Europol breaks up drug “super-cartel”

https://nltimes.nl/2022/11/28/europ...izing-30-tonnes-cocaine-16-dutch-arrests

Cocaine 'super-cartel' fronted by British drugs lord is busted with 49 arrested across Europe and Dubai: Cops seize supercars, luxury villas and piles of cash in 'historic' raids

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ord-busted-49-arrested-Europe-Dubai.html

Super cartel controlled one third of cocaine trade in Europe – Taken down in six countries
Bosnian drug lord Edin Gacanin arrested: https://gangstersinc.org/blog/super-cartel-controlled-one-third-of-cocaine-trade-in-europe-take

big deal they nabbed Edin Gacanin

Yep Daniel Kinahan is the only leader now still free.

The tall guy arrested in Spain probably dutch lol.

Cops Dismantle 'Super Cartel' That Controlled One Third of Europe's Cocaine Trade
An international police operation involving the DEA led to the arrest of 6 cocaine kingpins including Dutch-Bosnian Edin "Tito" Gacanin, alleged to be one of Europe's biggest traffickers.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7zmdq/dubai-cocaine-cartel-arrests

The so-called super cartel was likely not a formal alliance but a successful example of "crowdsourcing," with different criminal actors pooling their money to buy cocaine cheaper in bulk.

The members each had their contacts in cocaine-producing and transit countries, enabling them to buy drugs at reduced prices and sell them in Europe at a hefty markup. But either way, with most of the partners behind bars, this profitable collaboration may be over.

Dalwood Ibrahim is still in Dubai, not been given up?
Kinahan snr similar

Was a Super Cartel Really Controlling Europe's Drug Trade?

https://insightcrime.org/news/super-cartel-controlling-europe-drug-trade/

according to this article the Dubai's so called 'supercartel' (Taghi-Gacanin-Imperiale-Kinahan) was behind the seizure of 18 tons of cocaine in Philadelphia

'The partners are also believed to have jointly invested in mega-shipments, including the one containing almost 18 tons of cocaine seized in Philadelphia en route to the ports of Antwerp and Rotterdam in 2019.'

I believe the Kinahan's have recently left Dubai for Asia possibly Kazachstan where they have developed ties with the regime.
Dawood is living in Pakistan though the government of Pakistan denies it.

Interesting well known Polish-Italian Gangster Ricardo Fanchini (66) is in prison again. The man who made his fortune in Antwerp in the 2000s with his vodka factory Kremlyosvkaya on the Eilandje and with drug trafficking, has been arrested as a member of the 'Super Cartel' of the cocaine trade.
That investigation is based on cracked chat messages from Operation Sky ECC. And the money to fund that operation came from...Fanchini.

And let him go lol..


Two arrested Dutch drug suspects who would be part of a 'super cartel' in Dubai have already been released. The Algemeen Dagblad reports this today.

Breda Bosnian cartel leader Edin G. (40) and Rotterdammer Zouhair B. (37) were arrested in November in Dubai along with another 47 suspects during the large-scale action 'Operation Desert Light'. Their super cartel is said to account for a third of the cocaine trade in Europe.

But two months later, both Dutchmen have not yet been extradited to the Netherlands. Justice does not know where Edin G. is. Zouhair B. is also free.

US Treasury is designating Edin Gacanin, a BiH national and one of the world’s most notorious narcotics traffickers, pursuant to E.O. 14059. In addition to narcotics trafficking efforts across multiple countries, Gacanin’s cartel is involved in money laundering and is connected to the Kinahan Organized Crime Group, which was previously designated by Treasury for its role as a significant transnational criminal organization.

https://www.state.gov/sanctioning-i...ilizing-activity-and-drug-proliferation/

Cocaine dealer Edin G. has made procedural agreements with the Public Prosecution Service. His lawyer Laura Versluis confirmed this after reporting in the NRC . The Breda Bosnian G. appears to have been tried at a hearing before the court in Rotterdam on November 1. On November 16, the court approved the agreements and sentenced G. to seven years in prison and a fine of 1 million euros.

