> Rawa Majid, known as the “Kurdish Fox,” an accused **Iraqi-Kurdish** drug trafficker and suspected of major crimes in Sweden, resides in Turkey after purchasing citizenship **in 2020** through its so-called “Golden Passport” , which offers citizenship in exchange for $400,000 (around £320,000) in investment.
lol what??
> Yet European law enforcement officials, speaking to VICE World News on background because of diplomatic sensitivities, said the problem with the Turkish citizenship programme goes far beyond one Kurdish drug trafficker.
> They said accused drug traffickers are increasingly turning towards Turkey, as well as the United Arab Emirates, which offers easy residency, but not citizenship, to people with large amounts of cash to invest.
> “The UAE, particularly Dubai, has been a well known problem in terms of allowing known cartel figures residency, with a very unresponsive extradition process that leaves multiple accused traffickers living openly,” said a Belgian official. “But Turkey, by granting actual citizenship to anyone with about half a million dollars, is another matter completely,” the official said. “Between Netherlands and Belgium alone there could be a dozen fugitives using Turkey passports.”
> **“We know Bolle Jos bought Turkish citizenship and thus according to the Turkish constitution cannot be sent abroad for trial,” said a Dutch official. “He’s a Flemish guy from Breda [Netherlands], he doesn’t have any connection to Turkey beyond whatever he paid them for the passport,” added the official.**
Damn
Oh the hypocrisy
Had to look up what sub I was on. Headline reads like a balkan_irl shitpost.
Erdogan: Sweden must send us more criminals.
Sweden: You seem to have plenty already.
K
Becoming Turkish ah yes join a gang I am now Turkish excellent.
Turkish government is notorious in cocaine trade. Just rumours.
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> Rawa Majid, known as the “Kurdish Fox,” an accused **Iraqi-Kurdish** drug trafficker and suspected of major crimes in Sweden, resides in Turkey after purchasing citizenship **in 2020** through its so-called “Golden Passport” , which offers citizenship in exchange for $400,000 (around £320,000) in investment.
lol what??
> Yet European law enforcement officials, speaking to VICE World News on background because of diplomatic sensitivities, said the problem with the Turkish citizenship programme goes far beyond one Kurdish drug trafficker.
> They said accused drug traffickers are increasingly turning towards Turkey, as well as the United Arab Emirates, which offers easy residency, but not citizenship, to people with large amounts of cash to invest.
> “The UAE, particularly Dubai, has been a well known problem in terms of allowing known cartel figures residency, with a very unresponsive extradition process that leaves multiple accused traffickers living openly,” said a Belgian official. “But Turkey, by granting actual citizenship to anyone with about half a million dollars, is another matter completely,” the official said. “Between Netherlands and Belgium alone there could be a dozen fugitives using Turkey passports.”
> **“We know Bolle Jos bought Turkish citizenship and thus according to the Turkish constitution cannot be sent abroad for trial,” said a Dutch official. “He’s a Flemish guy from Breda [Netherlands], he doesn’t have any connection to Turkey beyond whatever he paid them for the passport,” added the official.**
Damn
Oh the hypocrisy
Had to look up what sub I was on. Headline reads like a balkan_irl shitpost.
Erdogan: Sweden must send us more criminals.
Sweden: You seem to have plenty already.
K
Becoming Turkish ah yes join a gang I am now Turkish excellent.
Turkish government is notorious in cocaine trade. Just rumours.