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Left: Teenage criminal who was part of the Foxtrot network. Right: Rawa Majid. The National / Swedish Police

How I survived Europe's deadliest Kurdish gangs

Teenage gunman tells The National about life inside Foxtrot criminal network

‘Foxtrot is so big the Swedish people are scared’

On The RecordEurope can't afford a war with Russia, warns Jacob Rees-Mogg

Putin upbeat after EU 'robbers' fail to agree Russian asset loan

UK and Greece bust 'industrial scale' migrant forgery ring

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