Douwe den Held

Mar 6, 2024 | insightcrime.org | Douwe den Held

A Dutch court sentenced drug trafficking pioneer Ridouan Taghi to a lifelong prison sentence. Despite Taghi’s role in creating a global network to import drugs, his conviction will have little effect on the cocaine pipeline into Europe. Dutch-Moroccan Taghi and two others were convicted on February 27 for five homicides, two attempted homicides, and planning several other murders. The trial, known as the Marengo process, lasted six years and involved 16 defendants, including Taghi.

Mar 6, 2024 | insightcrime.org | Douwe den Held

Un tribunal de los Países Bajos condenó al pionero del narcotráfico Ridouan Taghi a cadena perpetua. A pesar de su papel como artífice de una red mundial de importación de drogas, su condena tendrá escasa repercusión en el tráfico de cocaína hacia Europa. El holandés-marroquí Taghi y otras dos personas fueron condenados el 27 de febrero por cinco homicidios, dos intentos de homicidio y la planificación de varios asesinatos más.

Dec 22, 2023 | insightcrime.org | Douwe den Held

Suriname’s highest court scored a win for rule of law by upholding a murder conviction against former dictator and President Desi Bouterse, but the ruling may do little to uproot a system of criminal patronage pioneered by the former head of state. High court magistrates on December 20 upheld a 20-year prison sentence against Bouterse, who as Suriname’s military dictator oversaw a series of assassinations against 15 government dissidents in December 1982.

Dec 22, 2023 | insightcrime.org | Douwe den Held

La Corte Suprema de Surinam anotó una victoria para el Estado de derecho al ratificar la condena por homicidio contra el dictador y expresidente Desi Bouterse, pero este fallo no tendría mucho efecto para erradicar un sistema de clientelismo criminal inaugurado por el exmandatario.

Nov 6, 2023 | insightcrime.org | Douwe den Held

This article is part of NarcoFiles: The New Criminal Order, a transnational journalistic investigation into global organized crime, its innovations, its tentacles, and those who fight it. The project, led by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) in partnership with Centro Latinoamericano de Investigación Periodística (CLIP), began with a leak of emails from the Colombian Prosecutor’s Office that was shared with InSight Crime and more than 40 media outlets around the world.