The power of the drugs mafia - Cocaine and the Netherlands | DW Documentary
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 เม.ย. 2022
- Organized crime in The Netherlands is flourishing in tandem with the cocaine trade. A key witness is shot dead, along with his lawyer. A journalist is murdered in downtown Amsterdam. The drugs mafia earns billions and deploys increasingly brutal tactics.
For years the Dutch authorities thought they had this so-called Mocro mafia under control. But at the latest with the murder of journalist Peter R. de Vries, it has become clear that organized crime is shaking The Netherlands to its very core. "It’s a battle for power and billions. It’s about killing, to avoid being killed,” says the well-known Dutch lawyer Vito Shukrula.
Recent years have seen a dramatic rise in the amount of cocaine being smuggled through the ports of Rotterdam, Antwerp and Hamburg. With profits running into the billions, mafia gangs mainly operating from The Netherlands find it easy to bribe individuals at key points in the chain. For example, a crane driver at a port can earn 100,000 Euros for moving just one container to a particular position. For years now, investigators have used all the means at their disposal to expose and cut the supply lines. Several raids found weapons and huge hauls of drugs; many suspects were taken into custody.
The biggest trial in the history of The Netherlands has been going on since March 2021. In the dock at the Marengo trial: several leading members of the Mocro Mafia accused of murder. The cases highlight the extreme brutality of a criminal network that’s pushing the state to its limits. The reportage accompanies investigators going about their work at the port of Rotterdam, talks to defendants’ lawyers, meets former drugs couriers as well as the journalist Peter R. de Vries, who was later murdered. The story is one of corruption and violence.
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As a Dutch person born in Amsterdam, I guess you don't really realize how fucked up something is if it's not presented from a foreign channel.
and this one was such a MILD presentation
@@kukulroukul4698 VERY VERY MILD🤣🤣
Yeah don't even get me started on the grooming data and street assaults data. I also talk to Dutch girls about this on a personal level. It's not racist to say that some cultural ideals don't mesh well with western ideals. Stop giving into bad cultural practices
@@ADUAquascaping They literally killed a Syrian DJ lol
Er worden heel mooie podcasts gemaakt over dit onderwerp, waarmee je goed op de hoogte blijft. Bijvoorbeeld De Taghi Podcast, De Willem (oorspronkelijk over Willem Holleder maar nu over de drugs maffia), Cocainekoorts, Het Marengoproces, etc.
Here is a controversial take: maybe people actually use those drugs, hence the neverending supply? The whole war on drugs does more harm to people than anything else. Major waste of resources. Legalize, tax and certify safety for recreational drugs (cocaine included!), and reinvest tax and money saved from drug enforcement into public drug education, research and social support for addicts.
The DEA and CIA are the biggest cartels tho lol
The crime journalist who got killed literally said it is the only solution. So I think you have a point. It would be severely detrimental for drug gangs
The power of the drugs mafia - Cocaine and the Netherlands | DW Documentary 12.4.22 1739pm hey could also sponsor sporting events to garner some revenue to funnel back into health services as they used to do with tobacco industry revenue... see how the UK health service is struggling now it aint got it's much required tobacco tax funding???
@@frankvictorrood It would end those gangs
Almost Nobody in The Netherlands is using it.
It's an export product, it's a dutch tradition..
The stark reality of organized crime's grip on The Netherlands is both chilling and eye-opening. This documentary sheds crucial light on the challenges faced by authorities in the battle against criminal networks. Thank you for highlighting this pressing issue.
Authorities are often among the main beneficiaries so not really a challenge, just a nice side hustle
its in reality not that bad. netherlands is low in crime. the media just blows things up that are not even a big deal
never knew all this was going on in the Netherlands! thanks for opening our eyes!
this is a network ( mocromaffia ) that stratches from france to the netherlands and even into germany
Now you know. Netherlands is big drug country
Where did u lived then, under a rock🤣🤣🤣🤣
May I ask you how old you are because I'm 55 and 35 years ago people elder than me told already these stories. The numbers were less but the situation just that.
@@gudrunbruemllst4172 I am 58years old, so thats why @ a funny way saying where did u lived back in those days ;-)
Im Dutch, and this just a small part of a story. Money is laundered through the financial ssctor. Also in rural villages (especially in the South) people are producing mdma and speed; they have also inflitrated small local governments
Let Singapore government handle security. Unfortunantly, if falsly accused can get death sentance in Singapore
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Good for them, a corrupt government made it all possible.
