Rapper Bigidagoe (26) shot dead in Amsterdam-Sloterdijk !!
Early Sunday morning, 26-year-old gangster rapper Bigidagoe (real name Danzel Silos) was shot dead in Amsterdam. The shooting took place at a business park on the Rhoneweg in Amsterdam-Sloterdijk, on the western edge of the city. No suspects have been arrested yet. Bigidagoe was seriously injured in a shooting in Amsterdam South in August 2020.
Bigidagoe was shot around 5:25 am on the Rhoneweg business park near Amsterdam-Sloterdijk station, where he had just attended a party. He was hit by several bullets near a car in a parking lot and seriously injured and taken to hospital. He died there of his injuries. The police have started a Large-Scale Investigation Team (TGO).
No suspects have been arrested yet. Nothing is yet known about the circumstances of the shooting.
Rising Dutch Rapper Bigidagoe Tragically Shot Dead in Amsterdam Amidst Career Resurgence Discover the life and death of Dutch rapper Bigidagoe, from his rise in the music industry to the shadows of controversy that ultimately led to his tragic end.
26 Feb 2024 06:59 EST
In the dim hours of a Sunday morning, the streets of Amsterdam's Sloterdijk district were shattered by gunfire, marking the end of a brief yet vibrant era in Dutch hip-hop. Danzel Silos, better known by his stage name Bigidagoe, a 26-year-old rapper with aspirations of transcending his turbulent past, was fatally shot at a business park around 5:30 am. Despite desperate attempts to escape the violence that had once again found him, Silos succumbed to his injuries in hospital shortly after. His death not only robs the music industry of a promising talent but also reignites concerns over the intertwining of urban music scenes with criminal entanglements.
A Life Under the Spotlight and Shadows Bigidagoe's journey was one of stark contrasts. On one side, there was the gifted artist, a member of the hip-hop band Zone 6, who had captivated around 120,000 followers on social media with his raw, unfiltered narratives of street life, ambition, and redemption. On the other, there was the young man embroiled in controversy, with a trial for alleged threatening and kidnapping looming on the horizon. In August 2020, Silos narrowly survived an alleged assassination attempt, an incident that he vowed would pivot him towards a future focused solely on music. Yet, the shadows of his past seemed ever-present, culminating in a violent confrontation believed to be linked to a feud with rival rapper Kobus L.
The Investigation Unfolds In the wake of Bigidagoe's untimely demise, Amsterdam Police have launched a full-scale investigation, calling for witnesses and searching for a suspect described only as a black man in dark clothing. The authorities are piecing together the events leading up to the shooting, with particular attention on the rapper's known feuds and previous encounters with violence. As the investigation progresses, fans and the Dutch rap community have taken to social media to express their shock and sorrow, with many paying tribute to Silos's aspirations to lead a life that inspired positivity and change.
Legacy and Reflection Bigidagoe's death raises poignant questions about the challenges faced by artists navigating the precarious intersection of fame and personal turmoil. As fans mourn the loss of a talent taken too soon, there is also a collective reflection on how the music industry, and society at large, can better support individuals seeking to break free from cycles of violence and retribution. Silos's story, while tragically cut short, serves as a stark reminder of the potential for redemption and the harrowing cost of unresolved conflicts.
As the investigation into Bigidagoe's death continues, the music world and his loved ones await answers, hoping that justice will shed light on the circumstances of this devastating loss. In the meantime, Bigidagoe's music and the memories he leaves behind will continue to resonate with those who saw in him the promise of a brighter future.
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Bigidagoe murder and explosions probably due to feud between rap groups Zone 6 and Boats Music The detectives take seriously into account that a long-running conflict in the Amsterdam rap scene is the basis for the murder of rapper Bigidagoe (26). During the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, probably in retaliation, there were attacks throughout the city on homes linked to suspect Shairone S. (20).
