The Dutch State Prosecutor’s Office has 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.
Dutch media outlet Ad.nl reports that Edin Gačanin was one of the key figures in an international “super cartel” in Dubai, which, according to judicial authorities, included Riduan Tagi, the now-arrested and fugitive Italian mafia boss Raffaele Imperiale, and the notorious Irish crime family Kinahan. The super cartel is said to be responsible for a third of the cocaine trade from South America to Europe.
Gačanin’s defense attorneys Laura Versluis and Leon van Kleef have reached plea agreements with the State Prosecutor’s Office, meaning that the State Prosecutor’s Office and the defense agree that the lawyers will waive their right to conduct an investigation, and in return, the State Prosecutor’s Office will not be too strict in its requested sentence.
The parties agreed on a sentence of seven years in prison and a fine of one million euros. The court agreed with this and sentenced Gačanin in accordance with the request of the State Prosecutor’s Office.
As a reminder, Gačanin was arrested in Dubai in 2022, but was later released for reasons that have never been clarified, N1 writes.
