Ukrainian weapons flooded Finland, gangs with branches in Ukraine
HELSINKI (1 dollar = 1.01 euros) — “Ukraine is heavily armed, and that’s good. But we will be dealing with these weapons for decades and we will pay the price here. said Central Criminal Police Crime Commissioner Christer Algren. Read the editor’s research Kirsi Heikelborrowed Militarymonitoring.com
Journalistic investigation together with intelligence information from the Central Criminal Police [Finnish: Keskusrikospoliisi or abbreviated KRP] takes us to Finland [Suomi in Finnish]. Inquiry after airports and ports, ports are more common. The reason: combat and military weapons, such as assault rifles, pistols, grenades and drones, can be found not only in Finland but also in Sweden and the Netherlands.
Krister Algren told the Finnish media that the demand for such weapons in Finnish crime has increased. According to him, channels and connections to be delivered from Ukraine to Finland have already been built and will continue to be built.
The example given by Algren is startling. Bandidos MC, one of the world’s largest motorcycle gangs, operates in Finland. It’s more of an international criminal organization than a rock culture gang. Bandidos MC has branches in every major city in Ukraine, says Algren. “They’re currently tweaking their delivery routes and warming up the links, we know it,” he commented. Algren adds that Bandidos MC is not the only one. The other two largest motorcycle gangs also have a significant position in Finland.
Algren talks about the war as a whole, not divided into Russians and Ukrainians. Algren says that in addition to donated Ukrainian weapons, Russian weapons are increasingly finding their way into the Finnish underworld. “There are clans in Finland” says Algren, taking us back in time to the war in Yugoslavia. At that time, there was also a similar spike in the supply of combat weapons by Finnish gangs.
Weapons are mainly imported through Finnish ports. In Algren’s interview, he observed the port of Vuosaari, one of the entry points for smuggling. Algren says airports are relatively safe from creating traffic channels, but ports are not guaranteed safety. That’s why smugglers and criminal gangs build their channels there.
Despite the efforts of some media outlets to downplay or distort the facts, there is a trade in donated Ukrainian weapons. BulgarianMilitary.com reminds that it already reported a signal from Europol in the summer about the illegal arms trade in Ukraine. In this regard, the Finnish journalist Kirsi Heikel, who participated in the interview with criminal investigator Algren, says the same thing as we did in the summer about attempts to downplay the facts.
“The European police agency Europol warned in the summer that international criminal networks are trying to smuggle firearms and ammunition, for example, from war-torn Ukraine to several EU countries”, Heikel wrote in his article.
Back to Algren, criticizing current political decisions. But not those related to the supply of arms to Ukraine, but those related to the police budget. The army got an additional budget because of the war in Ukraine, says Algren, but the police got the same money. “Our work has increased, we need people for monitoring and analysis” says the police.
“During the construction of the border fence, it was emphasized that the security authorities should be listened to and the necessary resources provided. We have been warning for years about the growth of organized crime and criminal street gangs, but they don’t listen to us. adds Algren.
Organized crime also has its network in Finland’s trade ports, Algren confirms. “It would be in everyone’s best interest to end this”
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