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Spain accidentally releases alleged Dutch druglord Karim Bouyakhrichan
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68882474
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Justice officials in Spain have been left red-faced after accidentally releasing a billionaire Dutch drug lord from prison in a bureaucratic mix-up.
The Mocro Maffia refers to several of Europe’s largest cocaine trafficking cartels, and is believed to have smuggled billions of euros worth of the drug from South America into the EU over the past 15 years.
They are said to use the huge ports in Amsterdam and Rotterdam to move cocaine around the continent, while directing money-laundering operations across Europe, the Middle East and Morocco.
Mr Bouyakhrichan - also known as Taxi - was arrested in January alongside five other men after being accused of laundering money through the purchase of 172 properties in Spain worth over €50m (£42.9m).
Upon learning of Mr Bouyakhrichan’s detention, Dutch authorities filed an extradition request which was initially approved by a national court in Madrid.
On 22 February, the Malaga court accepted an appeal lodged by Mr Bouyakhrichan’s defence team and ordered his release pending extradition if he paid a €50,000 (£43,000) bail bond.
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