The Brussels Criminal Court has just judged 16 people as part of a group of organized crime, involving a police officer in particular. People were involved in a criminal organization suspected of import, export, transport and sale of narcotics.
A police officer tried
“Among the people involved is a police officer, sentenced to a four -year suspended sentence for corruption acts. The policeman was also sentenced to a ban on public employment for five years,” the Brussels prosecutor’s office said in a statement.
Hotots monitoring
These are investigations of the Brussels-Ouest police zone which made it possible to raise the network thread via encrypted messages. Several individuals fomed a response to a shooting near the Hotspot Bonnevie, in Molenbeek. The network extended from Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador, and made drugs arrive in Antwerp to resell it in Brussels and Paris. Some drug deliveries were made by helicopter.
Between 24,000 and 680,000 euros in fines
The suspects were sentenced to sentences ranging from 4 to 15 years’ imprisonment and fines between 24,000 to 680,000 euros. In total, justice also confiscated more than 20 million euros. Not all the people involved have been arrested, and some are on the run.
BrusselsTODAY is also on WhatsApp, click here to subscribe to the channel and be always informed
