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Icelandic police announced on Thursday that they had arrested four people in a large-scale operation linked to the preparation of a "terrorist attack", which would be the first arrest of…
Icelandic Criminal Groups Active Abroad Photo/Eggert Jóhannesson He tells mbl.is that Icelandic criminal groups are, for example, known to be active in Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Denmark and South America. Chief Superintendent Karl Steinar Valsson. mbl.is//Hari Their main activity centers around illegal drugs, but they are involved, too, in fraudulent activity, such as money laundering. “We tend to concentrate on the foreign groups in Iceland,” Karl Steinar states. “The scene, however, is not that simple.” He explains that some organized Icelandic criminal groups are engaged in criminal activity to a small extent here in Iceland, if any. Their main activity is in countries where they reside. “Drug trade and money laundering are connected. For the most part, the trade takes place in Europe, but in South America and Australia as well,” he notes.