The south of the Netherlands even getting also the crystal meth capital. Because the quality is extremely high.
lemme have those lovely molly & C10H15N please !! big love
keep the MD factories open, Dutch saves so many lives because it’s colour is so distinct. You know if you’re taking Dutch you’re relatively safe from cutting.
as always super docu from DW, keep doing same good quality work 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
As a former abuser of cocaine and a pro drug supporter I have to say that I agree with the legalize, tax and make it as safe and provide treatment. Not that I am pro drug any longer but I realize that a huge draw of it was because it was illegal and the potential for profit. I am wise enough to understand that people are going to do it anyway. But take the things out of it that are a huge part of the allure and the resources to fight it just may be the answer. IDK.
I don’t think it should be legal I also was addicted to cocaine and it made me and peoople around me who use it very aggressive
Look at Portland Oregon then think again
@@alexmarle9123 What does it have to do with users being aggressive or not? The point is there is no way to stop people using it so might as well legalize it so government can take the profits instead of the carterls and other criminals. It would end the violence involved as the criminals would be all out of business immediately.
I get agressive when I get cut off in traffic. BAN CARS AND TRAFFIC!@@alexmarle9123
@@I_Got_NoRegs That's opiates. We dont have those problems in European countries. Also, it doesn't heelp to make stuff legal, when it's still sold and made by the same people. Get stuff legalized and regulated. Safer for consumers and also a nice tax income for the governments.
That police chief was incredibly down to earth and really understood how the world works. Hats off to her
You mad dutch cops are some of the biggest drug dealers in europe do some research and see how many are in prisons all over the world for serious serious drug dealing offenses while members of the force, Your seeing nothing but smoke and mirrors and misdirection with a good helping of lies and untruths
That job'll do that to you. But people from Rotterdam tend to be like that anyway, they're straight talkers.
@@scotty101ire okay 👍
She is not doing anything useful for society, nobody cares if a bit of cocaine gets stopped at the port
She was tough .A real ball breaker ;-)
the writer almost had the perfect beginning, ' first comes the containers, then comes the cocaine, then comes the cash and lastly the caskets.'
The writer wrote the perfect beginning. It's not a coincidence. No words needed
“Cocaine is a hell of a drug”- Rick James
@@jjn5287 prohibition causes all of the violence and stuff
He probably lies in bed late at night sleepless, replaying that moment in his head.. asking himself why he didnt mention the casket instead of the violence. A life of regret is not a life worth living… here comes another casket
@@patrickm5217 not everyone gets buried, some get cremated and stuff, not all violence results in death as well
"The garbage doesn't stop coming " because you don't stop buying garbage.
"You" meaning the whole world? Because The Netherlands exports around 90 billion euros in XTC, MDMA and amphetamine. Dutch criminals are mainly successful because the rest of the world. Not the dutch itself 🤣
Lol
They are just pruning branches. They need to get to the source of the problem.
and yet it costs not one cent to leave people alone - and yes, right back at you ♡
Goeie docu, kort, krachtig, informatief, maar toch heel uitgebreid.
R.I.P. Peter de Vries, one of the best reporters. This is a big loss for our country. something like this happening in the Netherlands is unbelievable. We are officially a narco-state now.
Perhaps the only solution is de criminalizing drugs, including hard drugs like cocaine. If there's no profit, this ends.
DW Documentaries are Outstandingly done; scoring 11 out of 10...Great Job 🎇
Thanks for watching and for the positive feedback, Timothy!
Legalise it, tax it and start the recovery process. Absolutely no way that this can be stopped with force, ever.
It may very well be possible with cocaine. When it comes to other substances, ones like meth and heroin, I have serious doubts if they could ever be legalized without significant societal harm. Keeping something in the shadows doesn't do away with the problem, but the addictive susceptibility is just far too great with some drugs. Putting up some barriers to access (by keeping them illegal or decriminalizing personal possession) seems like the best society can do.
