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Former Football Star Sentenced to Seven Years for Drug Trafficking

8/12/2025

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Former football star Ronnie S. faces a harsh seven-year prison sentence for his role in a massive cocaine trafficking operation, where he helped smuggle 700 kilograms. Although he confessed to orchestrating a 20-kilogram shipment in 2020, he downplayed his involvement. His brother Rudi received a 3.5-year sentence, and both are ordered to repay over three million euros in dirty money.

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Former football star Ronnie S. faces a harsh seven-year prison sentence for his role in a massive cocaine trafficking operation, where he helped smuggle 700 kilograms. Although he confessed to orchestrating a 20-kilogram shipment in 2020, he downplayed his involvement. His brother Rudi received a 3.5-year sentence, and both are ordered to repay over three million euros in dirty money.