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Jos Leijdekkers

fugitive Dutch cocaine-trafficking kingpin, sentenced in absentia in Rotterdam

2 items across 2 editions  ·  last active 11 Sep 26

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No. 73 · Friday, 11 September 2026

Dordrecht Arrest Ties Record Dunkirk Cocaine Bust to Fugitive Trafficker's Network

Transnational Organized CrimeFranceNetherlands
So what?  An arrest inside the Netherlands, not just an interception at the French border, gives investigators their first real lead into the receiving end of a network that has evaded capture of its principal for years — watch whether Dutch prosecutors move from "information linking" to a formal charge naming Leijdekkers. The confirmed near-4,000-kilogram weight makes this among France's largest single cocaine interceptions this year, reinforcing Ghana-origin waste-shipment concealment as a method worth flagging on similar routings.
Sources: NOS · Global Banking & Finance Review (September 10-11, 2026)
No. 70 · Tuesday, 8 September 2026

French Customs Seizes Multi-Ton Cocaine Cargo Tied to Fugitive Dutch Kingpin

Transnational Organized CrimeSIGNIFICANT SEIZUREFrance
Single-source · Source: NL Times (September 7, 2026)

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