Right under the noses of Swedish authorities lives a man in Malmö who is being singled out as a terrorist.
He is accused of having been involved for years in large-scale oil smuggling from Iran and sending millions to terrorist groups.
– Bring me a Bible and a Koran, and I will swear on both that I have never done what they claim, says Abdul Jalil Mallah.
He has been designated a terrorist by the United States . In the UK he has been sentenced to 18 months in prison, but remains at large. He has been investigated by the judiciary in both Brazil and Sweden.
Now he steps into our newspaper editorial office, dressed in a black down vest and carrying a shoulder bag with his initials in metal: AJM.
“I am here to defend myself against everything. I have evidence,” he says, placing a thick stack of documents in Arabic and English on the meeting table.
Designated as a terrorist by the US
Abdul Jalil Mallah, 50, has been a Malmö resident for almost a decade. The father of a small child has made millions in deals, driven exclusive cars and lived with his family in a villa in Malmö.
At the same time, the US has classified him as a “specially designated global terrorist.” Only a few people in Sweden are on that list. Yet he has been able to continue living a normal life.
Abdul Jalil Mallah is not accused of being a terrorist who detonates bombs or plans terrorist acts. He is on the terror list because the US accuses him of financing terrorist groups and because his ships ship oil from Iran.
He himself denies it:
“We have never owned an oil tanker. We have never worked with oil,” says Abdul Jalil Mallah.
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