Mysterious narco of the Cali cartel fell in Europe that ‘laundered’ millions of dollars with cryptocurrencies

This Sunday, he was arrested in Malaga, southern Spain, a historic member of the Cali cartel, in a joint operation with the city’s National Police, the Netherlands Police and the Tax Agency.

The “prominent drug trafficker”, whose identity was not disclosed, “For many years he had acted as the representative in Europe of the (now defunct) Cali cartel, mainly in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands”said the police press release.

The Colombian capo is credited with laundering capital on a large scale, estimating that he could have moved more than 6 million euros in cryptocurrencies, which is equivalent to 7.1 million dollars, in money from drug trafficking, and had also come to create a company dedicated to the trade of drugs.

The investigation began in 2018, when it became known of the existence of a criminal group settled in the province of Malaga related to historical figures of drug trafficking located in different countries of the European continent.

The captured man had settled in Marbella, Malaga, fleeing from the authorities at his previous home located in Delft, Holland.

During the investigation, the Dutch authorities found that the detainee’s illicit activity had changed, as he had gone from being a direct intermediary in drug trafficking operations to carrying out money laundering work related to cocaine trafficking.

In the luxury residence, from where he controlled the entire criminal commercial network, the police confiscated 85,000 euros in cash, three luxury watches, one of them valued at more than 17,000 euros and another in 8,000, more of quince credit cards, documentation and various computers and mobile phones from which he operated. In addition, a bank account was seized and three vehicles, one of them high-end.

While in his other home, located in the Netherlands, the authorities recovered “$ 170,000 in cryptocurrency and numerous documentary and computer material, including several cryptocurrency wallets,” the statement noted.

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