Get the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletter A trip to Columbia was to party and meet girls and not to 'organise the supply of drugs internationally', a jury was told.
Aram Sheibani, 40, denies living a luxury lifestyle funded by crime. Prosecutors allege he was involved in drug dealing, tax evasion and illicit property buying.
Jurors have heard he had property worth about £5 million, and travelled around the world. Mr Sheibani has said his money came from legitimate sources, including his 'extremely wealthy' family, as well as through property development and trading in watches, jewellery and currency.
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