Bulgaria hands over the last of the Cocaine Kings to Italy

The last of the Cocaine Kings was handed over to the Italian authorities on August 10, the website of the Bulgarian Ministry of Interior announced. Bulgarian citizen Ivaylo Yordanov (33) from Blagoevgrad was extradited on Friday. He was arrested during the Cocaine Kings international operation and was handed over to the Italian authorities under a European arrest warrant issued by the court of Milan. The Ministry of Interior reminds that in July it extradited one by one the members of the organised crime group, which was trafficking very large amounts of cocaine from South America to Europe.

On July 27 with a flight to Rome the police extradited Evelin Banev-Brendo, who is considered to be the ringleader of the organised crime group. Evelin Banev was detained during the Cocaine Kings international operation against the organised crime group which was trafficking large amounts of cocaine from South America. During the operation a total of 15 Bulgarians and 15 foreign citizens were arrested, including 12 Italians, 1 Slovenian, 1 Romanian, and 1 Georgian. The first five members of the group were handed over to the Italian authorities on June 25 and July 12, 2012.

A video of the extradition has been uploaded on the website of the Ministry of Interior.

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