Europe's "Games" with Teenage Hitmen The recent conviction of Norwegian teenager Johannes Natland for a planned killing in West Yorkshire has drawn attention to the disturbing trend of organized crime groups recruiting teenagers as hitmen across Europe.
This phenomenon is not new; it's a symptom of a larger issue: the calculated outsourcing of violence by state sponsors.
For years, investigators have tracked the activities of the Foxtrot Network, an Iranian linked gang with a penchant for using social media to recruit vulnerable young people.