@@TheHamburgler123 Legalizing them would solve alot of problems. Give legal pharmaceutical heroin for heroin addicts and suddently heroin will be gone from the streets
@@TheHamburgler123 Alcohol is scientifically the most harmful drug there is and yet even with it, they want to keep it legal because everything went to shit when they tried to criminalize it; booze barons, methanol in booze etc..
@@Pateffs I support programs such a needle exchanges and even injection locations where you can obtain free shots of heroin. The same goes for meth. However, I don't think substances like meth and heroin should ever be available at a dispensary/store like it is for marijuana.
I'm not sure where you live but the meth epidemic is rampant and it consumes entire towns and cities. I was once a user myself. If had the ability to buy a bag of meth at a store, to cop a bag whenever I wanted, I can't say with confidence that I'd be sober today. It's hard enough to completely restructure your life, dropping people from your orbit because they're a bad influence. If it was available legally on every street corner? It would be a disaster. After all, this is a stimulant so power that it makes cocaine addiction look like child's play.
The USA will not let any country legelize it not happing
The scariest part is that I actually live like 10 minutes away from these torture chambers, and its so calm around here. Never in my wildest fantasy I would have thought to find something like this around here. It scares me.
Nou beter dat je er niks van merkt dan dat je het wel zou hebben gemerkt he
Big up from Morocco
don't be scared just make sure to mind ur own business and no one would touch u
@@noonecares3213hjb
A tip .They also pull teeth ,if you need a tooth extraction .
I don't know if there's been any translations, but if you want to dive deeper into the Mocro Maffia, i'd highly recommend the book Mocro Maffia, written by Marijn Schrijver. The book contains real stories about some very big players. Also the tv Show Mocro Maffia is very good, it's not a documentary but it shows what can happen behind the scenes.
Imagine being that close to death and never even knowing that someone attempted and missed at that close range...
tjhe victim didnt even move
He did not even notice them. I was surprised he did not even hear the gun jam.
i mean..so sorry but it was really very funny. The man was just walking along, someone tried, failed, meanwhile he is just walking along. Probably thought it was a bug on his ear.
timestamp?
After all he still got killed at a stripclub in the Netherlands
This was some really good insight into other parts of the world. I always saw Mexico and the U.S. having real serious issues with drug cartels but it's not just them. Theres drugs all over the world, cartels all over, but there are certain areas, such as the Netherlands, are getting hit hard by this problem.
They aren’t getting hit hard at all. It’s just a 1st world white country that thinks it’s only happening to them. Mexico for example is a complete mess cartels are literally multi billion dollar corporations and they control everything.
The issue is worldwide but there is a reason the highest murder rates in the world are all in the Western Hemisphere. What goes on in Europe is child’s play compared to South America, Central America and the Caribbean.
Drug prohibition is a government subsidy for drug cartels.
Cartels have underground tunnels all through America and Mexico
Ron Zerker I never knew the Netherlands even had a Mafia.
Fantastic insight into the fight against the drug trade👍👍👍
Thank you DW teams, as always, for preparing a neutral and high-quality documentary. So informative~
Lol I only watched half but they already said "PGP got hacked", unfortunately quality content is hard to find 😂
The problem in the Nederland’s is really hectic due to it being one of the main ports of entry for drugs into Europe. Essentially they are having to deal with a large portion of the total European drug trade and hence the stakes and profits are much higher and the gangs far more ruthless than if it was just their own domestic drug trade/consumption that was the issue.
The port of Rotterdam is our cocain hub and the province of Brabant our XTC factory!
@@siccodewilt1 im from rotterdam my self and soon imma be pablo escobar
China for all synthetics including ketamine yum or even 2f-dck. Fun stuff if used responsibly. Good MDMA too, we also have good labs in Canada. Cheers🍺✌
@@Saiico1000 Lol I'll be Griselda Blanca. I made you biatch. Then we'll go to war😉
@@billy6pack887 hook it up
When you learn how much money the people on docks, ships, police and law make, it takes a fully different point of view.
stevedores make a good amount of money.
Otherwise they would be corrupt
Reminds me of Season 2 of the TV show, The Wire.
Yeah, nobody ever talks about the cops (the brass, not the street guys) getting their slice and the politicians with connections that get another slice and "a gift" for their personal enjoyment.
It's the only reason for which prohibition, which clearly is a failure, keeps going on.
