Organized crime in Sweden

Although organized crime has always existed in Sweden, it 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
  • Brödraskapet - A Swedish prison gang active in organised crime. Their members are mostly native Swedes.
  • Södertäljenätverket - An Assyrian/Syriac mafia organisation led by Bülent Aslanoğlu, an ethnic Assyrian/Syriac from Turkey.
  • Naserligan - An Albanian criminal organisation. Newly formed alliance/syndicate between Yugoslavians and Ethnic Swedes.
  • Black Cobra - An organised criminal gang originally from Denmark. It expanded to Sweden where it was started in Rosengård. In Sweden it mostly consists of Iraqis and Iranians.
  • K-Falangen- An Albanian criminal organisation based in Malmö.
  • M-Falangen - A criminal organisation 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.
  • Chosen Ones[2] - A multicultural criminal organisation based in Stockholm. Led by the Gambia-born Essa Sallah Kah, it is affiliated with the Hells Angels. Most members are in prison.
  • Werewolf Legion[2] - A criminal organisation 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.
  • Asir[2] - Criminal organisation 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.[3]
  • Bredäng Warriors - A criminal organisation that is specialised in doing coarse robbery.
  • 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

References
  1. "Swedish biker gangs in expansion fast lane - The Local". Archived from the original on 2010-10-10.
  2. "Archived copy". www.tv3.se. Archived from the original on 28 December 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://www.nationell.nu/2010/04/28/sverigedemokraterna-avslojar-sitt-eget-hyckleri-kristna-invandrare-hotet/

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