Turkish Organized Crime Expanding in Europe With Diversification of Drugs Trade

Published on September 28, 2024

News Analysis Turkish organized crime is expanding its operations across Europe, especially in countries with large Turkish and Kurdish minorities, and has diversified from the heroin trade to dealing in cocaine, methamphetamine, and synthetic drugs. Two murders—one in Barcelona, Spain, and one in the Moldovan capital, Chisinau—and a shooting in London, which led to a 9-year-old girl being critically injured, between May and July were all tied to Turkish organized crime. Mahmut Cengiz, an associate professor at the Terrorism, Transnational Crime, and Corruption Center at George Mason University in Virginia, told The Epoch Times, “The two high-profile murders are significant as they suggest a troubling trend of escalating violence among Turkish organized crime groups across Europe.”...

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