Swedish gang leader given life sentence in Iraq for drug trafficking
Ali Shehab Ahmed, one of the leading figures in Sweden's Foxtrot network criminal gang has been jailed for life by a court in Iraq, Swedish prosecutors have confirmed.
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Sweden to protest Iraq death sentences for three citizens
The Swedish government said that three of its citizens had been sentenced to death in Iraq for 'involvement in a shooting', and said it would summon Baghdad's envoy over the matter..
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