only one month of the last three years has passed without a mob-related killing in Sweden. There are now 10 times as many killings as there are in Germany.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">This summer, a 12-year-old girl was shot dead by a stray bullet near Stockholm, while in Gothenburg a teacher was kidnapped and beaten after he reported two armed men outside his school. An eight-year old British boy was killed in a grenade attack in the same city while visiting family in 2016.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Last month, foreign exchange students at Dalarna University in Borl\u00e4nge, central Sweden, pleaded to be moved from their digs in an immigrant-dominated neighbourhood after a spate of shootings, robberies, stabbings, rapes and school arson attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">They had been housed in the Tj\u00e4rna \u00c4ngar area, which has soaring rates of violent crime and is home to high numbers of migrants from troubled countries like Somalia, Afghanistan and Iraq.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-8818631\/Swedish-police-chiefs-plead-resources-migrant-mafia-gangs-terrorise-country.html\">Continues \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sweden welcomed refugees five years ago&#8230; but now it is being terrorised by migrant gangs &#8211; while police say they are unable to contain the rising tide of mafia clan crime<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-215078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-european-migrant-crisis"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=215078"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":215081,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215078\/revisions\/215081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=215078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=215078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=215078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}