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Ilta Sanomat: Finnish Millionaires accused of Coke Club

I'll have to keep my eye on this one.

Here's the translation (courtesy Google):

The prosecutor calls for a wide range of people to face unconditional imprisonment for the so-called millionaires cocaine case. According to the prosecution there may be seven men in the ring, including four suspected of a felony drug offense.

Most of the men suspected area very wealthy. They own homes, among other places,in  Eira Helsinki and Espoo West Endissä. Several of them have been in custody the investigation.

The case main suspect is barely 50.  The man was a few years ago,  among the 200 richest in Finland. For him the prosecutor calls for the three years of unconditional imprisonment. For the supply of substances, the prosecutor called for the suspected Estonian to receive a three and a half year sentence.

Apparently the cocaine ring had five rules, according to which the cocaine could not be picked up, or  talked about, and could not be taken away or resold. Moreover, the substance had to be used by either all or else none at all could use it.

Helsinki District Court to give verdict in the case 12th December.

Not my scene, so I doubt if I know them, but there has been a bit more coke about in the last couple of years because young wannabe celebrities have had the money for it. They and the financial whizzes are the only ones who have been using it, according to my info.

There's a former Finnish media-celebrity, now MP, who has been on an extended sick leave for months, who could be a victim.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Tue Dec 2nd, 2008 at 12:15:26 PM EST
the suspected Estonian

Shouldn't they convict him of being an Estonian before they sentence him for it?

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman

by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Tue Dec 2nd, 2008 at 12:20:01 PM EST
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translation glitch - whadda ya expect!?

It should read something like, the 'Estonian suspect....' ;-)

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Tue Dec 2nd, 2008 at 12:23:18 PM EST
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That's a relief - for a minute there, I thought it was a felony to be as "practicing Estonian" in Finland.

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman
by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Tue Dec 2nd, 2008 at 12:45:25 PM EST
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Well, that too ;-)

You can't be me, I'm taken
by Sven Triloqvist on Tue Dec 2nd, 2008 at 12:50:08 PM EST
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graduate from being a "practicing Estonian" to a Professional Estonian?  I mean, taking money for it.  Really!!

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.
by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Tue Dec 2nd, 2008 at 02:20:04 PM EST
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It's what I've been doing for the past 30 years in Finland ;-)

You can't be me, I'm taken
by Sven Triloqvist on Tue Dec 2nd, 2008 at 02:29:52 PM EST
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