Amsterdam police say a suspect in the fatal shooting of a Dutch rapper has been arrested in Paris Amsterdam police say that a suspect in the fatal shooting of a Dutch rapper has been arrested on a European warrant at an airport in Paris
ByThe Associated Press February 28, 2024, 3:20 PM
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- A suspect in the fatal shooting of a Dutch rapper was arrested on a European warrant at an airport in Paris early Wednesday, Amsterdam police said.
The 20-year-old man, whose identity wasn't released, was detained at Charles de Gaulle airport as he was about to board a flight from Paris to French Guiana in South America, police said in a statement.
Detectives believe he fatally shot 26-year-old Danzel Silos, better known as rapper Bigidagoe, in the early hours of Sunday morning in the Dutch capital.
“The suspect is in detention and will be transferred to judicial officials in Amsterdam. Silos' family has been informed of the arrest in Paris,” police said in a statement.
A major investigation team set up after the slaying is looking into “the background of a possible conflict between rap groups,” the statement added.
Overnight, explosions damaged homes at three locations in north and southeast Amsterdam and the word “war” was spray-painted on walls. Police said they were investigating possible links to Silos' death.
Recording with Peter R. de Vries reveals: Khalid Kasem had contact with Ridouan Taghi In a recorded conversation with Peter R. de Vries, Khalid Kasem says that he had direct contact with Ridouan Taghi, probably at a time when he was still on the run. Presenter and former lawyer Kasem previously denied that he maintained contacts with Taghi and his organization. He also says that he acted as a lawyer for Raffaele Imperiale, a mafia boss and a criminal business partner of Taghi.
Secret tapes: 'Khalid Kasem had direct contact with fugitive Taghi' OUR REPORTERS
Modified: 47 min ago1 hour agoinland _ AMSTERDAM - Khalid Kasem had direct contact with Ridouan Taghi, probably at a time when he was still on the run. The AD reported this on Tuesday based on a number of conversations recorded by Peter R. de Vries at his law office. Kasem previously denied that he had contacts with Taghi and his criminal organization.
The AD was previously not allowed to publish this after Royce de Vries won summary proceedings on the issue. Last week, the court of appeal reversed that verdict. The newspaper published the previously offending article on its site on Tuesday about a number of conversations secretly recorded at the law firm De Vries and Kasem.
Mafia boss Raffaele Imperiale During one of the conversations, Kasem also admitted, according to AD, that he acted as a lawyer for mafia boss Raffaele Imperiale, who, according to the justice department, worked closely with Taghi at the time. Peter R. de Vries – who at that time was director of the law firm of his son Royce de Vries and Khalid Kasem – said he knew nothing about this, according to a recorded conversation with Kasem.
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“For Royce and for me, the question arises as to whether things have happened in the past with you and the Taghi clan (…) that we now have to say 'we need to know about that'. Because I was surprised that you told me that you assisted Raffaele Imperiale," De Vries says on a tape in the possession of the AD.
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“I never heard anything about that. And neither does Royce. And in fact, we were convinced that you were on holiday in Dubai at the time.” According to Kasem, there was not much going on and it was only later that he realized that there was a link between Taghi and Imperiale.
Inez Weski According to the AD, the recorded conversations also show that Kasem was indeed approached by gang members to provide information after the murder squad attributed to Taghi was rounded up. Kasem allegedly did not pass on any information, but said he contacted lawyer Inez Weski, who did not yet play a role in the criminal proceedings.
Kasem previously denied ties with Taghi's organization, including in an interview with de Volkskrant. “The fact is that I know them all,” Kasem said on the tape recordings.
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Kasem admitted during one of the recorded conversations that he had recently had contact with Taghi. According to the AD, in the recorded conversation Kasem probably looked back on the incident in May 2019, when Peter R. de Vries announced that he was on a death list and then received a letter from Taghi in which he denied being behind murder plans towards De Vries .
