Alexander Zakhar Kalashov, increased his prison term by an additional 18 months, up to 9 years behind bars.

Supreme Court has revised the National Court’s sentencing of the Georgian mafia leader, Alexander Zakhar Kalashov, and has increased his prison term by an additional 18 months, up to 9 years behind bars.

They have also upped the fine which was imposed by the National Court at the end of May last year by another 2.5 million €, meaning he must now pay 22.5 million €. Sentences have also been increased for five others found guilty in the original trial.

Kalashov was arrested in Marbella in early June 2010, just a few days after he was sentenced in his absence by the court in Madrid for laundering 7.5 million € in Spain. The Supreme Court ruled to increase his sentence, considering that and others found guilty in the case formed part of a criminal organisation, with Kalashov as its leader, whose specific purpose was the laundering of money.

Europa Press reports that Kalashov is currently in his native Georgia, where he was extradited to serve an 18 year term for illicit association and for the kidnapping of a US citizen who has yet to be found.