Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit June 26, 2000, 97-1987, 97-2541, 98-3839 (United States v. Akanni Hamzat)

DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Akanni Hamzat, Adetoro Adeniji, and Sunny Emezuo were involved in a major way during the early 1990s with trafficking in heroin between Nigeria, Thailand, and the United States. Led by Omobola Adeg-bite (known as “Bola”), a woman who lived in Merrillville, Indiana, the ring involved nearly twenty people.