Khalid Kasem and Royce de Vries accuse AD in responses of sensational journalism and false accusations. According to the latter, the AD bases itself on stolen confidential conversations that were conducted in the privacy of the office. BnnVara says it is hearing about the findings for the first time and cannot say anything substantive about it. According to the broadcaster, this concerns work that Kasem performed before he joined BnnVara.
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Khalid Kasem case litmus test for bar association Various parties, including the National Criminal Investigation Department and the dean of the Bar Association, are currently conducting investigations into the office of De Vries and Khalid Kasem following previous reports that Kasem allegedly bribed a judicial officer. Kasem denies that too. He only wanted to reduce a client's high collection debt.
Criminal who was wanted in the Netherlands released by Spanish authorities A court in Spain released a criminal following his January arrest, even though he was wanted by authorities in the Netherlands. When Karim B. was taken into custody, Spanish police said he was "the most wanted and dangerous criminal in the Netherlands."
Spain's National Police arrested the Amsterdam man and five others as part of an investigation that began in June 2018. They were arrested in Malaga and Melilla on accusations of laundering over six million euros in revenue earned from drug trafficking, and allegations of participating in organized crime.
The Dutch Public Prosecution Service (OM) immediately filed an extradition request, but he was released from pre-trial detention, the OM told NOS this week. He is still considered a criminal suspect in Spain, and the extradition request has not been withdrawn despite the fact he is no longer in jail.
When Spanish police arrested the six individuals, they also froze a large number of assets, including three million euros in dozens of bank accounts, and 172 properties valued at a total of 50 million euros. Approximately 75 thousand euros in cash was seized, along with 10 thousand euros in jewellery and two firearms.
Spanish police said B. is "one of the leaders of the so-called Mocro Maffia, considered by the Netherlands as its most wanted and dangerous criminal." He was also alleged to be "a long time drug trafficker in the Costa del Sol" who brought together cocaine traffickers for a significant fee. The six were believed to have been running a Hawala-style system where money and assets are shifted around repeatedly as part of a laundering scheme, with ties to Morocco, the Dominican Republic, the United Arab Emirates, the Netherlands and Spain.
B.'s brother, Samir, was assassinated in Marbella a decade ago as he walked out of a shopping center. Authorities speculated that Karim took over Samir's cocaine trafficking operation.
Considered a rival to convicted organized crime boss Ridouan Taghi, B. may have been a recent assassination target.
The Netherlands in the top three of countries where the most cocaine has been seized March 7, 2024
The Netherlands is one of the three countries in Europe where the most cocaine has been seized in the past two years. This is stated in a report on the European drug market, which Europol made public on Thursday. It also states that young people who are tempted to become involved in organized drug crime must be offered alternatives.
by Joost van der Wegen
In 2021, a total of 303 tonnes of cocaine was seized by EU Member States. Most cocaine was intercepted in Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain. According to Europol, statistics show that the number of seizures will continue to increase in 2022.
The large quantities of the drug mainly enter Europe via the seaports in these three countries. This has led to the greatest availability of coke in Europe ever.
Corruption Corruption and intimidation of port employees make cocaine smuggling possible, which mainly takes place via sea containers. According to Europol, corruption also penetrates other layers of society.
The cocaine market in Europe is dominated by criminal networks, which make enormous profits. Their trade is made possible by intermediaries and traders who work for them, with connections between them that often change in form. Serious violence in relation to the cocaine trade appears to be increasing in the places where it comes ashore, but it also affects society as a whole. According to the European police organization.
Labs The report also mentions the Netherlands as a country where methamphetamine production takes place on an industrial scale. The exchange of knowledge between Dutch and Mexican producers has led to better quality and increased production of crystal meth. Mexican chefs are no longer often found in labs, because the Dutch have already adopted the knowledge. Europol warns that Mexican producers are also capable of illegally introducing fentanyl onto the market, as they have done in the US.
