Murders, corruption and ‘Mocro Maffia’ prompt Dutch to set up war chest to tackle wave of organised crime sweeping nation
, the crown witness’s official confidant. We don’t have mafia like Italy, but this kind of violence is mafia-like. It is terror.”
holiday parks where criminals may be laundering money, suspect private art galleries, dodgy transport firms and corruption at Schiphol airport. Banks have already been sanctioned for abetting money laundering, and accountants and law firms are next. Cracking encrypted phone services has generated scores of leads and arrests – most recently of suspected drug criminal Mink K in Lebanon. Public prosecutors and courts were demanding life sentences last week in the massive Marengo murder trial.
“Disadvantaged young people from families with multiple problems, who often have personal challenges, are incredibly vulnerable to the claws of the criminals. So you need credible messengers, people who have seen it all before, who speak their language – and who can motivate and even discipline them back to the right side of the street,” Dijksma said.
While Dutch criminal gangs have been dubbed the “Mocro [Moroccan] Maffia” and ethnic minorities are overrepresented as crime suspects, Statistics Netherlands researchers say racial background is less important than age, education and socioeconomics.
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