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The underworld drug business is a lucrative business. Lucrative enough that drug lords have formed
parallel governments with private armies. Pablo Escobar alias King of Coke was
the most brutal and most wanted drug criminal by the US government. Before his
death, Pablo was the head of the Colombian Medellin cartel and
was worth 30 billion USD. Forbes would have rated him the 7th
richest person on earth today.
All over the world the
fight against the drug business has not been an easy one. This is majorly because
the prospects of the drug business are huge, really huge. Annually governments
allocate billions to the fight. The US government for instance has an annual
allocation of over two billion dollars
for Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The Kenyan government has in the
recent past blown and sank ships caught trafficking drugs. All these in an
effort to reduce the drug business.
United States is one of the countries with the toughest drug
laws. DEA has most drug charges with a minimum jail term of not less than 10
years. Lesser charges awaits those found in possession, heavier penalties
awaits those found trafficking. Until their arrest and extradition, the Akasha
Brothers were wanted by the US government for trafficking drugs to US.
The US justice system is known to be a tough one. Escobar is
quoted to have said, "Better a grave in Colombia than a cell in the United
States." Unlike the Kenyan justice where the accused can manipulate the
process to their favor, the US one is a tight one especially on drug charges.
The Akashas had successfully managed to avoid extradition through court
injunctions that enabled them to stay out of prison and getting extradited to
the US. According to the charges labeled against them, it is likely they will
have a jail term of not less than ten years slapped on their faces.
The Akasha family has
been a controversial one with several claims that powerful individuals in the
government protected the family. The family’s activities have been on the
limelight since the time of Ibrahim Akasha –the father. Akasha was killed in
Amsterdam by a gunman on a bike in what is said to have been deal gone
wrong.
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