With a lawful legalization of the commerce, within lawful parameters and rules, the price would plummet (producing a gram costs around 3 dollars, the price is 70-80-100 because of the risk. In a legitimate commerce the price would drop close to 10-15 dollars/gram eliminating billions from the mafias pockets...ad everybody else's pockets).
Do you mean before or after corruption, toaster?
May peter rest in peace my heart goes out to his family
I'm sad . My belated Condolences go out to Peter's family and friends.
Who talks Goes
Thank you DW , I watched it twice . Good luck with your other productions , I subscribed ofcourse .
Thanks for watching and subscribing! :)
DW Documentaries are the best! Always bringing us unfiltered news💕
Pure uncut news 😀😀😀
Vivo en amsterdam en todo el red district y es una locura esto por aqui la verdad que poco a poco se va llendo todo a la mierda y estas son las noticias que deberiamos de ver por la tv no buscando por youtube, Epico su contenido DW Documentary.
Hay un monton de noticias en la tv pero si tu no entiendes holandes nunca te vas a enterrar
Biggest Regret of my life wad moving to Nederlands with my children didn't new all kind of evil you can Imagine is here you get trapped before you know what happened to your life. May Allah protect us all Ameen
That lawyer creeps me out more than the average drug lord does
look at his photos hahaha
Oh man, the lawyer.
He is even called Vito
Creepy's a good description.
If you actually knew what the boss of the Mocro mafia is capable of, you wouldn't say that.
Excellent documentary; well-produced, told and executed. Well done WDR!!
for some reason TH-cam made me rate how good your comment was and how relevant it was to the video.. so I guess that's a thing now. don't worry tho, I gave you an excellent!
It's DW not WDR
Well done DW! A lot of fellow Dutch's in the comments agree i see.
As a Moroccan that lives in Europe, I am deeply ashamed of this so-called Mocro Maffia. Some of the drug traffickers come from the city I live in. The worst thing that happened in the Netherlands was a chopped head found in a busy street facing its head to a shisha lounge where other criminals used to go. His body was found burnt in a minivan
Why did you come to EU????
@@luciferin22bcuz Europ still our countries in Africa
@@luciferin22born there
@@najimt.7779 he doesn't need to stay in Europe. He can join his tribes in Morocco
@@luciferin22 YOU ARE FOREIGNER YOURSELF, YOU GRAN PARENTS MIGRATED TOO SO RELAX DUDE
The process ingenuity of these criminals is astounding. They find loopholes Everywhere. Had no idea The Netherlands was the drug dealer den of Europe.
Very insightful documentary ; thank you !
You had no idea? The Dutch have been the HUB for a solid 40 years now…
We are number 3 best infrastructure in the world. That's great for business and citizens, but criminals like that great infrastructure too.
this is only the cocain maffia,
the netherlands also has a large xtc maffia
theres cannabis maffia
theres sex maffia
Check out the drug seizures in Belgium just as big
@@Inge-99 in the late 80's they also supplied Europe with lsd, also amphetamine sulphate. Its a old business. a lot of foreign gangs moved there and set up shop
RIP PETER r de Vries you legend!! I am raised watching your videos and catching the criminals! You are a true example! You came up for the people who are the most vulnerable in the netherlands! You are a Braveheart! My hart is still crying for you 😢 !
More of a warning than an example. Who'd want to follow in his footsteps now?
Heart*
He plays in Inter Milan, he is good and he's fine
@@MrTubularBalls Definitely an example. This documentary said he didn't "expect" to be killed. He did expect it, but he still walked in public with his chin up. Brave man who did not live in fear.
Amazing criminality....very organized 👌
Nice video
Your documentaries are always a BOMB!
Wow this is really is crazy, I’m not from the Netherlands but it is my favourite place the people are so welcoming it’s just such a vibe. I knew there was crime but I didn’t know just how bad it is, really enjoyed this documentary great work!
If you thought this was a nice documentary, then you should see the one by crime reporter John van de Heuvel. He has made a documentary about the mocro mafia with 3 seasons. AMAZING DOCUMENTARY!!! Unfortunately, he lives now with 24/7 police on his side.
Nothing that executing drug traffickers couldn't help.
