PKK/YPG "representative" in Sweden put on trial for money laundering

Shiyar Ali, the so-called Swedish representative of the PKK/YPG terror group, is to stand trial on money laundering charges on January 16.

Ali, 59, will appear before the Stockholm Nacka District Court on suspicion of laundering around €400,000 (nearly $430,000), Anadolu Agency reports, citing the Swedish newspaper Expressen.

He brought the money, which he claimed to be "aid collected for the north of Syria," from the so-called PKK/YPG office in Troisdorf, located between Cologne and Bonn, Germany, on October 27, 2017.

That year, Swedish police raided the Newroz TV (Aryen) channel, which was making propaganda for the terror group in Europe and Stockholm. Authorities seized 400,000 euros and accused Ali of "forgery in documents and money laundering."

According to the report, Per Orneus, ambassador for the Syria crisis in the Swedish Foreign Ministry, will testify regarding humanitarian aid in northern Syria where the PKK/YPG terror group is present.

Anna Erhardt, press advisor to the Swedish Foreign Ministry, did not respond to Anadolu Agency's question regarding the matter.

In its more than 35-year terror campaign against Türkiye, the PKK - listed as a terrorist organization by Türkiye, the US and the EU -- has been responsible for the deaths of more than 40,000 people, including women, children, and infants. YPG is the terror group's Syrian offshoot.