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National Post
20-06-2025
- National Post
Dutch soccer star extradited from Dubai to face prison in cocaine smuggling case
Dutch soccer player Quincy Promes was being extradited Friday from Dubai to the Netherlands, where he faces a prison sentence for involvement in cocaine smuggling, the prosecutor's office told The Associated Press. Article content The Dutch public prosecution service confirmed to the AP that Promes was en route to the Netherlands, in Dutch custody. Article content Article content Promes, who scored seven goals in 50 international matches for the Netherlands before legal issues derailed his international career, was convicted last year of complicity in cocaine smuggling and sentenced in his absence to six years in prison. Article content Amsterdam District Court ruled that Promes was involved in the import and export of hundreds of kilograms (pounds) of cocaine in 2020. His lawyers told judges he denied the allegations. Article content In 2023, Promes was found guilty of stabbing his cousin in the leg and was sentenced to 18 months in prison. Article content Both of Promes' convictions are currently under appeal.
Washington Post
20-06-2025
- Washington Post
Dutch soccer player Quincy Promes extradited from Dubai to face prison in cocaine smuggling case
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Dutch soccer player Quincy Promes was being extradited Friday from Dubai to the Netherlands, where he faces a prison sentence for involvement in cocaine smuggling, the prosecutor's office told The Associated Press. The Dutch public prosecution service confirmed to the AP that Promes was en route to the Netherlands, in Dutch custody. Promes, who scored seven goals in 50 international matches for the Netherlands before legal issues derailed his international career, was convicted last year of complicity in cocaine smuggling and sentenced in his absence to six years in prison. Amsterdam District Court ruled that Promes was involved in the import and export of hundreds of kilograms (pounds) of cocaine in 2020. His lawyers told judges he denied the allegations. In 2023, Promes was found guilty of stabbing his cousin in the leg and was sentenced to 18 months in prison. Both of Promes' convictions are currently under appeal. Promes, a 33-year-old former player for Ajax and Sevilla, had been playing for Spartak Moscow and living in Russia from 2021 until last year, when he was reportedly arrested in Dubai around the time that Spartak was there for friendly games. More recently, he had been playing with United FC, a second-tier club in Dubai. ___ AP soccer:
Al Arabiya
20-06-2025
- Al Arabiya
Dutch Soccer Player Quincy Promes Extradited From Dubai To Face Prison In Cocaine Smuggling Case
Dutch soccer player Quincy Promes was extradited Friday from Dubai to the Netherlands, where he faces a prison sentence for involvement in cocaine smuggling, the prosecutor's office told The Associated Press. The Dutch public prosecution service confirmed to the AP that Promes was en route to the Netherlands in Dutch custody. Promes, who scored seven goals in 50 international matches for the Netherlands before legal issues derailed his international career, was convicted last year of complicity in cocaine smuggling and sentenced in his absence to six years in prison. Amsterdam District Court ruled that Promes was involved in the import and export of hundreds of kilograms of cocaine in 2020. His lawyers told judges he denied the allegations. In 2023, Promes was found guilty of stabbing his cousin in the leg and was sentenced to 18 months in prison. Both of Promes' convictions are currently under appeal. Promes, a 33-year-old former player for Ajax and Sevilla, had been playing for Spartak Moscow and living in Russia from 2021 until last year, when he was reportedly arrested in Dubai around the time that Spartak was there for friendly games. More recently, he had been playing with United FC, a second-tier club in Dubai.
Yahoo
17-06-2025
- Yahoo
Don't fall for this scam: Caller impersonates St. Joseph County officer asking for money
Police warn residents against a scam that falsely told people to pay money to avoid legal issues for missing jury duty or having an outstanding warrant. The St. Joseph County Police Department was told by at least five people that a caller, impersonating Officer Steven Metcalfe, instructed people to deliver $8,000 to the department's Civil Division to avoid legal trouble, police said June 13. Similarly, last summer, police warned residents of a fake court order that asked people to pay money to avoid arrest from missing jury duty or from an outstanding warrant. St. Joseph County Police will never ask residents for money to resolve legal issues, they said. All matters are handled by the court, police said. "Legitimate notifications regarding jury duty or legal matters will always come by official mail, not by phone," the department said. If a person receives a call similar to this, they should hang up, county police said. Email Tribune staff writer Camille Sarabia at csarabia@ This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: Police warn against scam asking for money for missing jury duty
Asharq Al-Awsat
16-06-2025
- Politics
- Asharq Al-Awsat
Ex-president Sarkozy Stripped of France's Top Honor after Conviction
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been stripped of his Legion of Honor -- the country's highest distinction -- following a conviction for graft, according to a decree published Sunday. The right-winger has been beset by legal problems since he was defeated in the 2012 presidential election after serving one five-year term. Sarkozy, 70, had been wearing an electronic ankle tag until last month after France's highest appeals court upheld his conviction last December of trying to illegally secure favors from a judge. According to the code of the Legion of Honor, France's top state award, any person definitively sentenced to a term in prison equal to or greater than one year is excluded from the order. But French President Emmanuel Macron had argued against such a move in April, saying that scandal-plagued Sarkozy had been elected and it was "very important that former presidents are respected". Despite his legal problems, Sarkozy remains an influential figure on the right and is known to regularly socialize with the president. Sarkozy becomes the second former head of state to be stripped of the award after Nazi collaborator Philippe Petain, who was convicted in August 1945 for high treason and conspiring with the enemy. Others to have been stripped of the honor include former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, drug cheat cyclist Lance Armstrong and movie mogul Harvey Weinstein whose conduct with women sparked the #MeToo movement against sexual violence. Sarkozy is using his last remaining legal avenue, an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights, to defend himself against the conviction. 'Shameful' comparison Sarkozy's lawyer Patrice Spinosi said the former president had "taken note" of the decision to strip him of the Legion of Honor, but stressed that the petition lodged with the ECHR was "still pending". Any ECHR ruling against France would "imply reviewing the criminal conviction against (Sarkozy) as well as his exclusion from the order of the Legion of Honor", Spinosi said. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot stressed that the "case has not been completely closed" in view of the appeal at European level. Government spokeswoman Sophie Primas added that comparisons between Sarkozy and Petain were "shameful". Sarkozy is currently on trial in a separate case on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing in an alleged pact with late Libyan president Muammar Gaddafi. The court is to issue a verdict in September with prosecutors asking for a seven-year prison term for Sarkozy, who denies the charges. The Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honor, General Francois Lecointre, has stressed the importance of disciplinary measures to uphold the order's integrity. Lecointre told reporters in March that "the honor of the order depends on the fact that those decorated can also be sanctioned."
