Swedish appeals court upholds conviction in PKK funding case

FILE PHOTO: A Swedish flag hangs outside a store on a busy street as visitors walk past in the background in the old town of Stockholm, Sweden, July 14, 2023 REUTERS/Tom Little/File Photo

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A Swedish appeals court on Wednesday upheld the guilty verdict of a man charged with attempting to finance the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), in a ruling that could affect the likelihood of Turkey ratifying Sweden's NATO application.

Ankara accuses Sweden of harbouring members of militant groups on its territory and has said it must crack down on them before it can join NATO.