Feb 6, 2025 · The extradition request for Jos Leijdekkers presents Sierra Leone with an opportunity to demonstrate its commitment to fighting international organized crime. The government’s decision will be closely monitored by foreign governments, security agencies, and global anti-narcotics organizations.

Jan 25, 2025 · Dutch authorities say one of Europe's most-wanted fugitives has been living in Sierra Leone for about six months. Jos Leijdekkers, 33, was sentenced in absentia to 24 years in prison on 25...

Feb 6, 2025 · Jos Leijdekkers was sentenced in absentia by a Rotterdam court in June last year to 24 years in prison for organizing the transport of seven tons of cocaine and ordering a murder.

Jan 25, 2025 · One of Europe’s most wanted fugitives, convicted cocaine smuggler Jos Leijdekkers, has found refuge and high-level protection in Sierra Leone, according to three sources with direct knowledge...

Jan 27, 2025 · Leijdekkers (33), who is both on the national and the international Europol most wanted list, was sentenced to 24 years in jail in 2024 for organising six drugs transports comprising some 7,000 kilos of cocaine and for commissioning a murder.

Jan 26, 2025 · Two sources told Reuters on Friday that Leijdekkers, who was sentenced last June in absentia to 24 years in prison by a Dutch court for smuggling more than 7 tons of cocaine, had been in Sierra...

Jan 25, 2025 · Freetown, Sierra Leone – Jos Leijdekkers, a 33-year-old Dutch national and one of Europe’s most wanted fugitives, has reportedly been residing in Sierra Leone under high-level protection for at least six months, according to sources and visual evidence obtained by Reuters.

Jan 24, 2025 · One of Europe's most wanted fugitives, convicted cocaine smuggler Jos Leijdekkers, has found refuge and high-level protection in Sierra Leone, according to three sources with direct knowledge of...

Feb 6, 2025 · Sierra Leone has launched a manhunt for the Dutch fugitive Jos Leijdekkers, also known as Bolle Jos. The police asked locals to keep an eye out for the man believed to be the convicted drug trafficker, police commander William Fayia Sellu said in a press conference.. Leijdekkers was filmed attending a New Year’s mass in Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio’s birth village.

Jan 25, 2025 · The Dutch Public Prosecution Service (OM) and police have confirmed that Jos Leijdekkers, one of the most wanted fugitives in the Netherlands, has been in Sierra Leone for more than six months. This announcement follows reports by AD and Follow the Money.