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Gangsters have a new way of avoiding capture: Becoming Turkish – Analysis

European officials state they are concerned accused drug traffickers are using Turkey's citizenship laws to evade trial in other countries

Newsroom July 9 12:55

 

Europe’s most-wanted fugitives are increasingly evading capture by becoming Turkish citizens, police have told Vice World News.

Law enforcement officials have grown concerned that criminals linked to large-scale drug trafficking are exploiting Turkey’s policy of issuing citizenship to investors, while also taking advantage of the fact the country is refusing to extradite its newly minted citizens.

Rawa Majid, known as the “Kurdish Fox,” an accused Iraqi-Kurdish drug trafficker and suspected of major crimes in Sweden, resides in Turkey after purchasing citizenship in 2020 through its so-called “Golden Passport” programme, which offers citizenship in exchange for $400,000 (around £320,000) in investment.

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Despite arrest warrants from Interpol and Sweden, where he is one of the country’s most-wanted criminals, Turkey refuses to arrest or extradite Majid because of this citizenship.

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