Tackle it Europol recommends better monitoring of the drug market in Europe, freeing up more capacity to tackle large criminal organizations, and also recommends making it more difficult for criminals in an administrative sense. In addition, there must be more controls at the ports, and more prevention and warning programs must be introduced to prevent young people from being seduced into crime by criminal organizations.
The director of the European drug monitoring organization EMCDDA said in a commentary that Europe is at a crossroads with increasing violence from drug trafficking and will have to tackle drug crime in different ways. One such way is by offering alternatives to young people who may be tempted by criminal organizations .
Mexican narcos increase methamphetamine production in Belgium and Holland Jean Georges Almendras 08 March 2024 Arthur Debruyne presents his book: “The Mexican method. The invisible side of crystal in the Netherlands”
“I found myself investigating the case of a shipment of methamphetamines arriving in Uruguay. A historic case, because never before had a shipment of synthetic drugs coming from Europe been intercepted. In Uruguay it's always the other way around, cocaine starts from there. This happened in May 2020, in the port of Montevideo, where a load of 42 kg was intercepted. of methamphetamine from the Netherlands. This shows that this new methamphetamine trade in Belgium and the Netherlands has had significant growth thanks to the presence of Mexicans who are also weaving new export networks, new routes to places not previously frequented. This is due to greater production, because the Mexicans brought the know-how to produce much larger quantities than what was known before."
The person speaking to me in these terms is a Belgian journalist who lives in Argentina and who last year, during research for a book of which he is the author, contacted me and I offered him information on issues related to drug trafficking in South-Italy. America, Uruguay and Italy. The colleague is Arthur Debruyne who I interviewed a few days ago in Buenos Aires. On this occasion he gave me the good news of the launch of his book ("The Mexican method. The invisible side of crystal in the Netherlands" ) , for the moment in Brussels and Holland, announcing that in the next few months it would be translated into Spanish.
In a global context, as regards transnational drug trafficking (and where the 'Ndrangheta - a long-standing Italian criminal organization - is master, possessing a very clear monopoly of the routes in Latin America, where voluminous loads of cocaine transit to different points of the Europe), having the opportunity to dialogue with a colleague who has explored an equally worrying aspect, such as that of the production of methamphetamine in Belgium and Holland, becomes a highly valuable contribution that takes us into the depths of another criminal iceberg. Uniceberg spread across the world affecting different human societies, each with its own characteristics. It is looming that the production of these crystals - within drug consumption markets - could prove to be a potential competitor to the cocaine industry, globally.
In a calm tone, Artuhr Debruyne goes back to the period before his project. He cuts to the chase: “ I lived in Mexico from the beginning of 2017 until March last year. I settled there as a correspondent for the Belgian media, especially the Netherlands, for seven years, for a newspaper that deals with economic and financial topics, so I also found myself covering politics and other topics. In Mexico, I quickly realized that the violence of drug trafficking cannot be ignored. I realized that any topic, even that of immigration, for example, when I went to interview immigrants, traveling around the country, you realize that there are drug trafficking gangs, there are criminal structures that dedicated themselves to human trafficking or kidnapped immigrants to extort them.
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In Mexico, wherever I went I faced the problem of the absence of the State in the face of the advancement of organized crime. So little by little I explored topics such as drug trafficking, delinquency, insecurity. And a few years ago I realized that they were coming from Mexican Belgium and Holland to produce methamphetamine. The authorities of the two countries dismantled methamphetamine laboratories and there were always Mexican cooks. I realize the omnipresence of organized crime in Mexico and everything that disappearances and murders imply. Mexico is a country where things happen that would be unthinkable in other countries, for example Belgium and Holland ."
Deeply motivated by the journalistic spirit of giving himself answers and then offering them to the world, on an extremely hot and harmful topic, the idea of ??this - not at all easy - project of his began to take shape.
