Colombians Involved in the Cocaine Business in the Netherlands
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UvA-DARE (Digital Academic Repository) Traquetos : Colombians involved in the cocaine business in the Netherlands Zaitch, D. Publication date 2001 Link to publication Citation for published version (APA): Zaitch, D. (2001). Traquetos : Colombians involved in the cocaine business in the Netherlands. Bureau Grafische Produkties UvA. General rights It is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), other than for strictly personal, individual use, unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). Disclaimer/Complaints regulations If you believe that digital publication of certain material infringes any of your rights or (privacy) interests, please let the Library know, stating your reasons. In case of a legitimate complaint, the Library will make the material inaccessible and/or remove it from the website. Please Ask the Library: https://uba.uva.nl/en/contact, or a letter to: Library of the University of Amsterdam, Secretariat, Singel 425, 1012 WP Amsterdam, The Netherlands. You will be contacted as soon as possible. UvA-DARE is a service provided by the library of the University of Amsterdam (https://dare.uva.nl) Download date:10 Oct 2021 Appendix 250 Traquetos Map I. Colombia Political Appendix 251 Map II. Chemical Precursor Products to Colombia 252 Traquetos Map III. Coca Production, Laboratories and Import-Export Routes CARIBBEAN SEA Y* ,/re|—.,J GUAVIARE >~4^ V " 'lie . ^K ^ PUTUMAyC- CAQUETA" \ VAUPéS _^J %J /' '"-.l BRASIL -^g— Coca Import Cocaine Export AMAZONAS « Coca Crops «S ^^~ RP Laboratories V PERU // Leticia -=> Appendix 253 Map IV. Regional Centres of Cocaine Entrepreneurs CARIBBEAN SEA JAIIRAS VENEZUELA • Bucûromanga ~ "Mi riiii.^ g V* !-* •BOGOTA *,*-**** Bo«nov«ntur?pF VALLE i /•- s I BRASIL A. Atlantic Focus. B. Antioquian Focus. C. Central Focus. D. East Focus. E. 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Cocaine Seized in the Netherlands 1987-1998 and Relevant Cases 1989-1997 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 406 517 1425 4288 2492 3433 3720 8200 4851 9222 11489 11452 Year Description 1989 April, 100 kg in Rotterdam, tanker ship ElPionero from Colombia, no arrests. December, 330 kg in Rotterdam, tanker ship EWL Paramaribo. Three men and one woman arrested (all Dutch). Later a Surinamese military official involved. December, 244 kg in Rotterdam. W.S. sentenced in April 1991 to 12 year. 1990 February, 2,658 kg in IJmuiden in a fruit ship. Operation Holle Vaten. Line Colombia-Amsterdam since 1988 (4 or 5 successful operations). Passion fruit exported by Srajales and received by Dutch people in Haarlem (Lida and former kick-boxing trainer). Colombian Pepe at the top but escaped. Money was sent by cheques from Thomas Cook. Three Dutchmen and five Colombians arrested, including R.S. Londono (engineer), O.F. Rivera and H.A. Ospina. Londono was sentenced to 16 year in 1991 and in January 1992 escaped from Sittard. His brother in law (Rivera) escaped in 1991 from Arnhem-Zuid. April, 140 kg in a warehouse in Amsterdam Westhaven. The load was hidden in 30 tons of cacao beans, moved first from Colombia to Suriname, and from Paramaribo shipped in the Kingston of Nedlloyd. The police was tipped and waited until unloading. Six people were arrested'. The 33 year old Dutch owner of the transport company, his girlfriend, two other men from Amsterdam and two Colombians. They were 27 and 41 year old and stayed since one week in a hotel in Amsterdam. The older Colombian was a lawyer, carried ƒ 150,000, and was the main suspect. June, 87 kg in Schiphol. Connected with the case of 244 kg in Rotterdam. Five arrests (one customs officer) plus a military official from Suriname, and a German later extradited to the Netherlands. October, 41.5 kg in Rotterdam from Curaçao. Two people arrested, later released. 21 kg in Vlissingen in the Colombian banana ship Swan River, several times involved in cocaine transportation via Belgium. 1991 January, 105 kg in a container in The Hague (December) and 60 kg in Rotterdam in containers with plastic from a ship from Colombia to Rotterdam via Portugal. Two people arrested', a 49 year old Dutch engineer from Delft who ran La Malinche Import-Export Bv and used its bank account to launder money, and a 44 year old former chauffeur from the Mexican Embassy in The Hague. They received 9 and 5 year. Police could not investigate the role of the Embassy, but it is clear that at least two top officials were involved (first secretary later transferred). Two Colombians also involved as organisers, but could not be detained. February, 650 kg in Oudenhoorn, smuggled from Trinidad to Rotterdam in asphalt barrels. Public prosecutor asked between 4 and 10 year for five suspects, and in February 1994 a court from The Hague sentenced Jesse J. to 10 year. Bettien M. also involved. May, 357 kg in Rotterdam on Danish ship Elisabeth Boye, coming from Suriname. Five persons detained after delivering in Breda. Four (three brothers) sentenced to 18 months for cocaine unloading. Later in 1995, main suspect with excellent contacts with Surinamese military asked 16 256 Traquetos Year Description year. No direct Colombian involvement. May, 120 kg on the ship EWL Paramaribo. 100 kg more in a taxi, by two men coming from the ship. Other 150 kg found in two houses. Dutch court sentenced a man from Togo to 10 year and one from Suriname to 8 year, for the smuggling of 286 kg. July, 92 kg under the keel of a Colombian ship, and 2 kg more by people on board. One Colombian arrested. October, 46 kg in Paris by six Dutch people, four young couriers and two receivers. Later 70 people detained in 5 places (French Guyana, Curaçao, Paris, Brussels and the Netherlands), from which 55 young, native blond couriers. Two lines: Antilles-Brussels-Amsterdam and Suriname- French Guyana-Paris-Amsterdam. 40 year old fA.A. organisator sentenced to 9 year in the Netherlands, his daughter to 3 year.