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'''Brian Brendan Wright''' (born c.1947)<ref>{{cite news|last=Campbell|first=Duncan|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/04/inside-the-21st-century-british-criminal-underworld|title=Inside the 21st-century British criminal underworld|work=The Guardian|date=4 July 2019|access-date=4 July 2019|quote=in 2007, at the age of 60}}</ref> is an [[Irish people|Irish]]<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/6503357.stm |title=UK | England | London | Cocaine trafficking boss guilty |publisher=BBC News |date=2007-04-03 |accessdate=2010-09-02}}</ref> criminal, involved in fixing horse races by doping more than 20 race horses in 1990,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/12-13-2002-32170.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030304164344/http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/12-13-2002-32170.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 March 2003 |title=Wright Warned Off for 20 Years |publisher=Buzzle.com |date=2002-12-13 |accessdate=2010-09-02 }}</ref> and trafficking tonnes of cocaine from the Escobar Medellin cartel into Great Britain over a period of two years, amassing up to a £600m fortune. Originally based in Britain, he had been out of the country when authorities began arresting members of his organisation (including his own son, Brian Jr and former son in law, Paul Shannon) as the result of a six-year investigation resulting from the capture of a converted fishing trawler, the Sea Mist, after Irish customs officials discovered 599 kg of cocaine while docked at [[Cork (city)|Cork, Ireland]] in September 1996. |
'''Brian Brendan Wright''' (born c.1947)<ref>{{cite news|last=Campbell|first=Duncan|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/04/inside-the-21st-century-british-criminal-underworld|title=Inside the 21st-century British criminal underworld|work=The Guardian|date=4 July 2019|access-date=4 July 2019|quote=in 2007, at the age of 60}}</ref> is an [[Irish people|Irish]]<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/6503357.stm |title=UK | England | London | Cocaine trafficking boss guilty |publisher=BBC News |date=2007-04-03 |accessdate=2010-09-02}}</ref> criminal, involved in fixing horse races by doping more than 20 race horses in 1990,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/12-13-2002-32170.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030304164344/http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/12-13-2002-32170.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 March 2003 |title=Wright Warned Off for 20 Years |publisher=Buzzle.com |date=2002-12-13 |accessdate=2010-09-02 }}</ref> and trafficking tonnes of cocaine from the Escobar Medellin cartel into Great Britain over a period of two years, amassing up to a £600m fortune. Originally based in Britain, he had been out of the country when authorities began arresting members of his organisation (including his own son, Brian Jr and former son in law, Paul Shannon) as the result of a six-year investigation resulting from the capture of a converted fishing trawler, the Sea Mist, after Irish customs officials discovered 599 kg of cocaine while docked at [[Cork (city)|Cork, Ireland]] in September 1996. |
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Revision as of 14:35, 29 September 2022
Brian Brendan Wright | |
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Born | 1947 (age 76–77) |
Criminal penalty | 30 years in prison |
Brian Brendan Wright (born c.1947)[1] is an Irish[2] criminal, involved in fixing horse races by doping more than 20 race horses in 1990,[3] and trafficking tonnes of cocaine from the Escobar Medellin cartel into Great Britain over a period of two years, amassing up to a £600m fortune. Originally based in Britain, he had been out of the country when authorities began arresting members of his organisation (including his own son, Brian Jr and former son in law, Paul Shannon) as the result of a six-year investigation resulting from the capture of a converted fishing trawler, the Sea Mist, after Irish customs officials discovered 599 kg of cocaine while docked at Cork, Ireland in September 1996.
Eventually relocating to northern Cyprus, he purchased a £300,000 villa near occupied Lapithos in the name of a Turkish Cypriot friend and, by 1998, his organization operated freely as the northern Cyprus government is recognized only by Turkey and thus has no extradition treaties with any other country.
In 2002, British authorities announced the capture of a leading member of his organisation, South African drug trafficker Hilton John Van Staden, who eventually pleaded guilty to conspiring to smuggle drugs into the country with customs officials claiming the destruction of Wright's organisation.
In April 2005, he was arrested by police in Sotogrande, Spain[4] and on 2 April 2007 he was found guilty of running one of the most sophisticated and successful cocaine smuggling organisations in the world.[2]
On 2 April 2007, after an 11-year investigation, he was found guilty of running an international cocaine smuggling empire.[5] The following day he was sentenced to 30 years and according to his lawyers, had accepted he will die in prison.[6] Wright was a friend of celebrity comedian Jim Davidson, partly owning one of Davidson's horses.[7]
References
- ^ Campbell, Duncan (4 July 2019). "Inside the 21st-century British criminal underworld". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
in 2007, at the age of 60
- ^ a b "UK | England | London | Cocaine trafficking boss guilty". BBC News. 3 April 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
- ^ "Wright Warned Off for 20 Years". Buzzle.com. 13 December 2002. Archived from the original on 4 March 2003. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
- ^ "Something rotten in Marbella | Spero News". Speroforum.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
- ^ "UK | England | London | Cocaine trafficking boss guilty". BBC News. 3 April 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
- ^ "UK | England | London | Cocaine baron jailed for 30 years". BBC News. 3 April 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
- ^ "Programmes | Panorama | Brian Wright". BBC News. 4 October 2002. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
External links
- Guardian Unlimited: Silence is golden for drug king by Tony Thompson
- Cyprus Mail: Suspected cocaine baron 'hiding in the north'
- Trinidad and Tobago News: UK Police Bust Huge Cocaine Smuggling Gang