The Netherlands has requested Sierra Leone extradite Jos Leijdekkers, a convicted cocaine smuggler, who is reportedly hiding there. Despite the lack of a formal treaty, Sierra Leone is investigating ...

The Netherlands has sent an extradition request to Sierra Leone for convicted cocaine smuggler Jos Leijdekkers, the Dutch justice minister said on Thursday, adding that he hoped to find the ...

The Netherlands has sent and extradition request to the authorities of Sierra Leone for convicted drug criminal Jos Leijdekkers, Dutch Justice Minister David van Weel said on his X account on Thursday ...

The Netherlands has requested the extradition of Jos Leijdekkers, a notorious drug criminal, from Sierra Leone. High-level ...

Jos Leijdekkers -- also known as "Omar Sheriff" and "Chubby Jos" -- is accused of trafficking cocaine and ordering a murder.

Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to Guinea who is also the ruling SLPP party’s Kambia District Chairman, Alimamy Hassan Bangura, has ...

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Sierra Leone's information ministry said on Sunday it was investigating media reports that European cocaine kingpin Jos ...

Sierra Leone’s role in international cocaine trafficking is once again under scrutiny, after reports revealed yesterday that one of Europe’s ...

A spokesperson for the Dutch Public Prosecution Service (OM) said Leijdekkers has been living in Sierra Leone for about six ...

Leijdekkers, who is Dutch, was sentenced in absentia to 24 years in prison on June 25, 2024 by a Rotterdam court for ...