Drug cartel leader Edin Gacanin Tito arrested in Dubai. The Dutch Public Prosecutor's Office has filed a criminal complaint against Gacanin, who is suspected of smuggling 2,500 kilograms of cocaine, worth tens of millions of euros, into the ports of Rotterdam and Hamburg. Pročitaj više

The Dutch media outlet Ad.nl describes Edin Gacanin as one of the key figures in an international “super cartel” in Dubai, which, according to judicial authorities, included Ridouan Taghi, now arrested, fugitive Italian mafia boss Raffaele Imperiale, and the notorious Irish Kinahan crime family. The super cartel is said to be responsible for one-third of the cocaine trade from South America to Europe.

Gacanin’s defense attorneys, Laura Versluis and Leon van Kleef, reached procedural agreements with the Public Prosecutor's Office, meaning that both parties agreed that the defense would waive its right to conduct an investigation, while in return, the Public Prosecutor's Office would not be overly strict regarding the requested sentence.

The parties agreed on a sentence of seven years in prison and a fine of one million euros. The court accepted this agreement and sentenced Gačanin in accordance with the prosecution's request.

It should be noted that Gacanin was arrested in Dubai in 2022 but was later released for reasons that were never clarified.