Swedish crime kingpin linked to Foxtrot network arrested in Tunisia, police say

Published on 12/05/2026 - 16:31 GMT+2

Swedish constabulary said connected Tuesday that a "central actor" successful the country’s astir notorious transgression network, Foxtrot, had been arrested successful Tunisia.

Police said successful a connection that a antheral astir 30 years old, who is suspected of respective convulsive crimes including murder, had been arrested implicit the play by Tunisian police.

The cognition was the effect of adjacent practice betwixt instrumentality enforcement successful Sweden and Tunisia.

"We see this to beryllium a strategically important apprehension which we judge volition interaction the transgression network's quality to transportation retired convulsive crime," Niclas Andersson, caput of the probe portion astatine the National Operations Department (NOA), said successful the statement.

Public broadcaster SVT reported that the antheral arrested was Mohamed "Moewgli" Mohdhi, who is reportedly Foxtrot person Rawa Majid's right-hand man.

Police said the antheral was considered a alleged "high worth target" successful the Swedish-led cognition "Grimm" countering the surge of "violence arsenic a service," referring to the online recruitment of individuals, often minors, to transportation retired convulsive acts.

Those orchestrating the acts are often located abroad.

The Foxtrot transgression web was formed successful the precocious 2010s astir Majid and has been connected to dozens of convulsive crimes successful Sweden. It is based astir the superior Stockholm and the municipality of Uppsala, wherever Majid is from.

The Nordic state has struggled for much than a decennary to incorporate pack unit linked chiefly to score-settling and battles to power the cause market.

In July 2025, Swedish constabulary announced the apprehension of the caput of Foxtrot's rival Rumba organisation, Ismael Abdo, successful Turkey.

Over the past 3 years, 23 guiltless bystanders person been killed and 30 wounded successful gangland shootings, constabulary said earlier this month.

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson told quality bureau TT that main effect of the apprehension announced Tuesday was "the awesome it sends."

"We volition not backmost down. We volition spell aft them 1 by one, adjacent abroad, if they are unsafe to radical successful Sweden," helium said.