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Convictions in Austria in a captagon trafficking case

2022-03-21T21:57:15.448Z


An entire family was sentenced to prison terms in Austria on Monday for their involvement in the large-scale trafficking of captagon, a...


An entire family was sentenced to prison terms in Austria on Monday for their involvement in large-scale trafficking of captagon, an amphetamine-type stimulant widespread in the Middle East, a judge at the regional court of Salzburg.

“The main suspect has been found guilty and a sentence of nine years in prison has been imposed”

at first instance, magistrate Peter Egger said, after the seizure of nearly 14 million pills worth 40 million euros. euros.

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His son was sentenced to six and a half years' imprisonment, his wife and daughter to three years' imprisonment, for drug trafficking and membership of a criminal organization.

Four accomplices were sentenced to between 2.5 and 7.5 years, while six others walked free with the benefit of the doubt.

Convicted persons can appeal.

The persons charged were of Austrian, Syrian, Lebanese, Belgian, German, Turkish and Hungarian nationality.

A link in an international network, the Austrian sector received shipments that arrived clandestinely from Lebanon in Belgium by sea, then shipped to Austria, hidden in the cavities of rolls of plastic film.

At a pizzeria in a small town in the Salzburg region, the drugs were then concealed in pizza ovens, washing machines and other electrical appliances before being shipped to Saudi Arabia.

The drug was making the long detour because imports from the European Union are much less controlled by Saudi Arabia than goods from the Middle East, according to the prosecution.

The amphetamine-type stimulant manufactured mainly in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq is mainly intended for the oil-rich monarchy, which suspects the Hezbollah movement of being the main instigator of this traffic.

Riyadh has imposed trade restrictions on Lebanon, accused of lacking cooperation.

Source: lefigaro

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