[ 28 Aug 2008 12:45 ]
Rome –APA. PKK custodian for one billion dollar finances, drug and arm smuggling, as well as transnational organized crime Nedim Seven known as PKK’s “European cashier” was arrested as a result of secret operation. He was arrested while attempting to escape from Italy to Armenia.
According to APA Nedim Seven, also known as “Behzat from Cukurca” has an image of dangerous special criminal not only in Turkey, but in Europena countries as well. The PKK terrorist attempted to pull through the pursuit in Europe and to find secure refuge and scene of action in Armenia. He was arrested as a result of international cooperation of the European special security services.
Behzat from Cukurca is known for his close relations with one of the PKK leaders Syrian Fehman Huseyn. It was reported that another PKK leader Murat Karayilan contributed to his arrest. Nedim Seven is in custody near Paris and interrogated by the French law-enforcement bodies.
Turkey officially asked France to extradite Nedim Seven. Turkish anti-terrorism experts have left for France Thursday morning. They have already interrogated Seven. Turkish side has provided the French justice bodies with PKK dossier, which contains photos of Northern Iraqi villages where PKK produces heroin. They are smuggling heroin to Frankfurt, Germany passing via Van, Hakkari and Shirnak provinces of Turkey and selling heroin there through the International Kurdish Employers Union. Money collecting from the heroin smuggling is delivered to the PKK terrorists’ camped in Kandil Mountain via Syria and Armenia.