'FBI warned the Netherlands: Taghi communicated with mafia boss from prison'
Ridouan Taghi has had contact with the outside world several times from the Extra Secure Institution (EBI) in Vught, while he should have been in complete seclusion. According to NRC , it was the American security service FBI who pointed this out to the Netherlands in November last year.

It was already known that the judiciary suspects his cousin and former lawyer Youssef Taghi of having passed on messages from Ridouan from prison. NRC now writes that Taghi also had contact with the outside world from the Extra Secure Institution (EBI) before Youssef's arrival.

He is said to have had contact with an accomplice, the Italian mafia boss Raffaele Imperiale, in November 2020 using a crypto phone. He in turn was in contact with Taghi's son. The FBI noticed this and warned the Netherlands. According to the American security service, it did not stop at one contact, but there would be regular communication from the EBI. Taghi received help from one or more prison guards.