Jan 25, 2025 · One of Europe’s most wanted fugitives, convicted cocaine smuggler Jos Leijdekkers, has found refuge and high-level protection in Sierra Leone, according to three sources with direct knowledge of ...

Jan 25, 2025 · Dutch authorities say one of Europe's most-wanted fugitives has been living in Sierra Leone for about six months. Jos Leijdekkers, 33, was sentenced in absentia to 24 years in prison on 25 June ...

Jan 27, 2025 · Sierra Leone's information ministry said Sunday it was investigating media reports that European cocaine kingpin Jos Leijdekkers is in the country and benefiting from high-level protection there.

Jan 27, 2025 · The public prosecution office has confirmed that the Netherlands’ most wanted drugs criminal Jos Leijdekkers, aka Bolle Jos (chunky Jos), is hiding out in Sierra Leone following reports by investigative platform Follow the Money and the AD. Leijdekkers (33), who is both on the national and the international Europol most wanted list, was sentenced to 24 years in jail in 2024 for organising ...

Jan 25, 2025 · According to Reuters report, Jos Leijdekkers, 33, was sentenced in absentia to 24 years in prison on 25 June last year by a Rotterdam court for smuggling more than seven tonnes of cocaine. ... Videos and photos of a church mass in Sierra Leone on Jan. 1, 2025 show Leijdekkers, 33, sitting two rows behind Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada ...

Jan 25, 2025 · Convicted cocaine kingpin Jos Leijdekkers, one of Europe’s most wanted fugitives, is reportedly hiding in Sierra Leone under high-level protection, according to three informed sources and evidence reviewed by Reuters, including photos and video footage.. The images and accounts shed fresh light on the role of Sierra Leone, a West African nation, which international law enforcement officials ...

Jan 25, 2025 · The Dutch Public Prosecution Service (OM) and police have confirmed that Jos Leijdekkers, one of the most wanted fugitives in the Netherlands, has been in Sierra Leone for more than six months. This announcement follows reports by AD and Follow the Money. The OM disclosed that law enforcement had ...

Jan 24, 2025 · One of Europe's most wanted fugitives, convicted cocaine smuggler Jos Leijdekkers, has been living in Sierra Leone for at least six months, a spokesperson for the Dutch prosecutors' office...

3 days ago · The Dutch government has officially requested the extradition of Jos Leijdekkers, a notorious fugitive also known as Bolle Jos, from Sierra Leone. In a statement, the Dutch Justice Minister confirmed that the government is swiftly preparing extradition documents and emphasized that “authorities are willing” to expedite the process.

4 days ago · The Netherlands will submit a request for legal assistance to Sierra Leone "in the foreseeable future" to request the arrest of convicted drug dealer Jos Leijdekkers, better known as “Bolle Jos.” There has been contact with the authorities in the West African country, the Minister of Justice and Security, David van Weel, reported.