Overview

• A Dutch court found Stam guilty of transporting 724 kg of cocaine, supplying MDMA and possessing nitrous oxide in a scheme prosecutors said spanned multiple countries
• Investigators detailed plans for multi-tonne shipments destined for Rotterdam, including an intercepted consignment in Chile and contacts traced to Dubai and Frankfurt
• Prosecutors had characterised Stam as a major organiser and sought a 13-year term, but the court acquitted him on some counts and imposed a seven-year sentence
• The judgment included a €30,000 fine and the seizure of approximately €1.7 million in alleged criminal proceeds
• Stam’s conviction marks a dramatic fall from his playing days, when he won the 2009/10 Eredivisie with FC Twente and lifted the FA Cup with Wigan Athletic