Accused of smuggling, money laundering and fraud
Published 2024-04-22 17.20
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Criminal accused Olof K Gustafsson is suing the Swedish state.
Now he demands that Sweden get him handed over from Spanish custody to his home country.
Otherwise, there is the risk that he will be sentenced to life in a high-security prison in the United States, which requested his extradition, he claims in the lawsuit.
Swedish Olof K Gustafsson30, has been in custody in Spain since last December.
He has been charged with a range of serious crimes and is now at risk of being extradited to the United States where he himself has said he could potentially be sentenced to 2050 years in prison, a figure that is unconfirmed.
After admitting fraud in Sweden, he has requested that the country bring him home and that he can serve his sentence here. However, the public prosecutor’s office has said no to taking the Swede home.
Now Olof K Gustafsson is suing the Swedish state and demanding that the country act immediately to have him handed over to Sweden.
The lawsuit states that the state has an obligation to give Gustafsson a fair trial and ensure that he is not subjected to “torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment”, which he claims there is a risk of if he is extradited to the United States.
Furthermore, it is stated in the lawsuit that Gustafsson risks having to serve his sentence in a so-called “super max prison without the possibility of parole”. Gustafsson also claims that there is a risk to his life if he is handed over to the United States.
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full screen Olof K Gustafsson. Photo: Linus Sundahl-Djerf/Svd/TT
Claims the US wants him because of Escobar
Olof K Gustafsson himself believes that the US wants him because he knows where it knew the drug lord Pablo Escobars wealth exists.
Gustafsson has together with the drug lord’s brother Roberto Escobar managed the brand “Pablo Escobar” through the company Pablo Escobar Inc.
– They just want to put me there because I know where more than 320 different bank accounts belonging to Pablo Escobar’s fortune are located. I don’t want to be extradited to the US, sit and rot there and be forced to give up these details. I am quite sure that Sweden will not torture me for these numbers to Pablo Escobar’s old bank accounts, Gustafsson has previously told Aftonbladet.
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full screen Olof K Gustafsson. Photo: Linus Sundahl-Djerf/Svd/TT
Recognized crime in Sweden
The profile is accused of smuggling, money laundering, fraud and of being part of a criminal organization that conducts illegal art trade.
By reporting himself to the police for fraud in Sweden, he has tried to avoid being deported to the United States. But the strategy has not succeeded.
In response to a question from the Ministry of Justice in Spain, the Swedish Prosecutor’s Office has stated that there are no plans to issue a European arrest warrant against Gustafsson.
“I can confirm that the Spanish authorities have given the Swedish authorities the opportunity to issue a European arrest warrant. The head office of the public prosecutor’s office has therefore commented on the case and stated that there is no reason to examine the issue of a European arrest warrant”, has Maria Walterministry secretary at the Ministry of Justice, previously wrote in an email to Aftonbladet.
This is Escobar Inc
Gustafsson has become known for, together with Pablo Escobar’s brother, Roberto Escobar, having managed the company Escobar Inc.
The company claims to own the rights to the name of the infamous Colombian drug profile.
Gustafsson has been in trouble several times, partly because he often poses with weapons. Escobar Inc has also sued both Netflix, Apple and Klarna.
