Why Moroccan Mafia Boss Is Being Linked With Shooting Of Crime Reporter In Amsterdam
One of the most famous crime reporters in the Netherlands, Peter R. de Vries, is said to be fighting for his life after being shot in the head in Amsterdam. But who is the criminal mastermind who is believed to have been behind the shooting?
The Mayor of Amsterdam, Femke Halsema, has praised Peter de
Vries as a “national hero” and a “rare and brave journalist”.
De Vries, 64, was shot as he left a television studio in
Amsterdam on Tuesday night.
Taghi - who was arrested in Dubai in December 2019 and
extradited back to the Netherlands - went on trial at a high-security courthouse
known as The Bunker earlier this year along with 16 members of his gang.
For the last year De Vries has been acting as an adviser and
confidante of Nabil Bakkali, who was the prosecution’s main witness until he
suddenly clammed up.
Prosecutors have accused the Mocro Maffia - so-called
because many of its members are of Moroccan extradition - as a "well-oiled
killing machine” and it is accused of a string of murders, including the high
profile assassination of lawyer Derk Wiersum in September 2019.
Wiersum had been Nabil Bakkali’s lawyer.
Security around Taghi - who is being held at the Nieuw
Vosseveld prison in Vught - has been stepped up but there are many who believe
he is still able to order killings from behind bars.
Taghi is believed to have ordered eight murders between 2015
and 2017 linked to the cocaine trade and he is also suspected of ordering the
killing of Bakkali’s brother, Reduan, in 2018.
Among the murders Taghi is believed to have ordered is that
of Dutch crime blogger Martin Kok, who was shot dead outside a sex club in
December 2016.
The feud between Taghi’s gang and another group is the focus
of a Dutch-language Netflix series, Mocro Maffia.
The show - which is fictional but heavily influenced by
recent events in the Moroccan Dutch underworld - focuses on three friends,
Pencil, Romano and The Pope, who become major drug dealers.
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