Super Cartel Trafficker Edin Gacanin Arrested Again in Dubai

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Bosnian mob boss Edin Gačanin, has been arrested for the second time in Dubai and may now face extradition to the Netherlands.

The Dutch State Prosecutor’s Office had filed criminal charges against Edin Gačanin, who is suspected of smuggling 2,500 kilograms of cocaine, worth tens of millions of euros, into the ports of Rotterdam and Hamburg.

Gačanin’s defense attorneys have reached plea agreements with the State Prosecutor’s Office, to forgo the trial in hopes of a reduced sentence of 7 years in prison and a €1 million fine.

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Othman El-Ballouti Arrested in Dubai, Belgian Fugitive Was Once Threatened by "El Mayo"

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Othman El Ballouti, a significant figure in the international cocaine trade and known as "El Patron", has been arrested in Dubai.

Othman El Ballouti managed an international criminal organization that smuggled significant quantities of cocaine via shipping containers through the Port of Antwerp in Belgium for wider distribution throughout Europe. Their cocaine supplier Wilder Emilio Sanchez Farfan, "Gato" also supplied cocaine to the Sinaloa and CJNG cartels.

The Antwerp native had been evading authorities and was previously sentenced to 7 years in absentia for trafficking 840 kilos of cocaine. He is also under investigation for his ties to the Ecuadorian cartel leader. 

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Super Cartel Camorra Trafficker Turned Informant Raffaele Imperiale Sentenced to 15 Years in Italy

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From a Sunday World Article by Niall Donald

A narco-trafficker and a key figure in Europe’s Super Cartel has been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison by an Italian court.

Dubbed the ‘King of Narcos’, Raffaele Imperiale had been extradited to Italy last year from Dubai where he had been overseeing an international cocaine trafficking ring while living in luxury in the Gulf State. After he was returned to Italian custody, Imperiale agreed to be a State witness and gave extensive details of his drug dealing business and criminal associates to police.

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