The suspect belongs to an organised crime group (OCG) of five who allegedly wanted to murder a member of a rival criminal network. Apparently, the girl was killed by accident, and the OCG member later fled to Spain. The Spanish authorities recently managed to locate the suspect in close cooperation with their Swedish counterparts and had him under surveillance.

To be able to arrest the suspect, an EAW was issued by the Swedish Prosecution Authority after a Stockholm court decided to detain him in his absence. The warrant was immediately transferred to Spain via rapid coordination by the Swedish and Spanish desks at Eurojust. This ensured the arrest of the suspect by the Spanish authorities directly after the EAW had been issued. The Swedish and Spanish authorities remain in close contact so the suspect can be surrendered to Sweden at the shortest possible notice.