Sweden admits PKK receives significant funding

MALMO, SWEDEN - JUNE 06: The pin flags are replaced with Swedish flags to mark Sweden's National Day on day three of the Nordea Masters at the PGA Sweden National on June 6, 2015 in Malmo, Sweden. (Photo by Harry Engels/Getty Images)

A senior official in the Swedish Security Service (SAPO) confirmed on Sunday that the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, and like-minded Kurdish groups receive significant funding in Sweden. SAPO's deputy head of counter-terrorism, Susanna Trehorning, told a television journalist, "I will not disclose the amount, but I can say that the PKK organisation receives a large amount of funding in our country." She pointed out that SAPO is constantly working to identify the people involved in financing the organisation, noting that a person was arrested last week for collecting "royalties" from shops for the PKK. The organisation is designated as a terrorist group by a number of countries, including Turkiye. Sweden's chief NATO negotiator, Oscar Stenstrom, said on 29 January […] Source

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