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The Netherlands is putting pressure on fugitive Bolle Jos to bring him into custody, and Ghana’s help is being mobilised in the search for him. His current whereabouts were not stated.
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Ghana asked the Netherlands for assistance in combating drug crime, including tackling vulnerabilities at ports, Justice and Security Minister David van Weel said. Jos Leijdekkers, known as Bolle Jos, is reported to use Ghana as a transit country for drug smuggling. The Netherlands also sought Ghanaian police assistance in the search for Leijdekkers. Van Weel said the precise deployment would be decided later. Reports said Leijdekkers is hiding in neighbouring Sierra Leone with the knowledge of local authorities.
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John van den Heuvel said that prison guard Marcel was also a guardian of the rule of law. He referred to the 2018 murder of the brother of key witness Nabil B., the 2019 attack on lawyer Derk Wiersum and the 2021 killing of crime reporter Peter R. de Vries as attacks on the rule of law. The violence associated with drug crime caused shock and fear in the Netherlands, he said. Commemorations were held, and a monument for De Vries and his next of kin was unveiled on Leidseplein. Dozens of people remain protected by special police and defence units.
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A former Cologne municipal official was given a suspended sentence of more than a year for bribery after arranging fraudulent passports for criminal figures. Reports identified Dutch fugitive drug trafficker Bolle Jos Leijdekkers, members of his family and business associates among those assisted; two reports said he received three passports. One report also said the official helped major cocaine smugglers, including a Brazilian figure described as Escobar.
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Marcel, 61, who was shot dead on a terrace at Amsterdam’s NDSM quay on 25 September, was commemorated at a service in the Koningskerk and buried at De Nieuwe Ooster. His relatives said they regarded it as unbearable that his work as a prison employee had proved fatal to him; one report said police officers formed a guard of honour at the service. The 37-year-old Amsterdam man suspected of the shooting remains in custody after it was extended by 90 days. He is suspected of murder. One report identified him as Amin D. and said he was arrested after the shooting.