Tuesday, March 10, 2015

The Netherlands - Dutch drug money scandal prompts ministers’ resignations

The Netherlands’ justice minister and his deputy have resigned over a massive payout to a convicted drug dealer. The ministry was revealed to have misled the parliament on the details of the deal.
While the decision on paying 4.7 million guilders (€2.1 million) to a famous drug trafficker, known as Cees H., was made by the Dutch prosecution in 2001, the exact details of the deal were only made public on Monday. 
The payout to the drug lord was made after the prosecution failed to prove that his confiscated assets had been acquired illegally. The deal was kept secret from both the public and tax authorities.

INC News, 10/03/2015 - via RT

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