Former boxer charged with $1 billion drug deal

Goran Gogich (21-4-2, 14 KOs) once fought for the German boxing promotion organization Universum, but now, more than a decade after his last fight, he is involved in a criminal investigation. A Montenegrin man was arrested on Sunday evening at Miami International Airport while trying to board a plane to Zurich, and he is accused of massive drug trafficking, namely cocaine worth more than a billion dollars.

The former heavyweight boxer is accused of overseeing the logistics of cocaine shipments aboard cargo ships traveling from South America to Europe and passing through US ports. In 2019, US authorities intercepted three such shipments - in Philadelphia, New York and New Jersey. Only on the ship intercepted by the Philadelphia police, the goods were valued at more than a billion dollars.

Gogich was supposed to be the "brain" of these operations, present at each of the loadings. He faces at least 10 years in prison, but with the same success he can be sentenced to life imprisonment.