Taghi much more closely guarded in EBI by anonymous guards with balaclavas
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AMSTERDAM - Unprecedented strict security measures have been taken against Ridouan Taghi in the Extra Secure Institution (EBI) in Vught. The drug lord is now guarded by a special team of unrecognizable guards in balaclavas.

EenVandaag reports about this. This rock-hard prison regime came into effect at the beginning of October, immediately after the arrest of his lawyer and cousin Youssef Taghi, who is suspected of plotting a violent outbreak. Since then, Taghi has been increasingly isolated in prison.

"The current detention conditions that Taghi is confronted with are unique for the Netherlands," says his detention lawyer Thomas van der Horst. The guards wear a different uniform than the regular prison staff. Internal glass walls in the EBI have been taped, so that the main suspect in the liquidation process Marengo cannot see who is in the room.