Goran Gogic

2022 - 11 - 2

Former heavyweight boxer Goran Gogic charged with trafficking ... (CNN)

Former heavyweight boxer Goran Gogic was charged with the maritime trafficking of over $1 billion worth of cocaine through US ports, the US Department of ...

[Breon Peace, US attorney for the Eastern District of New York,](https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/meet-us-attorney) described the quantities of cocaine that Gogic and his co-conspirators allegedly tried to move as “staggering” and noted that it was more than 20 tons. It was “one of the largest seizures of cocaine in United States history” and worth over $1 billion, the DOJ said. [Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act ](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title46/subtitle7/chapter705&edition=prelim)and three counts of violating the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, according to court documents.

Former heavyweight boxer Goran Gogic is charged with trafficking ... (SB Nation)

Former heavyweight boxer Goran Gogic faces charges of trafficking over $1 billion worth of cocaine. With a "B."

Each count, according to the DOJ, carries at least a ten-year prison term and a possible life sentence. They selected the specific containers to be used to conceal the cocaine based, in part, on the containers’ location and orientation, and route and destination on board the vessel. Jacobs, the Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Washington Field Office’s Criminal/Cyber division, added this regarding the former boxer: “Gogic allegedly conspired with drug suppliers, ships’ crewmembers, and port workers to traffic massive quantities of cocaine through the U.S. it is also one-tenth as heavy as the Statue of Liberty, and one-fourth as heavy as the Space Shuttle. For example, in February of 2019 1,437 kilograms of cocaine were seized from the MSC Carlotta at the Port of New York and New Jersey. Once the cocaine was onboard, the crewmembers would hide it within specific shipping containers that they knew had sufficient room to conceal the large quantities of cocaine and for which they had duplicate counterfeit seals.

Ex-heavyweight boxer Goran Gogic charged with trafficking more ... (FOX5 Las Vegas)

“The arrest and indictment of Gogic, a former boxer allegedly responsible for trafficking a staggering amount of cocaine, more than 20 tons, which he attempted ...

Once the cocaine was onboard, the crew members hid it in specific shipping containers. history valued at more than $1 billion. U.S. Officials said Gogic, a citizen of Montenegro, was arrested on Oct. ports, is a resounding victory for law enforcement,” said United States Attorney Breon Peace. Authorities said Gogic coordinated with sources in Colombia and crew members to transport tons of cocaine on commercial cargo ships to Europe via the U.S.

Former Heavyweight Boxer Charged With Trafficking $1 Billion of ... (The New York Times)

Goran Gogic helped move vast amounts of cocaine from Colombia to Europe using U.S. ports, prosecutors said. One haul was among the largest cocaine seizures ...

Seven crew members of the shipping vessel MSC Gayane pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, prosecutors said. Gogic will be arraigned in the Eastern District of New York at a later date, prosecutors said. Gogic, deemed a flight risk, is being held at the federal detention center in Miami, where he awaits a bail hearing next week, according to John Marzulli, a spokesman for the U.S. If convicted, he faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison and up to life in prison. The bust, at the Port of Philadelphia in June 2019, was one of the largest cocaine seizures on record in the United States, prosecutors said. Arvelo, a special agent in charge for Homeland Security Investigations in New York, said that Mr. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, said that Mr. Gogic, said that the charges “came as a surprise.” Mr. The indictment was unsealed on Monday in federal court, court records show. ports, for the ultimate goal of distribution in Europe, prosecutors said. Gogic was a “major drug trafficker” who they believe conspired with an extensive network of drug suppliers, ship crew members and port workers to traffic vast amounts of cocaine from Colombia to Europe via U.S. Hashish said his client had traveled for a boxing convention in Puerto Rico and that there hadn’t been an outstanding arrest warrant before his arrival in the United States.

U.S. Charges Ex-Boxer Goran Gogic With Trafficking $1 Billion of ... (Sports Illustrated)

The former heavyweight was arrested by officials Sunday while attempting to board an international flight at Miami International Airport.

He maintains his innocence, and had come to the U.S. “The arrest and indictment of Gogic, a former boxer allegedly responsible for trafficking a staggering amount of cocaine, more than 20 tons, which he attempted to move through U.S. One ship, the MSC Gayane docked in Philadelphia, contained roughly 20 tons of cocaine and was one of the largest cocaine seizures in U.S. Twenty-two tons of cocaine were discovered in separate 2019 seizures on three ships: Two were docked at the Port of Philadelphia, and one was docked at the Port of New York and New Jersey. The U.S. The operation required high levels of knowledge regarding the ships’ geolocation, shipment container positioning and contents, and other logistical factors.

DOJ charges ex-heavyweight boxer Goran Gogic with trafficking ... (Yahoo Sports)

Goran Gogic, of Montenegro, competed as a heavyweight and had a record of 21-4. He was arrested Sunday night at the Miami International Airport.

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