Cocaine, millions and yachts: the fall of Dubai’s “Monte Christo”

Drug trafficker Youssef “Benz” Ben Azza, 37, faces a long prison sentence. With his well-structured criminal organization, in 2020 he imported and marketed more than fifteen tons of cocaine via the port of Antwerp.

At the start of his indictment, the prosecutor specifies that this is one of the most impressive cases resulting from the hacking of Sky ECC. “With strong Netflix potential. This case revolves around the main accused Youssef Ben Azza alias Benz, Monte Christo or Elite Turbo. The press sometimes describes him as Othman El Ballouti’s financial right hand, but I would like to correct this image. Youssef Ben Azza managed to build a well-organized criminal organization that imported tons of cocaine. He ran his organization from the United Arab Emirates and remained under the radar of the police for years,” said the prosecutor.