@@TalibanSymphonyOrchestra Are you insane? Executing drug traffickers is a stupid and horrible idea. The solution is drug legalisation and it’s painfully obvious and true.
fake nws from germany
yea alot of people get killed here
It’s hard to judge , but it definitely opened my eyes. There is no possible way to stop it , because there is always one rat sitting by big table, with others who think they do nothing wrong.
I gotta say that Deutsch Well DW is such an awesome news channel
Another great documentary by DW 👍.
Another excellent doc! 👏👏
I still can’t believe they took out Peter deVries. He was a brave man to put these guys on blast. He did a phenomenal job with the Natalee Halloway case as well. He was vigilant. RIP Mr. de Vries
Like they did to Veronica guerin in Ireland
I visited the Netherlands 13 times from January 2018 to January 2020, and on the very few occasions where I was passing by De Wallen, during the day, in broad daylight, I would always get approached by Turks and Moroccans, asking me if I wanted any cocaine!! I’d reply with a smile, and tell them that I’ve never even smoked, not even once in my whole life lol. The funny thing was, most of them did not speak Turkish or Arabic, and even if they did, it was really a poor command of both languages. Mostly second, or given that they were fellow millennials, or perhaps some were even younger Gen-Z, I’d say they were third or fourth generation immigrants.
Overall, it’s quite literally, one of the safest countries one can visit, with the friendliest, most open people one can ever have the pleasure of running into. I’ve made friends there, some young such as myself, in their 20s and 30s. While others, are in their 60s and 70s. Not to mention my best friend, and my unofficial atheistic 81 year old Dutch Godmother haha. The Dutchies I tell ya, what a nice group of homo Sapiens. They’re so cool, a retired ex Shell chemical engineer from Prienseneiland, even dedicated the first English translation of his book to me!! In the Preface, right under the dedication to his only son, how crazy is that?! Willem Van Der Horst, what an awesome 70 year old fellow that guy is.
Bro some local poor dealers don't represent anything
Cause they Kürdish.. Not Turks or Arabics.. Mostly Africans or Kurds Whos behind the Mafia or Drunks..
I must admit, I never really followed newsfeeds from DW, but it's content is good
Rip Peter De Vries!! He was a very brave men!!
Zijn eigen arrogantie was helaas wel debet aan zijn ondergang. Rip peter
@@alexiswashington4081 Ik zou eerder zeggen hulde aan zijn arrogantie. Zonder dat had hij nooit het werk kunnen doen dat hij gedaan heeft. Ik vond het totaal geen sympathieke man, maar hij deed alles wat hij kon om zijn medemens te helpen.
@@MrFrisfruit ik snap wat je bedoelt maar zonder die arrogantie kun je meer dan succesvol zijn. Ik had eerder het idee dat het een soort compensatie drang was voor iets vanuit vroeger (wilde gok ofc).
Mis zijn programma’s wel, kijk er regelmatig nog eentje terug
Hi guys, sorry if you dislike changing the topic.
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Judges and law specialists are helping them.
More info on channel "Santiago Royuela Samit".
Thanks for your time, This is a very important matter.
@@alejandrodemiguelrubio lmfao
Feeding my algorithm with DW
As a Dutchman it kills me that whenever English spoken documentaries recreate something in Dutch, they nearly always use German text or speech. Just to be clear: "Dutch" isn't the same as "Deutsch". Other than that, great doc!
The main problem is that Netherlands are in the heart of Europe, and it has the best ports, that's why it has so much, great position to export through Europe.
You're completely wrong in that. Yes, the Port of Rotterdam is the biggest port of Europe. But that is absolutely not the reason for the succes of the criminals. The reason for that is, in The Netherlands the punishes related to drugs are relatively low and soft in comparison to the rest of the world.
@@felixevers Sweden has very harsh punishments for drug offences, simply failing a drug test is enough for one to be conviceted of a drug crime. At the same time we have quite serious issues with organized crime revolving around the drug trade. The heart of the issue is prohibition itself, which has proven itself the world over to be succesfull at nothing beyond fueling black markets and causing further criminality and violence.
The main with the whole spectrum of problems involving a variety of drugs, is the "war" against it.
And our jail is like a Hotel. They don't care
We always have been merchants. Believe me, it’s the elite who pays this.
Fast money is like an addiction. I'm sad for people who get sucked into this stuff.
You are so right
When greed is promoted as a positive value, this is what you get. People who learn to value simple things in life and good relationships are rarely tempted by this crap.
