TNN National News - International Suspect Accused of Trying to Import 661 pounds of Cocaine Extradited to US 11/21/2014 Todd D. Lederer - Editor DEA Deputy Administrator Thomas Harrigan and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York today announced that Michael Filter was extradited from Estonia where he had been arrested for conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States and conspiracy to distribute cocaine on board an aircraft. Filter, a German citizen, arrived in the Southern District of New York Wednesday, and made his first appearance in Manhattan federal court Thursday. Filter’s co-defendants, Joseph Manuel Hunter, Timothy Vamvakias, and Dennis Gogel were previously arrested in Thailand (Hunter) and Liberia (Vamvakias and Gogel) and brought to the United States in September 2013. In charging documents, Filter is accused of attempting to import 300 Kilos or roughly 661 pounds of cocaine into the US. Co-defendant Slawomir Soborski was previously arrested in Estonia in September 2013 and was extradited to the United States in April 2014. “Michael Filter, who allegedly facilitated global drug trafficking and violence with associates such as Joseph Hunter, will now face justice in the United States,” Harrigan said. “A former member of the German armed forces, Filter was a key player in a worldwide criminal enterprise that included associates charged in an elaborate murder-for-hire scheme.”
Posted on: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 16:09:02 +0000
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