“ From my office in Mexico I realized that Mexican cartels are establishing themselves in Belgium and Holland and I decided to investigate the topic. At that time methamphetamine was almost not produced in Belgium and Holland and, at that point, I said to myself that the Mexicans certainly had a very important role in the theme and hence the title of the book 'The Mexican Method', because those chefs Mexicans are masters of a production method, a synthesis method, which they have perfected over the years, naturally in Mexico, because Mexico has been exporting methamphetamines to the USA since the 2000s and beyond. It is precisely in Mexico, thanks to widespread corruption, that the narcos were allowed to reach the power they have today, and it is there where many young people have developed certain skills to produce drugs for the US market and then expand to Belgium and Holland, and obviously in other places in the world ”.
Does the Italian 'Ndrangheta contribute to the methamphetamine trade through links with Dutch narcos? The 'Ndrangheta doesn't figure in my book. They specialize in cocaine. The production of synthetic drugs in Belgium and the Netherlands, although these countries have specialized in the production of synthetic drugs for decades now, the money circulating in this area is lower when compared to the money circulating through cocaine trafficking. So, you know that ports like Antwerp in Belgium and others in Holland are the main ones for the entry of cocaine into Europe and there are obviously famous cases, there are famous criminals, who are known to work with Italian mafiosi. I must say that I have found no evidence, I have found no indications, of the involvement of Italian mafias. It is a traffic dominated by Dutch narcos, often second or third generation narcos who have been producing drugs since the seventies and eighties, and who really dominate that traffic. Previously it was believed... when those Mexican narcos appeared, there was a certain concern, that they were Mexican cartels, that they even had a design to dominate the production of drugs in Belgium and Holland, but it was always the opposite. It was the Dutch narcos who used their connections with the Mexican ones and then put them aside. It's actually a difficult business in which people from outside to identify themselves, be they Mexicans or Italians, it's a very hermetic trade. It is the Dutch who dominate the entry into the country of chemists who know where to find places to build laboratories, speak the language, have networks. It's really a very very airtight trade as I said before. Synthetic drugs arrive all over the world from Belgium and Holland, ecstasy tablets are exported to South America, the United States and Asia. They actually dominate the production of synthetic drugs.
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Do the earnings have to be exorbitant? Yes, of course, because methamphetamine is a drug in high demand worldwide and the price is higher than that of other drugs. For this reason the Dutch wanted to work with this drug.
Competition against cocaine? “Globally, the amphetamine market is much larger than that of other synthetic drugs, such as ecstasy or classic amphetamine. However, there is competition with cocaine. Even the UN says crystal is a cheaper alternative to cocaine. Cocaine in European countries continues to be a status drug, dear. Methamphetamine is getting cheaper and cheaper. So yes, there is some competition.”
Is the political system in Holland and Belgium involved in these activities, does it have links to Mexican cartels? Yes, yes. In Belgium and Holland corruption exists. But corruption does not reach the same levels as in other countries where, for example, we have seen cases such as the Minister of National Defense who was found to be involved in drug trafficking, this does not happen in the Netherlands. It is perhaps a micro corruption that mainly affects key figures to bring in the cocaine, such as Customs officials, Police, but there have been no cases of high officials such as police chiefs, ministers, secretaries, who are involved in corruption cases, but obviously drug trafficking cannot function in Belgium and Holland without the collaboration of certain key elements, especially in the drug import infrastructure, i.e. the ports. There have been cases of policemen and investigators filtering information to drug traffickers, but there is not the same level of generalized corruption and corrupt judges. Fortunately, the rule of law continues to function.
