Despite the fact that the United States designates Malmö resident Abdul Jalil Mallah as a terrorist, he has been able to live a relatively ordinary life.
But now Swedish authorities have started hunting him down and have seized money, houses and luxury cars worth over 20 million – suspected criminal proceeds.
“We are a rich family. I haven’t had to work here,” says Abdul Jalil Mallah.
We are standing outside the villa in Malmö that designated terrorist Abdul Jalil Mallah, 50, bought the same week his family arrived in Sweden in 2017. A Volvo is parked in the driveway of the neat house. A large trampoline sticks out from behind the hedge.
The Swedish Enforcement Authority has seized the villa, so that the family cannot sell it and disappear with the money. The authorities have also seized three more villas, two exclusive cars and 2.8 million kronor in cash, which the family owns. The authorities suspect that the family’s money comes from crime. Expressen’s and Sydsvenskan’s investigation shows that in the worst case scenario it involves oil smuggling and financing of Iran-backed terrorist groups, such as Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthi rebels in Yemen.
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