Curtis Francis Warren is an English gangster and drugs trafficker who was formerly Interpol's Target One and was once listed on The Sunday Times Rich List.
18 Facts About Curtis Warren
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Curtis Warren is the second son of South American born Curtis Aloysius Warren, a seaman with the Norwegian Merchant Navy, and Antonia Chantre, the daughter of a shipyard boiler attendant.
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Curtis Warren grew up with his elder brother Ramon and sister Maria in Toxteth, Liverpool.
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Curtis Warren was able to control dealers' access and then befriend them, giving him an inside education.
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In 1995, Curtis Warren relocated to a villa in Sassenheim in the Netherlands.
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Curtis Warren owned casinos in Spain, discos in Turkey, a vineyard in Bulgaria, land in the Gambia and had money stashed away in Swiss bank accounts.
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Curtis Warren could have retired rich, but decided to continue importing drugs.
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Curtis Warren never kept accounts for his drug dealing business.
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In court, Curtis Warren's plan was shown to be the shipment of South American cocaine to Bulgaria.
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Curtis Warren was sentenced to 12 years in jail, in the maximum security Nieuw Vosseveld prison in Vught.
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In February 2005, Curtis Warren was charged by Dutch authorities with running an international drugs smuggling cartel from his Dutch prison cell.
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Under SOCA's "Operation Floss," just three weeks after being freed from prison in the Netherlands, on Saturday, 30 June 2007, SOCA called Jersey Police to inform them that Curtis Warren had arrived at Manchester Airport, and paid cash for a plane ticket.
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In 2007, Curtis Warren was arrested in St Helens, over conspiracy to smuggle drugs; after a joint investigation involving Jersey police, Merseyside Police, SOCA, and law enforcement from Belgium, France and the Netherlands.
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Curtis Warren pleaded not guilty, and there ensued a two-year legal argument over the legality of the information obtained by the bugging of Welsh's car.
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Curtis Warren was sentenced on 3 December 2009 to 13 years imprisonment for his part in the plot.
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On 27 March 2014 it was reported that Curtis Warren had lost his appeal over his failure to pay the order, and so would remain in prison.
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On 27 August 2024, Curtis Warren pleaded guilty to six breaches of his Serious Crime Prevention Order at Liverpool Crown Court.
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Curtis Warren was sentenced to a jail term of 14 months, suspended for 18 months.