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HELSKRUSMAIL ABDO. Photo: Interpol
One of Sweden’s most wanted criminals, Ismail Abdo, is now being chased by Interpol.
At the same time, the investigations around him are growing in Sweden, where he is suspected of involvement in murder plans.
New investigations show the extensive drug operations that Ismail Abdo is suspected to have ruled.
34-year-old Ismail “Strawberry” Abdo is one of Sweden’s most sought-after criminals. For several years he has stayed away from justice and been arrested in his absence for a number of serious crimes in Sweden.
But only now has Interpol put him on his list of one of the most wanted criminals in the world.
– It has been made at my request, based on the crimes he is suspected of and the person we can see in the investigations that he is. I believe he is a person that the rest of the world should be noticed, says prosecutor Daniel Jonsson to Expressen.
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Ismail Abdo is believed to be in Turkey where he is also a citizen. According to Prosecutor Daniel Jonsson, the police have cooperated with Turkey.
– He is also detained in Norway and therefore there have been contacts between Norway and Sweden. He is in Turkey and therefore there have been contacts between Sweden and Turkey, says Daniel Jonsson to the newspaper.
Transparency in the drug operations
In a case where the recently brought prosecution, the investigation shows the extensive drug operations that Ismail Abdo is suspected to have organized and ruled. He is arrested in his absence on suspicion of several cases of drug crimes and drug smuggling. The drug turmoil that Ismail Abdo is linked to is about drugs sold on the Darknet site Flugsgamp 3.0 through the “Narkbanken” sales account in 2020 and 2021.
The investigation shows the organization’s arrangement and how Ismail Abdo and his Kumpans communicated at the cracked encryption service Sky/ECC about the crime arrangements. The chats show how it is discussed whether huge sums and where the drug should be distributed and who will handle it.
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The chats show the crime arrangements according to the investigation.
1 / 2foto: Police preliminary investigation
At some point, the Sky/ECC account, which is linked to Ismail Abdo, expresses a dissatisfaction and in the investigation it is also emphasized that the “Narrow Bank” had a slow start.
According to the suspicions, the drug league’s operations have had their packing centers in central Stockholm and at an address in Täby.
Connected to huge drug fittings
But now more suspicions come against Ismail Abdo.
Last week he was arrested in his absence on suspicion of extremely serious drug crime and extremely serious drug smuggling. The crime suspicions are linked to a huge drug seizure in Nynäshamn in April last year when just over 1.3 tonnes of cocaine were seized by the Customs Administration.
In addition, Ismail Abdo is also arrested in its absence on suspicion of attempted murder after a shooting in Solna on April 29, 2024. Then shots were fired at a man who survived. A boy was convicted of attempted murder and serious weapons crime. According to the suspicions, Ismail Abdo must have managed to book a taxi that the shooter used to get to the crime scene.
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Full Screen raw Majid. Photo: Interpol
Factsismail Abdo
The gang man Ismail Abdo, who went by the name “Strawberry”, together with the internationally called for Rawa “Kurdish fox” ruled the “Majid Foxtrot network. They are suspected of together having ruled large parts of the Swedish drug market together.
An internal conflict within the network in 2023 led to one of the worst waves in Sweden and the starting point for it was when Ismail Abdo’s mother was shot to death in Uppsala in September 2023. After that, both sides of the conflict have attacked each other.
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