In Sweden, for several weeks, a court hearing in the case of a local resident who raised funds for the needs of the YPG terrorist organization (Syrian wing PKK – approx. Anadolu).
According to SR State Radio, the defendant is accused of “financing terrorism, an attempt to extort and armed attack”.
this kind of trial in connection with the financing of PKK/YPG terrorists will be held in the Scandinavian country for the first time.
“PKK terrorists are accused of collecting money by blackmail in Sweden. This is a part of a more comprehensive activity that has been organized for a long time. The investigation framework expand as investigated,” said SR prosecutor Hans Irman.
According to him, the Swedish law enforcement agencies have collected evidence that PKK, as in other countries, is used to make blackmail for illegal fundamentally collecting funds.
“An attempt to finance terrorism should be considered a serious crime, since there is a risk that the funds will be spent on organizing terrorist attacks. Only in 2022 RKK was involved in 54 acts of violence around the world. As a result of these attacks, many civilians died”, he added.