Being broke is the root of all evil
@@marieindia8116 true but when you grow up in a shit neighborhood with 10 siblings in a crammed apartment, sometimes an alcoholic father and a mother who is forced to prostitute to make enough money for her kids can make money seem the problem to all your solutions. Someone born into money you wont see stealing food or dealing drugs. People saying money isnt important in life have never lived in true poverty.
Puppet on a chain!!☠️☠️
Excellent documentary meine freunden!!
TIP: If you want to watch a very high quality tv series about the mocro mafia watch: Mocro Mafia. One of the best Dutch produced series ever and close to reality
Alot of DW documentaries are great
Yes. I like DW too. What did you learn in this feature? Its just the same repeated message. No names, no structures. Same narrative as always. Hard guys, most propably corrupt, all realists. I think that this video is a very superficial mashup of pictures and point of views of already spread 'knowns - actually telling us - nothing- . (maybe 'cocaine is getting more popular', or 'better dont touch it.' depends what you prefer. money is what they take all.)
@Some Words check out the ones about the Iraq war and inequality in Germany.
Extremely interesting and informative.
How do I apply? happy to look the other way
This is very akin to Ireland, specifically Dublin in the 1990's with the heroin gangs and the murder of Veronica Guerin
Love DW documentaries ❤️
Yes they are great.
Nothing else matches them here.
They’re on a class of their own !
I read that many are not made by DW. They are bought from other documentary makers.
goebbels does too
As always DW does the best doku. ❤️💪
ko ti dade ime marlon, ako je pravo? ccc
@@lassehisingen3703 haha 😂 jeste pravo je.
@@marlondelibasic ok:) nek si ziv i zdrav
@@lassehisingen3703 hvala također. 🍻
Awesome Video Title. Not vague at all
very good documentary
Hi @Everything Network, thanks for watching and glad you liked the documentary!
Brilliant documentary, very interesting.
Insane what great country Netherland is experiencing.
The crimeblogger that was killed was a former criminal himself, as a bouncer he killed a man with a barstool, which was unlawfull death, then when he was out of prison for a bit he shot the new boyfriend of his ex which was straight murder. When he got out the second time he became a crimeblogger and a reckless one at that. Names and pictures, no doublechecks and everybody including myself warning him. He knew he lived in borrowed time and had had a extensive lunch with a lot of prominent crime journalists the day he got killed. If i'm not mistaken he was sold out or killed or both by a dude who was called scotty on the parking lot of a bordello after the failed attempt shown here.
Great documentary
Thanks DW for brilliant docs.
Do not believe everything you see in this video. Dutch politicians and police people have two faces and talk with a double thing. Dutch politicians and police are also criminals. Police officers also use drugs. Peter R de Vries was /is not kosher. Perhaps he moved to Omerta Falls.
Very Interesting doco!
Thanks for watching!
I've an odd observation, the voice actor at 17:45 sounds exactly like Professor Brian Greene ?
thank you DW for covering our news for us
Great documentary DW. Really great content
I remember going there in the late 80s as teenagers and even then we got offered Hashish and stuff in the streets always by non European types like Moroccans so i'm not surprised it's worse now. I remember the marked contrast of luxury cars there compared to England. That money had to come from this type of activity
If you think the Netherlands has a lot of luxury cars then you haven't seen the north of Morocco yet.
hey, i worked hard for my Citroen C1.
But, couldn't it have been loads of Mercedes 180's? i believe they were, most taxi drivers had one of those. Also, if you now go to London and see the Arabs there, it's money gained over the backs of other people with oil.
Sounds exactly like the stuff that happened during alcohol prohibition. People will always want to get high, no matter how how dystopian things get. But full legalizing and getting things under government supervision, age-restricted and quality control also sounds like a complete liability.
Very good documentary! Thank you for preparing it!
Izzy you are welcome -:))
Thank you for watching!
worth to mention that most of the money is being laundered in NL aswell, creates unfair competition for legitimate business and drives property prices sky high.
Same problem in Vancouver. Governments still play dumb and useless
No only drives property prices sky high but services and products tend to be also overpriced in most cases, while the Banksters ruling the world get rich all creating a rentier class.
