A 25 year old Kurdish Mafia, MILAN JAFF Deported From Finland To Iraq.

 

According to information Iltalehti obtained, Milan Jaff, 25, has been deported from Finland to Iraq as a result of an operation led by Frontex. The deportation took place during the night between Monday and Tuesday, ending a years-long legal and criminal history in Finland.

 The removal flight departed from Helsinki-Vantaa Airport at 03:48 on Tuesday.  The aircraft, operated by Freebird Airlines, made stops in Malmö and Vienna before landing in Baghdad at 14:15.  A passenger on the same flight said that the operation involved about 150 officials and dozens of deportees. A joint deportation flight involving individuals from multiple countries was confirmed by the Helsinki Police Department. Head of the permit and immigration unit, Chief Superintendent Simo Kauppinen, told Iltalehti that several individuals on board had deportation orders for criminal convictions.

 Milan Jaff, originally from Iraq, had his residence permit revoked earlier this year by the Finnish Immigration Service.  The agency ordered his removal and issued a permanent entry ban covering the entire Schengen Area and EU member states.  He appealed to the Helsinki Administrative Court, but his appeal was denied. A second appeal was made to the Supreme Administrative Court, but the deportation process was not halted. According to Iltalehti, Jaff had been held at the Joutseno detention centre in Lappeenranta since his release from prison in August.  He had stated to the media that he had no ties to Iraq and did not want to return there. He first arrived in Finland as a 17-year-old in 2017 during the refugee influx.

 Over the next eight years, Milan Jaff accumulated a significant criminal record.  In 2019, when he was 19, he received his first conviction. He was later sentenced for attempted manslaughter, rape, and drug offences, as well as for planning an armed attack on the Kaivohuone nightclub in Helsinki.  He was also convicted of firing shots at a house party in Espoo.

 Jaff was handed a 10-year prison term by the District Court of Eastern Uusimaa in October 2022. In 2024, the Helsinki Court of Appeal reduced the sentence to six years and two months, ruling that the so-called Kurdish Mafia group was not a formally organised criminal organisation.

 While incarcerated, Milan Jaff was the victim of a violent assault in 2023.  He was released from Turku prison in August 2024 and immediately transferred into immigration detention.

 Jaff became a central figure in the national discussion of street crime due to his involvement in violent crime and his position as a leader of the Kurdish Mafia gang. Jaff was described as a frontman rather than a decision-maker in the non-fiction book Like Brothers – the truth about Finland's street gangs published in 2024. It is possible that other members of the group used him as a shield. During the return operation, he was reportedly escorted by multiple officers and then transported by car from Baghdad to the Kurdish region of northern Iraq.  A family member told Iltalehti that his return was a surprise to relatives, especially to his mother.

 Under the supervision of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex), the deportation was part of a coordinated Nordic removal effort. It involved individuals who had been expelled from multiple nations.