Organized crime in Sweden

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Organized crime in Sweden has risen in the past years and the number of organized criminal groups operating in the country is increasing.

Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs[]

Outlaw motorcycle groups such as the Hells Angels and Bandidos are well-established in Sweden. Their membership is increasing and they are reportedly active in organized criminal activities.^[1]

Other criminal organizations in Sweden[]

• Brödraskapet - A Swedish prison gang active in organized crime. Their members are mostly native Swedes.
• Original Gangsters - A Swedish criminal organization founded by Assyrians/Syriacs from Turkey. It now also has a lot of Swedish, Polish and Yugoslav members, among others.
• Södertäljenätverket - An Assyrian/Syriac mafia organization led by Bülent Aslanoğlu, an ethnic Assyrian/Syriac from Turkey.
• Naserligan An Albanian criminal organization. Newly formed alliance/syndicate between Yugoslavians and Ethnic Swedes
• Black Cobra - An organized criminal gang originally from Denmark. It expanded to Sweden where it was started in Rosengård. In Sweden it mostly consists of Iraqis and Iranians.
• ^[2] - An Albanian criminal organization based in Malmö.
• ^[2] - A criminal organization based in Malmö and composed of ethnic Sandžak Bosniaks. They are involved in a wide variety of criminal activities and are said to be very violent and brutal.
• ^[3] - A multicultural criminal organization based in Stockholm. Led by the Gambia-born Essa Sallah Kah, it is affiliated with the Hells Angels. Most members are in prison.
• ^[3] - A criminal organization based in Stockholm. Led by Rolando Teran de la Torre, it mostly consists of immigrants from Africa and South America who were born in the 1980s. They are involved in robbery and extortion.
• ^[3] - Criminal organization which consists of hardened criminals from Uppsala, Norrköping, Västerås and Göteborg. It mostly consists of Assyrians/Syriacs from Turkey and Iraqis. Leader is Süyar Gürbüz an ethnic Assyrian/Syriac from Turkey.^[2]
• Bredäng Warriors - Is a criminal organisation that is specialised in doing coarse robbery.^{[citation needed]}
• Uppsalamaffian- Criminal group from Uppsala mostly consisting of ethnic Swedes, modeled after the Italian Mafia, involved in cocaine trafficking, loan sharking and extortion. Leader Stefan Eriksson later cofounded the controversial video game company Tiger Telematics, which produced the Gizmondo hand-held console.

See also[]

• Crime in Sweden
• List of grenade attacks in Sweden
• Bombings in Sweden

Further reading[]

• Webbplatsen svenskmaffia.se

References[]