Dutch prosecutors seek record of $ 250 million of the fugitive drug trafficker who is believed to be hiding more than 4,000 miles away

Dutch prosecutors said Monday that they were trying to confiscate a $ 253 million record of one of the most notorious drug traffickers in Europe, which is believed to be hidden in Sierra Leone.

Illegal assets accumulated by Jos Leijdekkersalso known as “Bolle Jos” or “Chubby Jos”, were gains of cocaine traffic, as well as purchases of gold and luxury items, prosecutors said.

It is believed that Leijdekkers obtained 114 million euros of 14 cocaine shipments for less than a year.

According to intercepted communications, the 33 -year -old also spent 47 million euros in 975 kilograms of gold for less than six months.

The Kingpin also bought real estate, including a hotel in Türkiye and apartments in Dubai, prosecutors alleged.

Luxury items were also added that include two Bentley cars, designer bags, jewelry and watches, to the total of illicit assets, which raises the total to $ 253 million.

“This is … just a first step to track Leijdekkers assets,” prosecutors said.

A Rotterdam court last June sentenced Leijdekkers in absence to 24 years in prison for ordering murder and organizing cocaine shipments.

It is on the whitest list of Europol, with the European Police agency that offers more than $ 225,000 for information that led to its arrest.

“Leijdekkers is considered one of the key actors in international cocaine traffic,” according to Europol.

In January, the Dutch authorities said they were “absolutely safe” that he was hiding in Sierra Leone. The BBC reported that Dutch prosecutor Wim de Bruin said that the fugitive return to the Netherlands was “the highest priority.”

Apparently, the images show Leijdekkers in the company of officials as high as President Julius Maada Bio have caused speculations that the Lord of Cocaine has approached the political class of Sierra Leone, including the president’s daughter.

The suspicions that was in Sierra Leone arose after the country’s first lady, Fatima Bio, published photos and a video on social networks that showed a man who looked strongly to Leijdekkers In a religious servicePresident Bio was also attended.

The exiled opposition figure of Sierra Leone, Mohamed Mansaray, accused Bio and his government of “offering refuge” to drug trafficker.

According to Mansaray, Leijdekkers has combined with President Agnes Bio’s daughter, who is accompanying the drug trafficker in the images.

It is also believed that Leijdekkers is involved in the disappearance and death of Naima Jillal, a woman who disappeared in 2019 after she got into a car in Amsterdam, according to Europol. The supposedly intercepted messages showed that Leijdekkers “played an important role in Jillal’s disappearance,” the agency said.

“For a long time, there was no trace of Naima Jillal, until the photos of a woman who believes she was found in a phone seized in Marengo’s investigation,” said Europol. “The photos show that she was probably tortured and that she is probably no longer alive.”

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