Serbian National Sentenced to 17 Years in Texas Federal Court for Moving Tons of Cocaine from South America to Europe by Container Ship
PLANO — A Serbian national has been sentenced to 204 months (17 years) in federal prison in the Eastern District of Texas, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced on October 15. U.S. District Judge Sean D. Jordan imposed the sentence on October 15, 2026.
Milan Tanovic, 59, also known as Marco, is a Serbian national living in Spain. He had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine while aboard a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. According to information presented in court, Tanovic was identified as a large-scale trafficker who worked with traffickers based in Serbia and Albania to ship ton amounts of cocaine from South America to Europe using container vessels; investigators connected him to multiple drug seizures through analysis of chats on an encrypted messaging platform.
U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs announced the sentence. The Justice Department said the case was part of the Homeland Security Task Force initiative, whose Dallas component includes the FBI, ICE Homeland Security Investigations and the DEA, among other agencies. Assistant U.S. Attorney Wes Wynne prosecuted the case.
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