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Vol 66 No 4

Published 21st February 2025


Sierra Leone

Freetown falls out with the Hague over cocaine

A diplomatic row is brewing after the revelations about Jos Leijdekkers’s drugs empire

Top officials in Freetown have expressed annoyance at the time it took the Dutch government to apply for the extradition of convicted cocaine smuggler Jos Leijdekkers, despite telling the media they had known where he was for months, following the revelations about the presence in Sierra Leone.

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