The murder of a prominent lawyer has shocked the Netherlands and raised questions about the drugs trade and society
The deadly shooting of Derk Wiersum destroyed a common misconception here: that drug cartels only kill their own. A 44-year-old father of two, he was shot dead in front of his wife outside their home in Amsterdam in September.Wiersum was the lawyer for a crown prosecution witness, Nabil Bakkali, who had turned supergrass in a case against two of the Netherlands' most wanted suspects.
"The signs were there that it could flow over from the underworld to the upper world, and now that has happened."Two young boys killed in Kalashnikov shootout with bullets ricocheting off wallsThe murder of a crown witness's brother, Reduan BakkaliThe murder of two boys, killled by Kalashnikov fire in December 2012, marked a big escalation in the Netherlands' crime problem"It's street slang.
Without firm intervention, he said,"you'll get a minister standing here in dark glasses rather that someone simply giving democratic accountability". It strikes me as ironic that in a bureaucratic nation that sends you a dog tax reminder or fine for an overdue parking payment in a flash, gangsters remain at large and gangland shootings erupt on a regular basis.Ridouan Taghi was detained entering Dubai on a fake ID and held under an international arrest warrant on suspicion of multiple murders and drug running.
The following day, six people were picked up across the Netherlands on suspicion of money laundering and possessing drugs and firearms. Renowned writer Roberto Saviano, who chronicled the organised crime world of the Naples Camorra network, believes mafia influence in Amsterdam is even worse.
We should be worried that the UK is becoming a fascist state.
Lol Drug Cartels Only Kill Their Own? What's It Like Living In An Illusion?
A possible solution might be for the Dutch Govt to set up shooting up centres & offer rehab for hard drug users and control it themselves. The reason they won't though is because they know the criminals would target the rich via robbery or burglaries & they are more important.
The result of leftist's pandering to drugs. Many of which are drug users themselves