Drug trafficking: Sergio Roberto de Carvalho, the “Brazilian Pablo Escobar”, extradited to Belgium

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Sergio Roberto de Carvalho, a Brazilian drug trafficker, was extradited to Belgium on Thursday June 15. He had been arrested just a year ago in Budapest, Hungary. He is charged with “drug trafficking” and “participation in a criminal organization”.

Bulletproof vest and helmet on his head, Sergio Roberto de Carvalho is taken, Thursday, June 15, in an armored van towards Budapest airport (Hungary). An exceptional security device to transfer one of the most dangerous criminals in the world, nicknamed the “Brazilian Pablo Escobar”. Along the way, dozens of heavily armed soldiers and police secured the convoy until it boarded a plane bound for Belgium.

He had been wanted since 2020

Just a year ago, the man in his sixties was arrested in Budapest. Wanted since 2020, he is suspected of being at the head of a vast drug trafficking organization bound for Europe. Sergio Roberto de Carvalho is now detained in a prison in Brussels (Belgium). Belgium is the main gateway for cocaine in Europe, and the name of the Brazilian trafficker comes up in many files. Upon his arrival, he was heard by an investigating judge, who charged him with “drug trafficking” and “participation in a criminal organization”.


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