Ridouan Taghi

Ridouan Taghi (born 20 December 1977)[1] is a Moroccan-Dutch suspect. He is currently held at Nieuw Vosseveld, a maximum security prison in Vught, for suspected involvement in at least ten murders related to organised crime, as well as for his involvement in drug trafficking and the leading of a criminal organisation.[2][3] Until his late 2019 arrest in Dubai, Taghi was the most wanted criminal in the Netherlands with a record-breaking reward of €100,000.[4][5]

Ridouan Taghi
Born (1977-12-20) December 20, 1977
Tetouan, Morocco
NationalityMoroccan, Dutch
OccupationCriminal
Criminal charge(s)Murder, drug trafficking

Accusations

Taghi's suspected crimes include the murder of Redouan B. (brother of crown witness Nabil B.) and of Nabil B.'s lawyer, Derk Wiersum.[6][7] The latter was considered an attack on the Dutch legal system.[8]

Documents produced by The United States' Drug Enforcement Agency, the DEA, were sent to the Dutch police exposed what would be a super drug cartel headed by Ridouan Taghi, Raffaele Imperiale (Camorra's drugs and arms dealer), Daniel Kinahan (Irish drug trafficker) and Edin G. (Bosnian drug trafficker). The group was observed by the DEA having meetings in the Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai, where the base of the alleged cartel is stationed. The meetings took place in 2017, however, it only reached the Dutch media in October 2019. The DEA regards this as one of the world's fifty largest drug cartels, with virtually a monopoly over the Peruvian cocaine controlling around a third of the cocaine trade in all of Europe. Yet, according to the DEA documents, the destination for all the drugs shipments would be the Dutch ports.[9][10][11]

Taghi managed to evade capture by constantly altering his appearance and using false passports and visas.[12] He was arrested in Dubai on 16 December 2019. As the Netherlands does not have an extradition treaty with Dubai, Taghi was deported three days after his arrest; based on him being declared as persona non grata by the emirate, as he had entered it under a false identity. He is being held at Nieuw Vosseveld in Vught, waiting for his trial in 2020.[13]

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