In the heart of Amsterdam, within the confines of a heavily fortified courtroom known as De Bunker, a critical verdict was delivered in the Marengo liquidation process on a Tuesday. A significant number of perpetrators, seventeen to be exact, were met with their judicial fate. Among them was a notorious figure, Ridouan Taghi, who is considered the most dangerous and feared drug lord in the Netherlands. Taghi, along with two of his accomplices, was handed a life sentence by the judicial system. The presiding judge, in his pronouncement, stated, “We convict all suspects. Ridouan Taghi gets life in prison,” a declaration made on a Tuesday morning.
This case encapsulates a series of heinous crimes, that include six brutal murders and numerous murder attempts. However, what makes this case particularly chilling are the three murders that were committed during the ongoing trial. The gravity of the situation intensified when, a week after the revelation that the Public Prosecution Service had procured a key witness in the case, the brother of the said witness was tragically gunned down.
