Sydney, April 17 || Australian authorities have arrested and charged a teenage foreign national for allegedly facilitating contract killings in Europe.
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) said on Thursday that the 15-year-old was arrested on Wednesday after officers executed a search warrant in western Sydney.
In a joint statement with Danish Police and the Swedish Police Authority, the AFP said that the teenager is accused of using an encrypted application to facilitate plans for contract killings in Denmark and Sweden on behalf of a transnational crime syndicate.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported that the 15-year-old is a Swedish national.
He has been charged with one count of using a telecommunications device to commit conspiracy to murder and one count of using a telecommunications device to commit murder.