On a sunny night, five guns sounded like fireworks, just behind the busy Leidseplein in Amsterdam.terrifying Netherlands, A cold-blooded shooting made the famous Dutch crime reporter Peter R de Vries (Peter R de Vries) fight for his life in the hospital.
Everyone comes from European leaders The King William-Alexander of the Netherlands and the Mayor of Amsterdam Femke Halsema both expressed shock at the “ambush.”National heroOn Tuesday, De Vries walked back to the car after recording a chat show on a busy street in broad daylight.
Within a few hours, the Dutch police arrested two men on the A4 highway and arrested a 21-year-old man from Rotterdam and a 35-year-old Polish national.This Young people have been named Played the role of the rapper Delano G in the Dutch media and Kamil Pawel E in the Poles.
But many people are speculating that De Vries was recently involved in a high-profile gang drug and murder court case, the Marengo Trial. He was involved in a report on the beer giant Frey in the 1980s. Famous for the kidnapping of Freddy Heineken, is this a coincidence?
The 64-year-old man unconventionally acted as a representative and media spokesperson for key prosecution witness Nabil B, a former gang member who later became an informant. Nabil B’s brother was murdered in 2018, and three men suspected of committing a crime were tried separately Dirk Wilsum, the former lawyer who shot him 2019 will start on Monday.
Simultaneously, The huge Marengo trial Continuing, the prosecutor charged 17 suspected gang members as part of a “well-functioning murder machine” that carried out gang murders between 2015 and 2017.When the lead suspect, Ridouan Taghi, was arrested in Dubai in 2019, he was According to reports, described by the city’s police chief As “one of the most dangerous wanted criminals in the world”. De Vries said he was told he was on Taghi’s “death list”-Taghi denied this. His lawyer Inez Weski also strongly denied the allegations that Taghi was related to the De Vries attack or any other incident.
No matter who is behind the scenes, this shooting is regarded as a wake-up call for the Dutch government’s fears that drugs and organized crime are undermining the rule of law.After the attack, Acting Attorney General Ferd Grapperhaus said: “This is an increasingly violent and unscrupulous multi-headed monster: we cannot accept this.” “Crime in our country.” Behavior abuses the benefits here, our logistics, our space, our freedom, and at the same time abuses restrictions our free. “
Although the number of murders and manslaughters in the Netherlands in 2019 reached 125, the lowest point in 20 years, the Dutch police union NPB has repeatedly claimed that the country “Characteristics of drug country“Knife crime is on the rise among young people, two years ago Report drug-related crimes It was described as out of control in Amsterdam.
Co-author Pieter Tops has stated that he considers the country’s light punishment system to be the “main attraction” for criminals, and its roads and ports provide excellent infrastructure.Recently, the mayor, chief prosecutor and chief of police of Amsterdam Announce new strategy Fight against international and local crimes that “affect citizens’ safety and social structure and threaten the rule of law.”
Jill Coster Van Waughout, Who runs a project Using artificial intelligence to fight organized crime at the University of Amsterdam believes that official numbers represent a small part of the truth. “Unfortunately, we only know the tip of the iceberg,” she told reporters. Observer.
“Many people think that this may be related to the so-called Taghi drug cartel. Of course, this may not be true. But in terms of drug-related crimes, we do treat the Netherlands as both a drug delivery center and a famous production center (especially in the The way in the south, and our financial system (like the United Kingdom—is vulnerable to crime.”
In recent years, the Dutch police have been fighting against drug gangs, including the so-called “mocro” (Moroccan) mafia and its terrible internal struggle. In 2016, The head of a man was left in front of the hookah lounge In Amsterdam last year Fully equipped torture chamber Was found in a container in Brabant, and the Dutch police recently raided a record number of methamphetamine laboratories and Cocaine and heroin Shipments.
Wouter Laumans, crime reporter it password A newspaper co-authored a novel, Moro MafiaThe term was coined, thinking that international crime stems from a historically relaxed attitude towards soft drugs and in the impoverished areas of the Netherlands.
“Here, people from the lower classes want to drive Mercedes like bankers,” he said.
“The Netherlands is a very equal society, but in certain communities and social classes, if you are not good at football, your learning is not up to standard, you are not good at music, your chances of becoming a millionaire are very slim. Make people commit crimes One of the driving factors is the social economy.
“We are not a drug country like Mexico or Honduras, but the drug business is big business.”
Some people believe that the proliferation of social media makes it easier for criminals to target young people, and it also makes community work more difficult. Jack Van Miden is the head of the SAOA Foundation, which was established in 2006 to combat anti-social behavior among young people with the help of street coaches and family intervention. He said: “Young people who are always in trouble , But now you do see a kind of hardening.
“In recent years, it has become more difficult to track them due to the continuous emergence of social media. Before, you might have seen people develop in worrying ways, for example, into small-scale crimes, but now we don’t see them on the street Young people, suddenly they committed a crime… Drugs have become a money-making model. “
A spokesperson for the Dutch Ministry of Justice told Observer The country is taking this situation seriously and has recently helped to dismantle EncroChat phone network And operate one Encrypted platform for trapping international criminals“In recent years, we have invested a lot of money in combating crimes that undermine the rule of law, but this is a protracted battle,” she said.
“The use of hard drugs is prohibited in the Netherlands, and the minister also stated that people who take drugs or smell cola on weekends are partly responsible for keeping criminals in business.”
The scene of the attack on Tuesday was a sea of flowers and supporting information. At the same time, in the Dam Square in the city center, someone released 4,000 white roses and a message of accusation. “Is this an attack on freedom of the press?” it read. “No, this is an attack on his role as a consultant in the Marengo trial… Peter, hold on!”
