Nayef bin Sultan bin Fawwaz al-Shaalan

Nayef bin Fawwaz al-Shaalan (born 1956) is a Saudi Arabian prince, maternal grandson of the founding monarch, King Abdul-Aziz. His father-in-law is Abdul-Rahman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabia's Vice Minister of Defense, a member of the powerful Sudairi Seven and a full-brother of King Fahd. Nayef's older brother, Nawaf bin Fawwaz al-Shaalan, is married to a daughter of Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, the King. Nayef is the twin brother of Saud bin Fawwaz al-Shaalan. Nayef was educated at the University of Miami in the U.S., where he lived from the late-1970s to mid-1980s. He reportedly speaks eight languages. He has invested in the oil business in Colombia and Venezuela. [1] [2] [3]

With his longterm mistress Doris Mangeri he tried to smuggle 2 tons of cocaine from Columbia to Paris. Using his private plane the drugs where transported to Paris via Venezuela and Saudi Arabia, where they were found in a warehouse by local authorities. While Mangeri and another person involved were put to trail, the Prince stayed free in Saudi Arabia.[4]

References

  1. ^ Doug Ireland (May 6, 2004). "Royal Coke". http://www.laweekly.com/2004-05-06/news/royal-coke/. Retrieved August 1, 2011. 
  2. ^ "Drug Smuggling Saudi Prince Gets 10 Years". May 9, 2007. http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/05/drug_smuggling_.html. Retrieved August 1, 2011. 
  3. ^ "La piste Al -Shaalan". December 26, 2002. http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/sciences/sante/la-piste-al-shaalan_497278.html. Retrieved August 1, 2011. 
  4. ^ http://www.sptimes.com/2005/03/19/State/Drug_case_is_a_royal_.shtml