Fucked For Life (FFL) is a criminal network in
Sweden
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, probably founded by Daniel Maiorana (born ). At the core of the network are 12 men, some of whom have "FFL" tattooed on their arms or neck.
History
The gang was initially named "Tumba Lords" after
Tumba, a southern
suburb
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of
Stockholm
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, but later changed its name "Fucked For Life" at the end of the 1990s. The gang originally consisted of 5 members, but
police
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estimates said the number had increased to approximately 40 members in 2004. FFL had begun with the theft of
mopeds
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and motocross-cycles, but in recent years they have been occupied with robbing ATMs and armoured transports.
Maiorana was released from
Hall Prison
Hall Prison ( sv, Anstalten Hall) is a prison facility 5 kilometres southeast of Södertälje
Södertälje ( , ) is a city in Södermanland and Stockholm County, Sweden and seat of Södertälje Municipality. As of 2017, it has 72,704 inhabitant ...
on 14 February 2002, where he had served a -year sentence for robbery and assault. After his release, a crime wave associated with FFL began in Stockholm, until he was arrested and sentenced to seven years in prison.
He escaped from custody on 18 January 2004 but was arrested again. He escaped yet again on 28 July 2004, together with Tony Olsson, a convict serving a life sentence for the
Malexander murders
The Malexander murders ( sv, Malexandermorden) were the murders of two police officers, Robert Karlström and Olle Borén, at Malexander, Sweden, on 28 May 1999. The murders were committed after a bank robbery in Kisa earlier that day. Three men ...
. Both men were again arrested shortly after their escape.
[Elfström, Josefine]
Vårdare på Hall avskedas efter Tony Olssons rymning
, ''Expressen
''Expressen'' (''The Express'') is one of two nationwide evening newspapers in Sweden, the other being '' Aftonbladet''. ''Expressen'' was founded in 1944; its symbol is a wasp and its slogans are "it stings" or "''Expressen'' to your rescue".
...
'' 20 August 2008.
References
Sources
* ''DN mentioning the organization "The Postal Robbery in Gothenburg" 22 January 2008'
* ''Fucked for life'
Brottsförebyggande rådet, 2005.
* ''Moppestöld första brottet'
Aftonbladet.
Gangs in Sweden
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