crime-legal-international5.775 min read "Dutch Court Sentences Notorious Drug Lord Ridouan Taghi to Life in Landmark Trial"
Dutch mob boss Ridouan Taghi and 16 accomplices have been convicted of six murders in a mass trial codenamed Marengo in the Netherlands, with Taghi receiving a life sentence for his involvement in the killings. Taghi, considered part of a "super-cartel" directing cocaine shipments to Europe, was also blamed for high-profile assassinations, leading to the characterization of the Netherlands as a "narco-state." Despite Taghi's arrest, experts believe that the organized crime system is self-sustaining and that others will fill the void, while some call for alternatives such as the legalization of cocaine.
2 years ago•Source: Al Jazeera English
