Overview
- Savas, 45, was convicted in Belgium and fined €400,000, with $100,000 in assets seized.
- Three co-defendants were sentenced in absentia to 12 and 13 years, with arrest ordered by the court.
- Prosecutors said he shipped boats and outboard engines from Turkey to Germany for storage before delivery to northern France.
- The NCA called him the most significant supplier to Channel smuggling gangs, citing messages boasting of 1,000 engines and self-styled 'king of transport and export' claims.
- He was arrested at Amsterdam Schiphol in November 2024 after a joint UK‑Belgian‑Dutch probe, and he pleaded guilty while disputing the timeline and saying he never personally smuggled people.