A Dutch court on Monday confiscated $112 million in ill-gotten gains from one of Europe’s most notorious drug lords, thought to be hiding out in Sierra Leone. The Rotterdam court seized the illegal assets amassed by Jos Leijdekkers, also known as “Bolle Jos” or “Chubby Jos,” from cocaine trafficking and gold purchases — but left … Read more
A Dutch art sleuth has recovered a priceless trove of stolen documents from the 15th to the 19th century, including several UNESCO-listed archives from the world’s first multinational corporation. Arthur Brand, nicknamed the “Indiana Jones of the Art World” for his high-profile recovery of stolen masterpieces, said the latest discovery was among his most significant. … Read more
Jan van den Berg stares out at the sea where his father vanished seven decades ago — lost in a storm just days before his birth. Now aged 70, he clings to the hope of finding even the smallest fragment of his father’s remains. In Urk, a fishing village in the northern Netherlands, the sea … Read more
The Hague — Two Dutch intelligence agencies said on Friday that Russia is increasing its use of prohibited chemical weapons in Ukraine, including the World War I-era poison gas chloropicrin. The Netherlands’ military intelligence and the security service, together with the German intelligence service, found that the use of prohibited chemical weapons by the Russian military … Read more