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His boat transported a large amount of cocaine from Latin America to Europe. He is the "mastermind" of the largest cocaine network ever to operate in Greece.
A man has been arrested as the owner of a boat carrying a large amount of cocaine, who has previously been described as the "Greek Escobar". According to Greek media, the cargo on board is suspected to be around 7 tons.
The case concerns an international investigation into a criminal organization, with five people arrested and five more arrests expected.
The criminal past of the man arrested as the owner of the ship that was found transporting a large amount of cocaine from Latin America to Europe, as part of an international investigation into the activities of a criminal organization, is rich and "adventurous".
Five people have been arrested in connection with this case, while 5 more are expected to be arrested. More specifically, the first were arrested in Greece, while the second, who were on the ship, are in custody and will be arrested.
Undoubtedly, the person who stands out among the defendants is the alleged owner of the drug ship, who in the past was known by the nickname "Greek Escobar".
And this is because he was arrested as the "mastermind" of the largest cocaine network that has ever operated in our country.
It was the summer of 2004, when news broke that a ship named "Africa 1" had been found by Spanish authorities with 5.4 tons of cocaine in its holds, the value of which today exceeds 500,000,000 euros!
The ship departed from Piraeus on May 15, 2004 with a declared destination of Turkey. However, law enforcement authorities in Greece and other European countries, who had been monitoring every movement of the "Greek Escobar", found his ship via satellite moving in the Atlantic Ocean towards the west coast of Africa.
On July 13, Spanish authorities raided the Africa 1, where they found cocaine. The drugs were packaged in cardboard boxes labeled as mineral water.
In August 2004, the drug trafficker was found in Stuttgart, Germany, and arrested. From the moment he fell into the hands of the prosecution authorities, he claimed that he had nothing to do with it. However, he failed to convince them. In the first case, he was sentenced to life imprisonment.
However, the Five-Member Criminal Appeals Court of Piraeus commuted the life sentence to 22 years in prison.
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