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In december 2016 another Dutch 'crime reporter' named Martin Kok was shot to dead. I put that inside parentheses, because that guy was a former criminal/murdere

In december 2016 another Dutch 'crime reporter' named Martin Kok was shot to dead. I put that inside parentheses, because that guy was a former criminal/murderer himself and his writing style was really bad (and therefor a joy to read). It was speculated about him that he 'reported' about the activities of a criminal group (basically cocaine traffickers) that was formerly operating stealthy (as in: that group was not in the spotlights of the press yet, it probably was on the radar of the police, I don't know). It was also speculated he got paid for this 'reporting' by another criminal group. It's all mocro mafia related. Comes down to access to the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp. In 2012 a shipment of 200 kilos of coke went missing in Antwerp. A war broke out. If you are slightly interested in this real life crime stuff, definitely search for 'mocro mafia'. I can really recommend the book called 'Mocro Mafia' by Wouter Laumans (very good book, and it's central theme is around a young Moroccan boy who's frustrated with life and becomes a criminal, to eventually be used as a hitman, very sad read). These real life crime stories sometimes read like a movie script: - Beheadings? Check. - Bombs and rocket launchers? Check. - Executions in broad day light? Check. - Mistakenly killing the wrong people? Check. - Shooting with automatic rifles on police? Check. - Kids being hitmen for like 5.000 euro? Check. - Kidnappings? Check. - Attacks on press, laywers, mayors? Check. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Kok https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Kok

rambambram 5y ago
To clarify some things: what is called the 'mocro mafia' is mostly about cocaine import (but also bank robberies in nowadays mostly Germany). What The Netherlands are also famous for is the production of synthetic drugs. What I wrote about attacks on a mayor is said to be coming from that angle. I know, very broad generalization by calling this 'mocro mafia', I don't like that either.

rambambram 5y ago

To clarify some things: what is called the 'mocro mafia' is mostly about cocaine import (but also bank robberies in nowadays mostly Germany). What The Netherlands are also famous for is the production of synthetic drugs. What I wrote about attacks on a mayor is said to be coming from that angle. I know, very broad generalization by calling this 'mocro mafia', I don't like that either.