India, Oct. 16 -- A teenager from Norway, who agreed to commit a murder in Britain for money for an organised criminal group of Sweden that is associated with the Iranian government, has been given a sentence of 20 years imprisonment. The teenager, named Johannes Kongsnes Natland, aged 19, was found guilty of conspiracy to murder after a retrial at the Old Bailey court in London in July 2026.

This case has shown that there are risks of recruiting youths online to commit serious offences on behalf of organised criminal groups. It has been reported by the UK authorities that the young man was recruited by the Foxtrot Network, a Swedish criminal group that is associated with the Iranian regime.

Natland was apprehended on March 19, 2025, fr...