Milan Jaff
Milan Jaff is an Iraqi-born Kurdish criminal, rapper and social media influencer who has been active in Finland. He moved to Finland at the end of 2017 at the age of 16 alone from Iraqi Kurdistan, after first staying in at least Bulgaria and Denmark. Milan has led the Kurdish Mafia street gang, which originated in Helsinki since 2019. As of June 2022, Jaff's Instagram account had over 91,000 followers and his YouTube channel had over 7,500 subscribers and over two million views.
Jaff has actively promoted his gangsta lifestyle on social media. The lyrics of his rap songs emphasize his own gang and gang life with crime, violence, drugs, and anti-authoritarian and anti-social behavior. In February 2022, Helsinki Police reported that Jaff was a leading figure of a Helsinki street gang of immigrant background. The Helsinki court of appeals ruled in June 2024 that the Kurdish Mafia group and its activities do not constitute organized crime, as it could not be proven that the group had an established roster of members or that it had committed criminal acts for a prolonged period of time.
Jaff has been convicted of several crimes, including assault, rape, attempted murder, firearms offenses, threatening a person being heard in the administration of justice, aggravated robbery, aggravated deprivation of liberty, and drug offenses. The Finnish Immigration Service revoked his residence permit in September 2025 and ordered him to be deported to Iraq. Jaff appealed the decision to the Administrative Court. However, he withdrew his appeal and intended to return to Iraq voluntarily. He was deported in December 2025.