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Young guns for hire - the teenage hitmen recruited to kill across Europe
- A gang called the Foxtrot Network runs "violence-as-a-service," recruiting vulnerable teens on social media with gamified instructions to carry out contract killings across Europe.
- In one horrific example an 18‑year‑old killed the wrong man and was jailed for life, highlighting how young recruits—often unpaid—are used and discarded.
- An 11‑country Europol taskforce (OTF GRIMM) has made 280+ arrests and caught key suspects like "Agent 47," but Foxtrot's leader remains in Tehran and the threat continues.
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