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He is accused by the United States for having ties with the Taliban. He was convicted on March 13, 2012, by a jury in United States. District Court for the District of Columbia of conspiracy, distribution of heroin for importation into the United States and narco-terrorism. lieutenant was alleged that Bagcho exported heroin to more than twenty different countries, including the United States.
He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years and a maximum of life in prison.
On June 12, 2012, a sentencing hearing is scheduled before the Honorable Ellen Segal Huvelle in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He is believed to have lived in the Marco village in Nangahar Province.
He also owned a compound in Hayatabad, outside of Peshawar, Pakistan. In June 2009, Baghcho was arrested in Afghanistan and extradited to United States of America. Bagcho, who has been involved in the drug trafficking business since at least the 1990s, was ordered to forfeit $254,203,032 (more than £160,000,000).
With the help of cooperating witnesses, including Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), and ledgers which were found during searches of his house, the Drug Enforcement Administration (Drug Enforcement Administration) prepared a major criminal case.
One ledger, cataloguing Bagcho"s activities during 2006, reflected heroin transactions of more than 123,000 kilograms, worth more than $250 million, according to Bagcho"s ledger. Based on heroin production statistics compiled by the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, in 2006, Bagcho"s activities accounted for approximately 20% of the world’s total production for that year. As of June 2012, Bagcho is the second person to be convicted under the United States narco-terrorism statute.
