A fugitive who became known as the most wanted woman in Europe because of her alleged involvement in drug and animal trade was fleeed after almost four years.
Tania Gomez, 32, was arrested last week in Lanzarote after fleeing her native Sweden in 2021.
Dublynchronized in Europe's 'cocaine queen', it is assumed that Gomez is connected to an organized crime group in Stockholm, for whom it has delivered and transported large quantities of drugs and money.
Before her criminal connections appeared, Gomez was known as an Instagram -influencer and the glamorous owner of Dog Rescue Charity Hundgärin, who apparently worked to give stray dogs a new life.
But according to Europol, the supposed animal lover was connected to a network of illegal animal ownership and their transport abroad '.
She is also suspected of being involved in one of the networks that was discovered during a Swedish police raid on offices in Central Stockholm in the summer of 2020.
About a million euros in cash was found in bags during the Angel Operation, and Gomez is accused of money laundering through the office, who was reportedly used by drug dealers and Mafia members.
Swedish authorities are looking for a 14-year prison sentence for her if she is convicted of drug trafficking and money laundering.
Tania Gomez, 32, was arrested in Lanzarote after fleeing her native Sweden in 2021
The Spanish police have released a video of the arrest, which shows that Gomez is being taken to a police station by two officers
Gomez got the most searched list of Europol after being fleeing in 2021
Gomez is said to have been high in the gangster hierarchy, Bild reports, with researchers who discover documents who suggested that she was actively involved in criminal deals.
She is also accused of storing and selling large amounts of drugs, whereby authorities say that she received ten kilos of cocaine in Stockholm in May 2020.
After the raid in 2020 in Stockholm, Gomez flee and it was thought that it fled to Spain, where her father comes from.
She was traced to the city of Tias on the Canary Island of Lanzarote last week, in a joint operation between the Spanish and Swedish police.
Police officers made the breakthrough after new information from the Department of Wanted Persons emerged, reportedly received in recent weeks with a number of tip -offs.
The Spanish police have released a video of the arrest, which shows that Gomez is being taken to a police station by two officers.
According to Europol, the supposed animal lover was connected to a network of illegal animal ownership and their transport abroad '
Gomez is accused of storing and selling large quantities of drugs, in which authorities say that in May 2020 she received ten kilos of cocaine in Stockholm in Stockholm
She was held by a court awaiting extradition to Sweden, according to reports.
Police spokeswoman Isabel López confirmed: “The police were able to arrest Tania Gomez in the city of Tias on Lanzarote.”
Ten alleged former accomplices of Gomez have already ended up in Sweden, with prosecutors who handed them long prison sentences.
Public public prosecutor Anna Stråth said the Swedish TV channel TV4: 'That does not play a role in the procedure against Tania Gomez. She will have her own process. '
When a test can be is unclear. Stråth added that public prosecutors have submitted an extradition request, which is now being investigated in Spain, “a process that could last weeks or months.
