{"id":29711,"date":"2025-06-03T11:37:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T11:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dutch-prosecutors-seek-record-250-million-from-fugitive-drug-lord-believed-to-be-hiding-over-4000-miles-away\/"},"modified":"2025-06-03T11:37:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T11:37:53","slug":"dutch-prosecutors-seek-record-250-million-from-fugitive-drug-lord-believed-to-be-hiding-over-4000-miles-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dutch-prosecutors-seek-record-250-million-from-fugitive-drug-lord-believed-to-be-hiding-over-4000-miles-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch prosecutors seek record $250 million from fugitive drug lord believed to be hiding over 4,000 miles away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Dutch prosecutors said Monday they were seeking to confiscate a record $253 million from one of Europe&#8217;s most notorious drug lords, thought to be hiding in Sierra Leone.<\/p>\n<p>The illegal assets amassed by <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/europe-wanted-fugitive-jos-leijdekkers-religious-service-sierra-leone\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Jos Leijdekkers<\/a><\/span>, also known as &#8220;Bolle Jos&#8221; or &#8220;Chubby Jos,&#8221; were proceeds from cocaine trafficking, as well as purchases of gold and luxury items, the public prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p>Leijdekkers is thought to have made 114 million euros from 14 cocaine shipments over less than a year.<\/p>\n<p>According to intercepted communications, the 33-year-old also spent 47 million euros on 975 kilograms of gold over less than six months.<\/p>\n<p>The kingpin additionally bought real estate including a hotel in Turkey and apartments in Dubai, the prosecutors alleged.<\/p>\n<p>Luxury goods including two Bentley cars, designer bags, jewellery and watches, were also added to the total of illicit assets, bringing the total to $253 million.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is&#8230; only a first step towards tracing Leijdekkers&#8217; assets,&#8221; the prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/02\/06\/aed9aee0-f523-4f11-9cea-e07ec15fcbbf\/thumbnail\/620x320g8\/8c0f198148d1bb5e2263659ab614a61f\/2025-01-24t234023z-721032554-rc2ogcaok6qw-rtrmadp-3-leone-dutch-fugitive-refuge.jpg?v=56a3e14bdf9c98ad3b2e8fa3a2dc5f66#\" alt=\"Convicted cocaine smuggler Jos Leijdekkers attends a church service in Tihun \" height=\"320\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/02\/06\/aed9aee0-f523-4f11-9cea-e07ec15fcbbf\/thumbnail\/620x320g8\/8c0f198148d1bb5e2263659ab614a61f\/2025-01-24t234023z-721032554-rc2ogcaok6qw-rtrmadp-3-leone-dutch-fugitive-refuge.jpg?v=56a3e14bdf9c98ad3b2e8fa3a2dc5f66 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/02\/06\/aed9aee0-f523-4f11-9cea-e07ec15fcbbf\/thumbnail\/1240x640g8\/3540b924a20f1b814dc25b601a246e8c\/2025-01-24t234023z-721032554-rc2ogcaok6qw-rtrmadp-3-leone-dutch-fugitive-refuge.jpg?v=56a3e14bdf9c98ad3b2e8fa3a2dc5f66 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Convicted cocaine smuggler Jos Leijdekkers attends a church service in Tihun, Sierra Leone, January 1, 2025, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                First Lady Fatima Maada Bio via Facebook\/via REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A Rotterdam court last June sentenced Leijdekkers in absentia to 24 years in prison for ordering a murder and organizing cocaine shipments.<\/p>\n<p>He is on Europol&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/eumostwanted.eu\/leijdekkers-joseph-johannes-jos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">most-wanted list<\/a>, with the European police body offering over $225,000 for information leading to his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Leijdekkers is considered to be one of the key players in international cocaine trafficking,&#8221; according to Europol.<\/p>\n<p>In January, Dutch authorities said they were &#8220;absolutely certain&#8221; he was hiding out in Sierra Leone. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cn4z79eedvpo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BBC reported<\/a>\u00a0that Dutch prosecutor Wim de Bruin said the fugitive&#8217;s return to the Netherlands was of &#8220;the highest priority.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Images apparently showing Leijdekkers in the company of officials as high as President Julius Maada Bio have sparked speculation the cocaine lord has cozied up to Sierra Leone&#8217;s political class &#8212; including the president&#8217;s daughter.<\/p>\n<p>Suspicions he was in Sierra Leone arose after the country&#8217;s First Lady Fatima Bio posted pictures and a video on social media that showed a man strongly resembling Leijdekkers <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/europe-wanted-fugitive-jos-leijdekkers-religious-service-sierra-leone\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">at a religious service<\/a><\/span>, also attended by President Bio.<\/p>\n<p>Exiled Sierra Leone opposition figure Mohamed Mansaray has accused Bio and his government of &#8220;offering refuge&#8221; to the drug lord.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mansaray, Leijdekkers has coupled up with the president&#8217;s daughter Agnes Bio, who is seen accompanying the drug lord in the images.<\/p>\n<p>Leijdekkers is also believed to be involved in the disappearance and death of Naima Jillal, a woman who went missing in 2019 after she got into a car in Amsterdam,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eumostwanted.eu\/leijdekkers-joseph-johannes-jos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to Europol<\/a>. 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