Trump admin cracks down on groups tied to Iran targeting US citizens, sanctions Iranian-linked Swedish gang

The Treasury Department said Iran has increasingly utilized criminal networks to conduct attacks targeting the U.S., as well as attacks against Jewish and Israeli targets in Europe.

"Iran’s brazen use of transnational criminal organizations and narcotics traffickers underscores the regime’s attempts to achieve its aims through any means, with no regard for the cost to communities across Europe," Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent said in a Wednesday statement. "Treasury, alongside our U.S. government and international partners, will continue to hold accountable those who seek to further Iran’s thuggish and destabilizing agenda." Diana Stancy is a politics reporter with Fox News Digital covering the White House. 

In addition to trafficking drugs, the Foxtrot Network is a criminal organization that conducts violent acts, including shootings, contract killings and assaults, and is responsible for increased violence in Sweden. It is notorious for employing teenagers to conduct these violent acts, according to the Treasury Department.