Overview
- The Oberverwaltungsgericht (OVG) in Münster on Tuesday rejected 18 Karat’s emergency appeal and declared the decision final, allowing Dortmund to prepare and carry out his deportation to Portugal.
- The court relied on a final criminal conviction from December 19, 2022, which sentenced Ivo Vieira Silva to six years and three months for multiple large‑scale drug offenses.
- Judges found kilowise drug trafficking, ties to a criminal network, and a concrete risk of reoffending met the legal threshold of “compelling public‑order reasons” to strip his EU freedom‑of‑movement rights.
- The rapper’s claims of family ties, good conduct in prison, open detention and pending probation were rejected as insufficient to remove the risk the courts identified.
- Local authorities and the artist’s lawyer reported he was flown to Portugal overnight after the ruling, a move that can affect detention status, possible probation decisions and the length of any re‑entry ban under EU and German law.