Designated gang leader from Gothenburg arrested in his absence

The detention case dealt with behind closed doors in Gothenburg District Court has a target number dated by 2023. Already then the designated gang leader was suspected of money laundering.

But then he left the country and over the years that have passed, the suspicion list has been built on with new extensive money laundering, extremely serious drug crime, and preparation for general destruction. And now it is suddenly in a hurry.

During a stopover In Canada, the Gothenburg citizen was arrested with false ID documents and according to prosecutor Stefan Lind, Canadian authorities are ready to put the Swede on a plane in this now. Maybe he’s already on his way.

– When he lands, we must have coercive means in place, says Stefan Lind.

It is about a person that police and prosecutors believe played a central role in organized crime, a position he is said to have retained even though he emigrated.

– He is central to a criminal network that has his main base in southern Gothenburg, says Stefan Lind.

What crimes can the public know, which you suspect him for?

– I say he is behind much of the wave of violence we have seen here in 2023 and 2024. In Gothenburg, but also in other parts of the country, says Stefan Lind.

Among the notable events that are linked to the alleged gang leader, for example, the double murder is in a residential area in Grimmered last year and several blasts, all linked to a conflict between two criminal groups in Gothenburg. As DN has previously written, the man has in recent years according to police sources made a « rocket career » within network crime.

According to data in Canadian Media was arrested in January already in January during a stopover, when he was on his way from Bangkok to Mexico. He must have had a Belgian passport and two different driving licenses with different names in his luggage.

The man’s defender really wanted to postpone the detention hearing on Friday, as the list of suspicions against the Gothenburg citizen was so extensive.

– I have not had a chance to read everything yet and even less discuss the attitude to this with my client, says lawyer Ulrik Smedberg.

The only point He knows for sure that the man denies is the original money laundering crime from 2023, but with regard to the other suspicions he must « assume that my client refuses crime ».

Judge Robert Eneljung admitted that he understood the problem, but rejected the deferral. After just over an hour of deliberations, the man was arrested and as soon as the man lands on Swedish soil, new interrogations will be held with him.

– I think it will be already this weekend, says lawyer Ulrik Smedberg.

Your client is described as a centrally placed gang leader, how do you view his role in this wave of violence the prosecutor is talking about?

– I see it as non -existent. None of the crimes he is now suspected of concrete been linked to those events. For example, the generally dangerous devastation in the arrest request must have taken place in Stockholm, says Smedberg.

Do you know why he has been abroad for so long?

– No, I have no information about it.