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During 2020, the Anti-Drug Service Police within the Directorate for Combating Organized Crime, together with DIICOT prosecutors, conducted investigations against members of a large criminal network in Mexico, involved in international drug trafficking, said the Inspection in a statement on General Sunday from the Romanian Police.
According to IGPR, the action benefited from collaboration with several US agencies: DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration), Homeland Security and US Marshals, respectively.
This consisted of a request for a letter rogatory made by the United States Department of Justice, in the investigation of money laundering, money laundering, conspiracy or distribution for the purposes of illegal importation and importation of controlled substances, provided for by the Code of U.S. “shows IGPR.
These facts are in accordance with Romanian law with the crimes of high risk international drug trafficking and money laundering, says IGPR.
“The success of the police activities carried out led to the issuance of a provisional arrest warrant, for extradition, issued by the judicial authorities of the United States of America, on behalf of a Mexican citizen, an order that was executed by the Romanian authorities “, according to the cited source.
This operation was an integral part of the large-scale operation carried out by the Drug Enforcement Administration, in which 230 arrests and 11 search warrants were made.
In July 2020, the Mexican citizen who was the subject of the provisional arrest warrant was extradited to the United States of America, and will be tried for the charges against him.
For the development of this operation, the police officers from the Directorate for the Fight against Organized Crime had the support of the police from the Service for the Fight against Organized Crime, Sea Ports and the General Inspection of Border Police – PTF Otopeni Airport, it also points out. IGPR.
