Denho Acar
Denho Acar (born 1974 in Midyat), also known as Dano and Djingis Khan, is a mobster of Assyrian/Syriac descent and founder of the Swedish crime syndicate Original Gangsters (OGs).
Biography
Acar was born to Syriac-speaking parents in the town of Midyat in Turkey in 1974, and moved to Bergsjön, a suburb of the Swedish city Gothenburg, in 1985. He was involved in a number of criminal activities in his youth and stood trial for the first time in 1991, for two cases of assault with a deadly weapon.[1] In 1993, he founded the Original Gangsters and a year later, he was imprisoned in Denmark for armed robbery. Since then, he's also been convicted of several other crimes.[citation needed]
In 2007, Acar fled to the tourist resort of Marmaris in Turkey because the Swedish police want him for an arson attack on a cafe in Gothenburg.[2] He has served in the Turkish Army, and has also been charged with forgery by the Turkish government as he used a bogus Swedish passport to enter the country. He cannot be deported, however, as he is a Turkish national and has never been granted full citizenship by Sweden.[3]
In early 2008, it was announced that he would hand over the formal leadership of the Original Gangsters in Sweden to the former gang vice-leader, Wojtek Walczak. He is still the gang's overall leader, however, and claims that he is now focusing on expanding the gang into Norway, Germany and the Netherlands.[citation needed]
His permanent residence permit was revoked by the Swedish government in August 2008, on the grounds that he is no longer considered to be a resident in the country.[4]
References
- ^ "Organized Crime In Sweden". Archived from the original on 4 April 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ Uppdrag Granskning, SVT, 2008-01-16
- ^ "Svensk maffia". 2008-03-15.
- ^ "Tidigare OG-ledaren nekas uppehållstillstånd i Sverige". Expressen. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- 1974 births
- Living people
- People from Midyat
- Assyrian emigrants to Sweden
- Turkish emigrants to Sweden
- Swedish people of Assyrian/Syriac descent
- Gang members
- People from Gothenburg
- Turkish criminals
- Turkish crime bosses
- Turkish people imprisoned abroad
- Fugitives wanted by Sweden
- Prisoners and detainees of Denmark