Turkey arrests alleged Australia drug kingpin in big crime bust

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ISTANBUL — Turkey said on Thursday (Nov 2) it had captured Hakan Ayik, a top fugitive wanted in Australia for drug smuggling, and 36 others involved in an international organised crime ring that has also been pursued by US and New Zealand authorities.

Hakan Ayik, a fugitive wanted in Australia for drug smuggling, is detained by Turkish police in Istanbul, Turkey, Nov 1, 2023.

The FBI has said he unwittingly helped authorities monitor and arrest hundreds of suspected criminals in recent years using an FBI-run phone app. Reuters was not immediately able to contact a spokesperson for Ayik at an Istanbul hotel where, in 2021, staff had confirmed he was the owner. A US Federal Bureau of Investigation indictment unsealed in 2021 says that Ayik was one of three administrators and four influencers identified in establishing and popularising the An0m app among criminal networks.

 

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