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Dutch gang leader Ridouan Taghi, once part of a cocaine “super cartel,” has been handed life in prison for a string of murders. The violence may be over for now, but organized crime still looms large in the Netherlands.
In a nondescript industrial estate on the edge of Amsterdam, two sleek black cars pull up in front of a court house guarded by heavily armed police.
The people inside have their faces covered almost completely by balaclavas, but you can see apprehension in their eyes as they pass. One of the vehicles hastens into a small garage on the side of the building and the doors shut quickly behind them. The other drives on.
The unidentifiable passengers were arriving at “The Bunker,” a high-security facility near Schipol Airport where three men, including notorious organized crime boss Ridouan Taghi, were sentenced to life imprisonment on Tuesday in one of the biggest criminal cases the Netherlands has ever seen.
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