A SWEDISH beauty dubbed the “cocaine queen” who was among Europe’s most wanted fugitives has been arrested in Spain as part of a drugs and dirty money probe.
Glamorous brunette influencer Tania Gomez – described by followers online as the “world’s sexiest fugitive” was being hunted by cops across the continent along with other dangerous fugitives including Glasgow hood Derek ‘Deco’ Ferguson.
The 33-year-old stunner, who speaks Spanish and Swedish, was wanted in connection with drug offences and links to Stockholm mobsters.
But she was finally snared in a bolthole on the sunshine isle of Lanzarote following a sting by Spanish cops.
Authorities revealed Gomez was the subject of a European Extradition Order (EAW) issued by the Swedish authorities for drug trafficking and money laundering crimes – which could see her caged for a maximum sentence of 14 years.
Agents of the National Police in Arrecife started a probe on February 7 after getting a tip-off from the Fugitive Group of the General Commissariat of Judicial Police.
It pointed them in the direction of Gomez who has been on the run since 2021 – earning her a place on Europol’s most wanted list.
Reports from Spain said she is accused of belonging to a criminal mob based in Sweden, which acts as a “currency exchange office” and “bank” for laundering money for criminals from Swedish gangs.
But her freedom ended when cops found Gomez in the Island municipality of Tías.
She has now been locked up pending extradition back to Sweden.
A video shared by cops shows Gomez walking through a car park in white leggings with two burly officers holding her in handcuffs.
We told how Gomez’s eye-catching image was posted on Europol website, revealing the five foot, three inch suspect was wanted as part of an ongoing probe into “illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances”.
An appeal – which has since been removed – read: “Gomez is wanted for severe drug related crimes and severe money laundering.
“She has also been involved in business regarding stray animals and probably involved in a network of irregular animal ownership and their transport abroad.”
Europe’s Most Wanted Woman
She was one of only two women named among Europe’s most wanted fugitives, along with Eva Zamecnikova who is accused of attempting to murder her husband.
The 43-year-old businesswoman – now Europe’s only Most Wanted woman – was sentenced to eight years for plotting to kill her fella in January 2014 – offering 50,000 Euros as payment.
Details of her crime are published online alongside an appeal for info, reading: “However, the murder executor turned to the police and became a crown witness.
“The day of the murder was to be January 24, 2014.
“She planned to declare her husband missing after two years, and thus get the rest of their house.
“According to the crown witness, the reason why she wanted to get rid of her husband is also that she did not want to ‘feed her husband’.”
Her glam photos stuck out like a sore thumb in a gallery of mostly male fugitives with many branded “dangerous” by the crime-fighting body.
We told how Glasgow hood Deco Ferguson is wanted for questioning in connection with two murders, including the slaying of Thomas Cameron, 49, who was shot dead in June 2007 at the Auchinairn Tavern, Bishopbriggs, near Glasgow.
Cops also want to grill Ferguson, 59, over the killing a month later of gangland enforcer Billy Joe Bates, 42, whose body was stuffed in an oil drum then dumped in the River Clyde.
Global crime fighters attending Interpol’s general assembly in Glasgow last week insisted there are “no safe havens” for Scots mob fugitives.
An Interpol chief told how increasing cooperation between its 196 members means it’s much harder for hoods to outrun the law.
Yaron Gottlieb, Interpol’s legal affairs director, pointed to the capture of Irishman Sean McGovern, 37, a key member of the Kinahan cartel which has links to Scots gangs.
He was nabbed in Dubai after Irish authorities requested an Interpol ‘Red Notice’, which UAE police then responded to.
And Mr Gottlieb believes this could have major consequences for others attempting to evade justice in foreign boltholes.
He said: “This sends a loud signal to criminals around the world — there is no safe haven.
“You thought you were safe in the UAE but you’re not.
“More and more countries now recognise the Red Notice.”
