site.btaCourt Orders Indefinite Custody for Evelin Banev

The Sofia City Court on Friday ordered indefinite detention in custody for Evelin "Brendo" Banev on the basis of two arrest warrants issued in Italy and Romania.

Banev has been sentenced to 6 years' imprisonment for money laundering in Bulgaria, 20 years for cocaine trafficking in Italy, and 10 years for cocaine trafficking in Romania.

The man, who has been  wanted under Interpol Red Notices since 2018 for participating in an organized  crime group for money laundering in Bulgaria and for setting up an organized criminal group and drug trafficking in Romania, surrendered to the Bulgarian authorities on June 24 and is currently held at Sofia's Central Prison. According to his lawyer, he wishes to serve a cumulation of his three custodial sentences in Bulgaria.