Scottish Crime Boss Nabbed in Bali, Faces Spanish Trial

0:00A Scottish crime boss named Stephen Lions just got nabbed in Bali, Indonesia, and he suffered deportation to Spain this Wednesday. The 45-year-old heads up a major international syndicate tied to huge drug trafficking ops and money laundering schemes. He flew in from Singapore Saturday and got flagged right at the airport by Indonesia's immigration system, thanks to an Interpol red notice from Spain. Lions is wanted there, and in the UK for renting this network out of Cumbernauld, Scotland, serving narcotics from Spain to the UK and Washington cash, through shell companies across Europe and the Middle East. Media of North have dug into his wild past, survived the shooting in Glasgow back in 2006 that took his cousin, then bounced to Spain and Dubai. Last May, his brother and a buddy got gunned down in a beach bar hit in southern Spain, spotlighting the brutal turf wars. Meanwhile, raids hit Scotland in Spain just a day before his arrest, backed by Europol, nagging several folks.

1:00Others got pinched in Turkey, the Netherlands, and the UAE, as this web unravels. Lions gets handed to Spanish civil guard officers today, flying out via Doha to face trial in Madrid, another big win against these global crime rings. Keeping the pressure on. This has been Canada News Today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story.