Drug Traffickers - Drug Dealers, Drug Rings, Police Officers Convicted of Drug Trafficking, Desi Bouterse, Marc Dutroux, Bali Nine (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Drug dealers, Drug rings, Police officers convicted of drug trafficking, Desi Bouterse, Marc Dutroux, Bali Nine, Wonderland Gang, Drug trafficking organizations, Cathy Smith, Pizza Connection Trial, Roger Rogerson, Richard Cain, French Connection, Pong Su incident, Rafael Perez, The Brotherhood of Eternal Love, Wolfgang Droege, Brendon Fearon, The Yogurt Connection, Arturo Durazo Moreno, Adam Jasinski, Rogelio Galvan Chavez, William King and Antonio Murray, Sam Jones III, Robert 'Dolly' Dunn, Tam Paton, Noe Ramirez Mandujano, Jose "Junior Capsula" Figueroa Agosto, Black Tuna Gang, The Council. Excerpt: The Bali Nine is the name given to a group of nine Australians arrested on 17 April 2005, in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, in a plan to smuggle 8.3 kg (18 lb) of heroin valued at approximately A$4 million from Indonesia to Australia. Andrew Chan, Si Yi Chen, Michael Czugaj, Renae Lawrence, Tach Duc Thanh Nguyen, Matthew Norman, Scott Rush, Martin Stephens and Myuran Sukumaran, all aged between 18 and 28 at the time of their arrests, faced the death penalty or life in prison if convicted. On 13 February 2006, Lawrence and Rush, the first of the nine to face sentencing, were sentenced to life imprisonment. The following day, Czugaj and Stephens were sentenced to life imprisonment, and the group ringleaders, Chan and Sukumaran were sentenced to death via firing squad; the first ever death sentences imposed by the Denpasar District Court. The remaining three, Norman, Chen and Nguyen were all sentenced to life imprisonment on 15 February 2006. On 26 April 2006, Lawrence, Nguyen, Chen, and Norman had their sentences reduced to 20-year sentences on appeal, while the life sentences for Czugaj and Stephens were upheld. Prosecutors launched appeals against the reductions in sentences. On 6 September 2006, it was revealed that as a...