The conviction revolves around the import of two consignments of cocaine in 2020 totaling more than 2,400 kilos via the ports of Rotterdam and Hamburg and the import of chemicals for the production of crystal meth.

Edin G (36) was born in Bosnia in the former Yugoslavia, but largely grew up in the Breda region after his parents fled the civil war in the 1990s.

Through his lawyers, he has repeatedly denied being involved in cocaine trafficking in the past.

D.E.A
This happened after his name appeared in various media in Sarajevo several years ago in connection with his alleged role in international cocaine trafficking. Crimesite published, among other things, documents that the American Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) prepared about G.

He is said to have initiated a successful series of cocaine transports to Europe from Peru in particular from 2006 onwards. In 2017, the DEA spoke of the 'Tito and Dino cartel', a 'super cartel' that operated from Dubai and that collaborated with the Irish Kinahan clan , the Italian Raffaële Imperiale and Ridouan Taghi. G.'s other lawyer, Leon van Kleef, says in NRC that no factual substantiation of this suspicion has ever been provided.

List
In any case, G. is, like certain Kinahans, on a list of the American Treasury. In April 2022 , the Ministry of Finance's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) started a hunt for the assets of the Kinahan clan and now also for those of G.

Assets of people on that list are frozen, Americans are not allowed to do business with them and the US imposes sanctions on foreign persons or companies associated with them.

Arrested
Edin G. was arrested in Dubai last year, like dozens of other suspects. The Netherlands has requested his extradition, according to NRC because, based on chat messages cracked by the police, Edin G. was suspected of involvement in the import of the two shipments of cocaine and the shipment of chemicals for the production of crystal meth, for which he has now been convicted.

Unknown location
G. was released again for unexplained reasons and the extradition did not go ahead. Negotiations were then conducted in silence with the judiciary in the Netherlands.

In case of trial agreements, a suspect waives his defense in exchange for a reduced sentence.

G. is staying at an unknown location. According to the NRC, it has been agreed that G. can serve his sentence in the Netherlands, but also in another country - probably Bosnia.

His uncle Mirza G. is serving a sentence in the Netherlands for money laundering. He filed a report against Edin G. in 2020 for threats.

If you wanted to, can you still go and buy cocaine at any time on the street? If the answer is yes, then they're not making a dent in the cocaine trade.

yes, you can if you know the right places

Of course you can , here price for 1kg is 35,000 euros. If you know the right people, you can get it for 28,000-30,000. Once its get cut, usually with creatine and paracetamol , from 1kg you can get 3kg , price for 1 gram is 100 euros and for good quality it can go up to 250 euros.

50 to 55 euros per gram here.

Really? How is it so cheap there? I visited Netherlands 2 times but never bought cocaine. In Austria its also around 100 euros per gram.

The price has never changed as long as I can remember it's around 50 euros in the 90s 100 dutch guilders.

Visiting a prostitute in red light districts also 50 euros.lol.

Do you have a favorite prostitute?

Please tell us H..some people enjoy visiting

I'm asking for a friend

You went to Amsterdam didn't you visit 'de wallen'?

I liked Rotterdam more than Amsterdam honestly. I just took a walk in 'de wallen' didn't use any of the services haha

Many know only Amsterdam but there are far more interesting cities in the Netherlands from north to south.

Like I said, some people enjoy visiting. Don't dodge the question

And work on your English lol

Moroccan-Dutch crime boss Ridouan Taghi gets life in prison https://gangstersinc.org/blog/moroccan-dutch-crime-boss-ridouan-taghi-gets-life-in-prison

Global drug kingpin’s inner circle taken down – One of the leaders of Europe’s “Super Cartel” feels the heat

Authorities are closing in on the elusive European drug lord Edin Gacanin, who runs what the DEA and Europol dubbed the Super Cartel, which controls much of Europe’s cocaine trade. He does so alongside the Irish Kinahan Clan, the Dutch Moroccan Mafia, and the Italian Camorra. In a large-scale raid yesterday conducted in Bosnia and Herzegovina, law enforcement officers swarmed homes and offices of 23 persons suspected to be part of Gacanin’s inner circle.

https://gangstersinc.org/2024/04/23...-of-europes-super-cartel-feels-the-heat/