The case of the journalist Peter R. Di Vries, murdered in the Netherlands on 6 July 2021, how do we place it in this context of Dutch narcos, why was he killed? Peter R. Di Vries had a specific role, he was not just a journalist. He was the trusted person of a key witness in a case against a major drug trafficker, Ridouan Tagui, who had had links to Italy. So Petes R. Di Bris was a journalist, but he was also a person involved in the trial of a drug trafficker. He was not a witness, but a trusted person, it is a legal form in Holland similar to a lawyer, he is an councilor, he was the councilor of a key witness against a violent drug trafficker who had previously murdered a lawyer. Even well-informed journalists in the Netherlands say that Peter R. Di Bris was not murdered for his role as a journalist, but because he was a consultant. The case had a lot of repercussions. In the Netherlands, many important politicians are coming to the conclusion that drug trafficking violence is increasing more and more and seems to have no solution. The conclusion they reach is that prohibitionism doesn't work, because large shipments of cocaine are intercepted and this only causes conflicts between criminals, they kill each other. The conclusion is perhaps correct, they spend thousands and millions of euros annually in the fight against drug trafficking, and the traffic has not decreased even by a kilo, the system continues to work. Maybe something isn't working. But I think that perhaps the solution is the wrong one, because furthermore, cocaine is not produced in Holland, it is produced in South American countries that continue to have the same problems and they are the ones who pay.
So how do we address this problem in the world? I believe there is something important. Sometimes journalism tends to focus on the leaders, on El Chapo in Mexico, Marset in Uruguay. He focuses on those figures, because he obviously believes that he is more interesting or flashier, and that he will generate more clicks, an anti-hero. We focus on the pawns, which as such are replaceable. I believe that in any place, if there is drug trafficking, it is because there are key figures in the public sphere, in power, in politics, who allow it and who even exploit drug trafficking. So I believe it is very important to understand this, to focus more on corruption, the involvement of the state. You could even look at it another way. Sometimes in Belgium it is always said that it is the narco who infiltrates, corrupts the state, the narco is seen as the active actor. I would say that you can see it the other way around, that they are generals, ministers, presidents who take advantage of the narco, who see it as loot, it is the narco who works for the State, for Power and not the other way around, they are partners. I believe that journalism often falls short of this vision, and that journalism should shed more light on state involvement."
Dutch detectives admit they are struggling to cope with a rash of drugs-related explosions it's crazy all over the country they are blowing up homes and businesses.
Drug boss Marcel D. from Nieuwegein, who was sentenced to 16 years in prison in March 2021, has been sentenced on appeal to 14 years in prison for his role in the liquidation of Wout Sabee in 2016 in De Meern and a previously failed assassination attempt on Sabee in 2014. That writes RTV Utrecht .
Pgp phones The court previously ruled that there was insufficient evidence that Marcel D. was the one who ordered Sabee's murder, but according to the court in Arnhem, it concluded that D. did give the order. The evidence against D. comes from decrypted chat messages sent via encrypted PGP telephones. After Sabee survived a previous liquidation attempt in 2014, he made statements to the police. In those conversations he mentioned Marcel D. as a likely client.
Sabee arranged drug transports for D.'s criminal organization from 2013 onwards and is said to have been held responsible for the disappearance of part of an intercepted transport.
Drug transports Marcel D. was sentenced to 16 years in prison by the court in Utrecht in March 2021 for leading a criminal organization that, together with others, was responsible for several drug transports from the Netherlands to Great Britain. In the period between 2014 and 2016, the suspects exported at least 2,500 kilos of cocaine and heroin. Marcel D. is seen by the judiciary as a contact of Ridouan Taghi.
Split off Because D. was previously sentenced to 16 years in prison for drug trafficking, the Advocate General (the public prosecutor in an appeal) split the cases during the appeal. 16 years were now demanded for the drug cases and 14 years in prison for the liquidation suspicions. The court agrees. D. must now serve a total of 30 years in prison.
Marcel D. was convicted for leading a gang that was involved in drug transports, possession of weapons, liquidations, money laundering and fencing.
In addition to D.,there are the other Nieuwegein leader Erik W., Adrianus V. from Oss, Nick S. from Vasselder and Roger A. from Wassenaar.
