Falk, who was present via video link, sat with his arms crossed without moving a muscle when the prosecutor read out the charges.
According to the prosecutor, the drug scandal involves a total of over 2.5 tons of cocaine and the suspected crimes are alleged to have taken place between 2020 and 2021 in Spain and on international waters – in Surinam, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Portugal.
Jonas Falk denies the actions, said Falk's lawyer Tobias Enochson before the doors were closed to the audience.
Only a few days ago, Jonas Falk was sentenced to prison for one year and ten months for involvement in a high-profile extortion against a Swedish financier.
The 52-year-old Falk has been detained for that crime in Sweden since last October, when he was extradited from Spain where he now lives. The prosecutor has now had to request him to be detained again in order to be able to request a so-called extended extradition.
In order to prosecute him for other actions that were committed before the actual extradition (which concerned the extortion) one needs to have permission from the country that has extradited the person, has senior prosecutor Lars Lindman explained to TT.
The detention today is conditional. Spain must therefore also give its approval.
Falk, who has previously been convicted of, among other things, bank robbery, was identified in 2010 as the main person behind one of Sweden's largest drug scandals to date, the one called "Operation playa". Falk was sentenced to 18 years in prison but was later acquitted in the court of appeal. For his long time in custody, 3.5 years, he was granted compensation of 3.6 million kronor.
