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Hamburg Court Jails Four in 584-Kilogram Container Cocaine Case

Police-cracked encrypted messages provided the key evidence tying the group to container recoveries, then to subsequent sales.

Die vier Angeklagten wurden zu mehrjährigen Haftstrafen verurteilt.
Wegen Beteiligung am Handel mit Kokain und Cannabis sind vier Angeklagte in Hamburg zu Haft- und Bewährungsstrafe verurteilt worden. Das Landgericht verhängte zwischen zwei Jahren Haft auf Bewährung sowie fünf Jahren und drei Monaten Gefängnis.

Overview

  • The regional court handed down terms of five years and three months for a 38-year-old, three years and three months for a 42-year-old, two years and six months in youth detention for a 24-year-old, and a two-year youth sentence suspended for a 25-year-old.
  • Investigators relied on decrypted communications from EncroChat and SkyECC to map the network’s coordination and responsibilities.
  • Prosecutors said 14 refrigerated containers arrived in Hamburg between October 2019 and March 2021 with cocaine from South America, and one container was forwarded to England before recovery.
  • The court attributed roles that included retrieval and staging of the cocaine by the 25-year-old, proceeds handling and encrypted phone distribution by the 38-year-old, and recovery assistance by the 24- and 42-year-olds.
  • Judges ordered confiscation of criminal proceeds per defendant ranging from about €26,000 to roughly €1.95–€1.96 million.