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Rawa Majid (born July 12, 1986), known as the Kurdish Fox (Swedish: Kurdiska räven), is a Swedish criminal, raised in Uppsala, but since 2018 resident in Turkey. He is suspected of being the main leader of the Swedish criminal organisation Foxtrot, which is linked to numerous shootings and bombings in Sweden, especially in the Stockholm and Uppsala regions, often carried out by children. The victims have been children, relatives to rival criminals and former friends of Rawa Majid, as well as unintended victims.[1][2] He is internationally wanted for serious drug offenses and preparation for murder since August 2020,[3][4][5] and has been named as one of Sweden's most wanted criminals.[1]

Biography

Majid's parents are from Iraq, but he was born in Iran (where he is citizen) when they were fleeing Iraq on the way to Sweden during the Iran-Iraq war. The family settled in Uppsala in Sweden when he was one month old.[1][6][7]

Majid has been reported as being involved in a conflict with gang leader Mikael Tenezos, also called the Greek, who is considered to be the leader of the Dalen network in Stockholm. It has been reported that several acts of violence against the Dalen Network and their allies have been carried out by people hired by the Foxtrot Network and Rawa Majid. The executioners are thought to have been linked to Majid and Foxtrot's allies the Bridge Network or the Zero Network.[8][9]

Resident in Turkey

After Majid served a long prison sentence, his cousin was murdered, causing him to experience an "escalating threat". Because of the threat, he was allowed by Swedish authorities to leave Sweden in the summer of 2018, despite being under surveillance and on probation, and has since resided in Turkey.[10][11] With his wealth he purchased a Turkish citizenship in exchange for investments in 2020 through the Turkish Citizenship by Investment scheme. Hence, Turkey refuses to capture and extradite him.[12][13][10] Swedish police shared Intelligence about an operation to capture Rajiw Majid with Turkish police, at highest-level, but the intelligence was leaked to members of the Foxtrot criminal network in 2022, according to Swedish police.[14] In 2023, the Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden threatened to suspend Sweden's financial aid to Turkey if Majid is not extradited, but later retracted the statement.[15]

Crime

Majid has previously been sentenced to eight years in prison for serious drug offenses and assault on two separate occasions. In the criminal register, he appears for the first time as a 19-year-old, and he has been convicted of, among other things, burglary and cigarette smuggling.[1][3]

In 2022, Majid was thought to have planned an assassination from Turkey, but the wrong man was shot dead. A 30-year-old man is believed to have been mistaken for a Bandido member because he happened to be outside Bandido premises - the criminal network with which the Rawa Majid is in conflict. It has been reported that Majid has not gone to trial for the murder because he is absconding in Turkey.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Mapping: Rawa Majid is the "Kurdish Fox"". www.tv4.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  2. ^ ""Kurdyjski Lis": Kim jest Rawa Majida, król szwedzkiego podziemia - Skandynawiainfo" (in Polish). 2023-09-16. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
  3. ^ a b "Rawa Majid and the Foxtrot Network | Krimfup.se". www.krimfup.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-05-18.
  4. ^ "Rawa Majid, 36 years old". hitta.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-05-20.
  5. ^ Britts, Malvina (2023-09-13). "Mini-documentary: How Rawa Majid became the "Kurdish fox"". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-09-13.
  6. ^ "On Turkey, Sweden balances NATO aspirations against fighting crime at home". POLITICO. 2023-04-11. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  7. ^ "PrimeCrime: Rawa Majid's mother tells about how the family came to Sweden" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  8. ^ "The gang leaders at the center of the violent conflict". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). 2023-01-20. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
  9. ^ "Double hunt for "The Greek" – wanted after the violent act". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). 2023-05-03. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
  10. ^ a b Semonsen, Robert (2023-04-12). "Turkey Refuses To Extradite Drug Lord to NATO-Seeking Sweden". europeanconservative.com. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  11. ^ "The prison authorities let the designated gang leader "Kurdish fox" leave Sweden" (in Swedish). 2023-03-24.
  12. ^ "Gangsters Have a New Way of Avoiding Capture: Becoming Turkish". VICE World News. 2023-04-17. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  13. ^ "On Turkey, Sweden balances NATO aspirations against fighting ..." POLITICO. 2023-04-11. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  14. ^ English, Duvar (2023-09-15). "High-level intelligence shared with Turkey leaked to criminals, Swedish press says". duvarenglish.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-09-17.
  15. ^ "Sweden warns Turkey - threatens with strong action". Marcus Oscarsson (in Swedish). 2023-09-16. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
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