US: MSC Gayane crewman gets 5+ years in prison for smuggling cocaine April 14, 2021, by Naida Hakirevic A crew member of containership MSC Gayane was sentenced to more than five years in prison for attempting to smuggle cocaine worth over $1 billion into the United States two years ago. Vladimir Penda, 27, of Montenegro, was sentenced to five years and ten months in prison, and two years of supervised release by United States District Court Judge Harvey Bartle III, on charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine on a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, Acting United States Attorney