Originally Posted by 2a

Originally Posted by TheKillingJoke
It's been rather busy down my neck of the woods.

Close to me there were 3 dead people found in a warehouse that doubled as a lab for making synthetic drugs. All 3 of them were Dutch from Eindhoven and Valkenswaard. Links with the North Brabant underworld are assumed. The higher ups are probably from the "kamper" areas in the Eindhoven region, Oss, Roosendaal...or from St. Willebrord and are pretty much untouchable.

https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2019/01/29/doden-teruggevonden-bij-drugslabo-in-eksel/

Yesterday in the Brederodestraat in Antwerp an execution took place in broad daylight. Two Turkish cousins were shot by a Turkish-Kurdish man and his son near a Turkish cafe. One of the victims has been declared dead now. The perpetrators are the owners of an infamous Kurdish cafe.

https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2019/02/02/2-mensen-in-levensgevaar-na-schietpartij-in-antwerpen/



Does the untouchability of the higher ups mentioned above stem from their political connections ? Or are there other factors involved ?


Hard to say. The Netherlands isn't Sicily, but in some communities in North Brabant, Limburg, South Holland...or even some of the Northern provinces there definitely does exist somewhat of a likewise culture; which of course can extend to local law enforcement and politics. By Western European standards some of the Dutch career criminals grew unusually big. You can't possibly get that big without connections of some sort.