On Thursday, the Ministry of the Interior of Turkey informed of the detention of 348 people in a nationwide action against “paying assassins” recruited via the Internet, reported the diary “Hurriyet”.
Police have apprehended suspects in 58 of 81 provinces of the country. The operation was targeted at criminal groups that, through social networks, recruited and advertised people to carry out assassinations on commission.
According to the ministry's findings, suspects utilized groups on net communicators to recruit "executors" or offer criminal services. The content they published besides contained threats, insults and propaganda of gangs – they glorified crime and criminals while promoting the activities of criminal groups.
APW, PAP
