It is probably one of the biggest cases of marijuana – and Cannabis-smuggling. Between 2010 and April 2016, a total of seven tons of drugs from Holland and Spain should be in the Switzerland and imported. Around 20 people were said to be involved. Yesterday, the alleged main perpetrator stood in front of the district court of Zurich. The now 39-year-old Swiss is not only the threads, but also a variety of hemp-Indoor-plants in Switzerland have operated. So it is at least in the 55-page-long indictment. His turnover to the office of the public Prosecutor estimated at around 37 million Swiss francs. In addition, the man had operated the money laundering in the amount of approximately 5 million Swiss francs.
the Prosecutor demanded a sentence of twelve years, and the delivery of 4 million francs to the state. He accuses the man only gangs and the marketing of the drug trade, he had also paid for ten years of no taxes, and be sat, despite the withdrawal of the driving licence 190 times.
in The process, the Accused made hardly any statements on the matter. He denied the majority of the alleged offences, he had only traded with 200 kilograms of Cannabis and marijuana. On the question of the judge why he was paid as an alleged event Manager during ten years of no taxes, he replied evasively. He didn’t know how to do this. He was assessed by the tax authorities, but refused to pay the bills.
He didn’t know how to do this. The answer of the defendant on the question of the judge why he had paid ten years of no taxes.
On the note of the judge, whether he knew that a confession with a significant reduction in the sentence, told the Accused that he had known.
The Prosecutor accused the “Small” – so the Accused of his roles was mentioned in the wiretapped phone calls each – to have a large footprint lived. It was a professional criminal who is transferred in Brazil, a beach club and a lot of money there. What is his profit was, is not known. The Transfers abroad and the investments in the hemp-Indoor-plants of the state attorney amounted to just under 5 million Swiss francs.
A well-known “star witness”
The Prosecutor stressed that around a dozen former aides and accomplices would be a burden on the accused. As a “key witness”, he called the former administrator of the rotten houses in district 4, served as the Board of Directors of that company, with a large part of the drug smuggling was carried out. The 50-Year-old was convicted this summer in the accelerated proceedings for drug trafficking and complicity to money laundering to be a part of a suspended sentence of 36 months and must pay back to the state of 100’000 Swiss francs.
Two other Accused in the drug ring had must time to answer before the same court. The Prosecutor asked for one of them a sentence of five and a half years, and for the other 36 months. The court said at the time, no judgments, but was waiting for the yesterday’s trial against the main accused.
The two defenders of the accused requested a sentence of 36 months. Your client was dismissed after the judgment immediately, as he seats already for 960 days in jail. The state attorney’s statements made to the drug quantity to be completely outrageous. Her client had only acted with hemp products in the scope of 240 kilograms, sales amounted to CHF 1.15 million. He would recognize the alleged multiple pledging of fraud (not taxes paid), and driving without permission.
pressure
The lawyers went to the state attorney of jurisdiction. This does not have spurts set the accomplices under pressure, so that they would be a burden on the accused: “Who, the sass.” So the “key witness I can count on” with a summary procedure and the release from prison, after he had made estimates for drug smuggling. In addition, the prosecution’s principle had been violated, exact location and time information in the drug deals were missing. In Addition, foreign remittances and investment in Indoor facilities are not money laundering. The court is in the verdict next week.
(Tages-Anzeiger)
Created: 13.12.2018, 10:21 PM