Anouar Taghi gets 26 years in prison for role in murder of lawyer Wiersum March 15, 2024
The court in Amsterdam imposed 26 years in prison on Friday on 30-year-old Anouar Taghi for, among other things, preparing the murder of lawyer Derk Wiersum. The court considers it proven that Ridouan Taghi's cousin was the leader of a criminal organization that was involved in the preparation of murder, stealing cars and attempted serious assault.
The sentences of the eight co-defendants in this case range from seven years to 208 days. The court imposed three years in prison and eleven months on Krystian M. , against whom the Public Prosecution Service demanded a life sentence in January for the murder of crime journalist Peter R. de Vries.
The Public Prosecution Service on Monday demanded up to nine years in prison against members of a courier network that moved almost 500 million euros in cash for criminals. Eight suspects are on trial this week at the Den Bosch court. They are said to have been led by 52-year-old Albanian Greek Thanas B. , who was extradited by Greece last year and is on trial in a separate case.
FBI The investigation by the Underground Banking Task Force (TF-UB) started with chat messages from the communication platform ANOM, obtained from the American FBI. It showed that between June 2020 and March 2021, the group engaged in the collection and distribution of enormous amounts of cash on a daily basis; so-called picks & kicks. There appears to be a well-oiled network of couriers behind this who transfer bags full of cash in public places in the Netherlands. The suspects use 'tokens' characteristic of underground banking as proof of payment. In total, more than 246,130,620 euros were raised (picked) and an amount of 247,830,600 euros was given away (kicked) in eight months.
'The Hague office' and 'Amsterdam office' The organization had two locations serving different areas; 'The Hague office' and 'Amsterdam office'. In reality, warehouses in which criminal money was counted and redistributed. The Hague office turns out to be a warehouse in Wateringen that was even robbed. During a search, the police found several hidden spaces and a money counting machine.
Hollander, a question: why are the defendants' last names often hidden (except for the first letter) in the Dutch news? I mean, if they aren't convicted yet, I can understand, but after the sentence has been upheld, they can't sue for slander anymore if somebody calls them criminals; so unless they are in witness protection, why do the news hide the last names?
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Hollander, a question: why are the defendants' last names often hidden (except for the first letter) in the Dutch news? I mean, if they aren't convicted yet, I can understand, but after the sentence has been upheld, they can't sue for slander anymore if somebody calls them criminals; so unless they are in witness protection, why do the news hide the last names?
In the Netherlands we have had the so-called “initials rule” since 1953. This rule was drawn up by the Dutch editors-in-chief as a form of self-regulation after pressure from politicians under the guise “ The media must report, not judge ”. In practice, this rule means that suspects and convicts are referred to by their first name and the first letter of their surname.
The initials rule is not absolute. For example, according to the Guidelines of the Press Council, an exception is made if:
the name is an essential component of the reporting; not mentioning the name serves no purpose due to the general reputation of the person concerned; failure to mention the name may cause confusion with others who could be foreseeably harmed as a result; mentioning the name is done in the context of investigation reporting; the person concerned seeks public access. The exceptions leave room for broad interpretation. For example, it is said that Volkert van der Graaf sought publicity through his act and in the current digital age, where one is often only a few mouse clicks away from the identity of a suspect or convicted person, it can quickly be stated that the requirement has been met. second requirement. In recent years, there has been increasing discussion about the application of the initials rule. The initials rule would have a criminalizing effect (it is for this reason that the Telegraaf continues to say Volkert van der G. stiffly), restrict the provision of information, and do not fit in with the custom of foreign media nor with the call from society for a tougher policy against crime. The initials rule is increasingly being ignored by the media and seems to have lost its practical significance. One can therefore rightly wonder whether the initials rule is still relevant today.
NOS News • Yesterday, 9:44 PM Law firm Ficq & Partners is leaving the Marengo liquidation process
The lawyers of the Ficq & Partners firm are stopping the Marengo process. They will no longer assist their three clients in the appeal, lawyer Nico Meijering confirms after reports from the ANP news agency. When asked, Meijering would not say why the law firm dropped its defense.
