breaking news! Italian police announced today that they have arrested the leader of an organized crime group, Baris Boyoun, in an operation in the city of Viterbo.
Italian police said Baris Boyun was “one of the most wanted people in Ankara on May 22nd.” He said.
19 people in custody
Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said police had detained gang leader Baris Boyun and 18 of his gang members.
Statement from Yelkaya
Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya provided information about the operation on his social media accounts.
As a result of the joint efforts of the KOM Presidency, Interpol’s Europol Division and the Italian security services, an operation was carried out by the Italian police in Rome and Milan against the wanted organized crime group led by Barš Bojun. Warning from Turkish judicial authorities in Italy.
Elikaya said 19 suspects — 17 Turks and two Italians — were caught in the operation, adding: “We are determined to destroy organized crime gangs, no matter their size or where they hide, and bring them to justice,” he said.
Announcing that 317 suspects have been arrested so far in 26 separate operations against the fugitive organized crime group Bariş Boyun in Istanbul, Izmir, Tekirdağ, Sakarya and Kütahya, Erikaya said: “Of these, 175 people were arrested and a judicial control decision was taken.” It will be given to 100 people. ” Said.
Who is Bariš Boyun?
Bariš Boyun was born in 1984. He is the leader of an organized crime group. Operating as a neighborhood gang in Beyoglu, Istanbul, the organization’s criminal activities later expanded to include international relations. The organization is known for its motorcycle homicide squad.
Barish Boyun worked alongside mafia member Bilal Yaman before 2017, and became leader of the organized crime group he was associated with after Yaman’s arrest in 2017. According to the prosecutor’s indictment, the organization was funded through arms smuggling, illegal gambling and drug trafficking.
Bariš Boyun and his gang commit murders by subcontracting them to mafia organizations in the Balkans in exchange for money.
The gang carries out propaganda through its social media accounts and recruits young men between the ages of 20 and 25 from Anatolian towns as hitmen.
Gang crime
The organization’s first murder, which is involved in 10 reported murders, occurred on October 21, 2021. Kublai Kyucukaslan was killed by a gang outside a restaurant.
On April 16, 2022, Yuksel Usta, a tribune leader in Kasumpaşaspor and a member of the Emra Ayverdi gang, was killed by a motorcycle team of the Hussein Daltonlar gang.
Jovan Vukotic, one of the managers of Skalgiari, a major drug organization operating in Serbia, was killed by the organization’s motorcycle team on September 8, 2022.
Yasin Keskin, who worked at a famous nightclub in Istanbul, was killed in an armed attack by Bariş Boyun’s hitmen in front of the nightclub on September 22, 2022. The attack was against the Anukul gang, led by Khalil Ai.
A member of the Ferhat Mardin gang named Halil Guzel was killed by the Bariš Boyun gang on October 15, 2022 in Bahçelievler.
Another criminal gang member, Murat Firat Yasham, was killed in Beyoglu on November 20, 2022.
On October 18, 2022, Edip Yalshin, a member of the Barish Boyun gang, was killed in an unknown attack in Georgia.
On December 19, 2022, the Anukul Gang carried out an armed attack against the Daltons Gang. Dalton’s gang member Mehmet Emin Kalkan was killed in the attack.
On December 24, 2022, the Daltons gang attacked a cafe affiliated with the Anukul gang with a motorcycle team in Kawtan. Ramazan Arslan, a Koran course teacher, had no connection to the conflict, but was caught up in the conflict and died.
On January 14, 2023, Dalton’s Gang carried out an armed attack on Anukul Gang leader Khalil Ay at Golden Horn Bridge. Khalil Ai escaped alive, but Kumari Arslan, who was next to Khalil Ai, lost her life.
On February 2, 2023, car dealership owner Ferhat Yesilkaya was murdered by gang members in Sisli.
On May 23, 2023, Emilkan Yilmaz, a member of the Barish Boyun gang, was killed in an unknown attack in Abkhazia.
On August 6, 2023, Halil Ay, a fugitive in France, was attacked by Daltons gang member Gülbey Dirçiz at the farm where he was hiding. Halil Ay and Gülbey Dirçiz were killed in the attack.
On September 11, 2023, six gang members were attacked with Kalashnikov rifles in a car in the Greek capital Athens, killing them on the spot. The attacked vehicle had a fake number plate and the deceased were found to be in possession of fake passports.
A former MİT member who had been forced out of his job was reportedly planning to take Bariš Boyun’s men to Italy via Greece. The gang’s whereabouts were then reported to Bariš Boyun’s enemies by former MİT members.
The Athens assassination was carried out by men on motorcycles in the style of the Dalton Gang.
On September 21, 2023, ten days after the murder, ten members of the Daltons gang were arrested by police as they prepared for revenge. Two of the arrested men were found to be the brothers of Abdulrahman Teklou, who was killed in the Athens assassination.
