CLEANING UP

through parcels, some camouflaged as vacuum cleaners, and in each package would be 15kg of drugs.

According to a National Court of Spain indictment, Joakim Broberg was also linked to six money laundering rings - three of which were run together with his father.

The court records also specified a series of real estate operations in Palma supposedly linked to a money laundering scheme from the money they obtained from the sales of the narcotics in Sweden.

There were six affected properties, purchased through a company, Cicak Invest SL in 2015.

The court estimates the amount laundered was more than €47 million.

Broberg, 41, had been behind bars in Brazil since April waiting for a court decision on extradition.

Just before Christmas he was flown back to Spain, accompanied by Spanish police.

Joakim and Lars are among 71 people so far arrested in a police operation spanning both Spain and Sweden.

Swedish police claim that up to 50 deaths a year could be linked to a settling of scores between the gang and other Scandinavian rivals.

During an initial raid, in 2018, they found an alarming array

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