The office announced in May last year that it would no longer assist suspects in lawsuits in which a crown witness plays a role. It is "irresponsible and unworkable," lawyers Flokstra and Meijering said at the time.
After the Public Prosecution Service announced in 2018 that Nabil B. was a key witness in the Marengo case, his brother, his lawyer Derk Wiersum and his confidant Peter R. de Vries were murdered.
The Marengo criminal case is largely based on information from Nabil B. He made incriminating statements about his co-suspects and, according to the court, this led to the solution of five murders. At the end of February, all seventeen suspects in the liquidation trial were found guilty.
Former best friend Mohamed R., one of Ficq & Partners' clients, was sentenced to 27 years in prison. He was the best friend of Nabil B., who also made incriminating statements about him during the trial. The other two suspects who were assisted by Ficq & Partners received prison sentences of 23 years, 4 months and 5.5 years respectively.
Main suspect Ridouan Taghi and two co-suspects have been sentenced to life imprisonment. All three will appeal against that ruling. The Public Prosecution Service will appeal against the verdict against seven suspects in the Marengo trial.
The appeal will begin with a preparatory hearing in about two weeks. It is not yet known who will assist the three clients of Ficq & Partners there.
Jamal Taghi, Ridouan's eldest son, was linked to El Chapo, according to justice. He is now in detention in Dubai. The Netherlands has requested extradition, but this has not yet happened. The evidence in the case has been distilled from the hundreds of millions of messages from messaging services Ennetcom, EncroChat and Sky ECC that were cracked by the police.
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Ferry Bouman pales in comparison to the real Janus April 17, 2024
“The Little One” was the international nickname of Janus van Wesenbeeck. He is small in stature, but became one of the largest drug traffickers in Europe. Character Ferry Bouman from the Netflix series Undercover is just an excerpt, you could conclude from the book “ Drug Baron ” by crime journalist Vico Olling. The reality of the laconic violence, shootings and the brightly colored camper life in the book leaves Undercover pale.
Van Wesenbeeck (1961) is given ample opportunity to speak in the book.
His story is synchronous with important developments in the history of Dutch caravan residents. With the Caravan Act of 1968, the government wanted to concentrate and control the “travellers”. Large camps such as the Doolplein in Eindhoven were the result. This is where Janus was raised and was taught the norms and values. There are more of these in the microcosm of the caravan world than the ordinary citizen can imagine.
Many “Kampers” chose to earn a living independently. In the words of Van Wesenbeeck:
Travelers first started with waste paper, rags and iron. Everyone turned their noses up at that trade, except us. Until the government took that away. That's when we started the used car business. That has also been taken away. That's when we got into weed. They took that away from us too. Yes, and then we got into hard drugs.
Hammering away Van Wesenbeeck tells many stories from the past, where it is striking that from an early age the men in Janus' world have been quick to take action if something does not please them.
He calls drug trafficking 'an addictive game' that has 'literally cost him a lot of free time'.
Fugitive Belgian drug lord Tom M. (48) arrested in Berlin April 19, 2024
Fugitive Belgian drug lord Tom M. (48) arrested in Berlin The 48-year-old fugitive Belgian drug lord Tom M. was arrested in Berlin on Thursday evening. He was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison by the Amsterdam court in 2019 for international drug smuggling. Last year he also received eight years in prison in the major Dutch criminal case Taxus involving the convicted drug trafficker Piet S. In Belgium, M. has to serve another eight years in prison.
Tom M., who had been detained in Dubai for a long time in the past, had been on the run from the Dutch authorities since 2020, after he was convicted in absentia by the Amsterdam court in 2019 for trafficking in cocaine and heroin, mainly in the Netherlands and Belgium , money laundering and possession of ammunition.
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