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It is a small part of a large entity that emerged in the context of a major international operation announced in June.
Helsinki the district court handed down sentences on Friday to three men in a case linked to the U.S. Federal Police’s FBI-led Greenlight giant operation. During the operation, the FBI gained access to the encrypted messaging of criminals operating in different countries and passed the information to the authorities of the cooperating countries.
The district court ruled that the two convicts were to distribute a large amount of marijuana to Finland.
According to the indictment, one of the men belonged to a criminal group that communicated in a secret Anom communications system. The tasks of the 50-year-old man in the group included the arrangements for receiving drug items imported to Finland according to the instructions he received.
At the suggestion of a man belonging to a criminal group, the 51-year-old man rented a storage room where a batch of marijuana was received.
In February The consignment imported to Finland was supposed to contain 160 kilos of marijuana, but it was about 124 kilos. The men set out to distribute the drug batches onwards, but got caught after delivering the first batch.
In the case of the other man, the court took into account, as an aggravating sentence, that the crime was committed as part of the activities of an organized criminal group. Jyri Kalevi Malkki was sentenced to 6.5 years in prison for a felony drug offense and a felony firearms offense. He was also sentenced to lose to the state the cash found from his home, more than 37,000 euros.
The court held that the role of the 51-year-old man was smaller. Petri Henry Kristian Eerola was sentenced to four years in prison for a felony drug offense.
A third man was charged with receiving a batch of drugs in his car. The 32-year-old said he didn’t know about drugs, but borrowed his car at his brother’s request and went where his brother asked. The brother, who acted as a witness, also told the court.
However, the court held that the man must have been aware of the criminal activity in question. The man was sentenced to two years in prison for aiding and abetting a felony drug offense. The court referred to an earlier Supreme Court ruling stating that sentencing for aid does not require the accused to be convicted of the main act as well.
In the case it is a small part of a large entity that emerged in the context of a major international operation announced in June.
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