Swedish Teen Arrested in Sydney for Alleged Role in Nordic Contract Killings

Australian Teen Charged in International Murder-for-Hire Plot

Police have arrested a 15-year-old boy in Western Sydney, charging him with two offences relating to conspiracy to commit murder. Authorities allege the boy was working for a transnational criminal syndicate, helping arrange contract killings to be carried out overseas. The teenager, understood to be Swedish, was arrested after a search warrant was executed at a home in Western Sydney. He appeared before Surry Hills Children’s Court, where he wa…

Sydney teen 'hired hitmen' for Nordic gangsters

A 15-year-old boy was arrested by AFP officers in Sydney after a tip-off from Danish police. Photo: Australian Federal Police An Australian-based 15-year-old foreign national hired hitmen in Denmark and Sweden on behalf of a transnational criminal syndicate involved in gang wars, police allege.

Swedish teen charged in Sydney over alleged overseas contract killings plot

Authorities allege the teen used an encrypted application to facilitate plans for "overseas contract killings" while in Australia.

‘I did not,’ accused leader of murder-for-hire plot tells jurors when asked if he ordered deadly hit

As his trial enters its fifth week, Serhat Gumrukcu testified in his own defense this week, denying the charges that could send him to jail for the rest of his life if convicted.

Teen accused of trying to hire hitmen in Nordic ‘cash for killing’ plot

The boy was arrested and charged in Australia for allegedly using an encrypted app to recruit contract killers in Sweden and Denmark

Swedish teen charged in Sydney with organising contract killings online

Police allege the teenager used an encrypted application to facilitate plans for overseas contract killings. He was formally refused bail in Surry Hills Children's Court and is scheduled to reappear on June 11.