US EditionDutch Prosecutors Seek Record $250 Million From Fugitive Drug Lord Believed to Be Hiding over 4,000 Miles Away
- In 2025, the Dutch Public Prosecution Service aims to seize over 221 million euros in criminal proceeds linked to Jos Leijdekkers, a drug trafficker known as "Bolle Jos."
- The effort follows discovery of Leijdekkers living freely in Sierra Leone without an extradition treaty or Dutch diplomatic presence, complicating recovery.
- Authorities associated Leijdekkers with involvement in multiple large-scale cocaine deliveries amounting to 14 metric tons and observed extravagant expenditures, including the purchase of gold valued at 47 million euros over a six-month period.
- A spokesperson described the seizure as an initial move, highlighting encrypted communications and photos that captured Leijdekkers present at a religious event alongside Sierra Leone’s president.
- Minister David van Weel urged swift Sierra Leonean cooperation, but absence of extradition and embassy presence suggests prolonged asset recovery challenges.
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He is nicknamed "Bolle Jos" or "Josse le Joufflu" and is the most wanted man in the Netherlands. He is 33 years old and currently a refugee in Sierra Leone where he has been identified twice on videos since January, he has been sentenced in absentia in the Netherlands to 24 years in prison and 10 years in Belgium. His cocaine trafficking has enriched him so much that the Dutch prosecution has decided to pay for the beast and announces his intent…
Crime: The Brabander, who is believed to be hiding in Sierra Leone, is said to have invested at least 114 million euros in drug transports and a total of…
In the last year, these goods seized from criminals were estimated at more than 250 million euros. They became the property of the State which sells them at auction. The money collected during this sale will be donated to associations to combat human trafficking and addictions. For the past four years, property confiscated by the courts can also be allocated to associations. (Company topics).
Drug boss Jos Leijdekkers is sentenced to long prison terms for numerous crimes in Belgium and the Netherlands. However, he flees. The Dutch judiciary wants at least to get his fortune. This is supposed to amount to at least 221 million euros.
Jos Leijdekkers is one of the most wanted drug bosses in Europe. The prosecutor's office in the Netherlands now demands 221 million euros from him. In doing so, she gives insights into his debauchery.
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