In example Amsterdam. A normal family house was like €250.000 five years ago. Five years later it was €1.500.000
@@mrblehr2884 the main reason being that the cost of renovation & permits are sky high . It took me about 100k just to throw away the garbage left by the old owners .
Secondly, one of your main competitor inn dutch real estate is the heir to the dutch throne
@@toniventura2985 lol dutch throne. Good joke little guy
"That's where it's about" - defense lawyer
I once have overtaken a containership on the canal from the sea to amsterdam, in a sailing boat not even the biggest one, these things are very BIG.
I love this channel, so many well produced documentaries, as a DUTCH born person I can relate to this documentary. Keep on going DW!
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
dit is wel gekke shit he
Check Mob Reporter for more undercover coverage. Yes this was good program. Wish it went tiny more deep but no one talks barely.
RIP Peter R. de Vries.
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Thanks for watching, Amir! Be sure to check out our channel for more content!
As an Italian, i can tell the Dutch are not yet used to organized crime. How is it possibile that a crime-reporter/ journalist wasn't given special protection?? In Italy everyone speaking out against mafia is protected by police. Netherlands need better laws.
That tune is good
Hopefully this illustrates what we had lived in countries like Colombia for decades. The drug war is a lost war, it won't solve anything and it has the potential to sink countries in bloodsheath and violence. Condolences with this tragedy. Netherlands, please don't repeat failed strategies, or face the potential to loose your best citizens in a non-sense war like we did in Colombia
the writer almost had the perfect beginning, ' first comes the containers, then comes the cocaine, then comes the cash and lastly the caskets.'
love and hate in the same time
So true, continuing the fight against drugs will only bring more death, destruction and oppression. Most, or all drugs should be legalised everywhere.
The reason this is happening in the Netherlands is because of complacency.. Singapore doesn't have this issue, neither does China.. Because it is strict and ruthless. The weaker the policing and laws.. The worst it gets. Legalization will make things worse not better
Either way they loose people to drugs.
That lawyer is ridiculous
With most of his statements
rest in peace peter r de vries we miss you brother
We need to fight corruption. I wish that there was more transparency in banking. That would throw sand into the gears of criminal organizations. Also we need to find a way to curb demand as well.
Or we can stop this war by just taxing these substances and selling them for over 18+ with risks etc all over the packaging. This way less innocent people are harmed. Human trafficking drops also.
This is insane. As long as people want something, somebody will supply it. If it is made illegal the result is crime and corruption. Prohibition cannot work. Legalise, legalise, legalise and tax like alcohol or tobacco.
Important point.
Legalizing crimes doesn't reduce real crime. Think about it. The real answer is eliminating the desire to escape self. Create mental health, close families, connected communities. Then drugs wouldn't be an issue.
@@marieindia8116 A better live is certainly right.
But does the prohibition help?
@@marieindia8116 he's not talking about legalizing crimes, he is talking about legalizing the use of drugs, wich already isnt a crime today.
@@marieindia8116 Its not so much as a desire to escape/run away from problems as it is a helpfull tool in having a great night out with your friends. I could easily go without but that just means less fun so why would i? Of course you shouldnt go overboard and do drugs on a daily basis but every once in a while on a party can make life more fun. The same reason mankind always has done drugs. From the Romans to the Victorians they all did drugs. Drugs will for that reason never leave. There will always be people like myself that want to party and take drugs.
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If people would stop using drugs there is no market.
The shipping companies need to pay heavy penalties for shipping drugs
Please make a doc about the rising crime in Sweden! It would be very interesting to watch!
Probably to do with the mass immigration of people from the Middle East and the improper cultural alignment with the people from Sweden and the failure of integration
That would be politically incorrect, so don't have high hopes.
Sweden has taken over from the Netherlands in both countries it is rising. although the Netherlands has been dealing with this problem for almost 11 years
Do you live in Hollywood`? rising crimes in sweden? sweden is one of the safest countries in europe. Don't buy the bullshit heard from far right extremists. LOL
I live in the Netherlands, some police agents are on the mafia payroll, too. Most of the time they all work together and help each other; the Dutch, the Turkish, the Moroccan, the Italian, the Russian and the English mafia, they are all very much active in the Netherlands. Also, racism and discrimination at schools with teachers telling children that they are not getting anywhere in life just because they look different, many small companies don’t hire minorities and so on. It’s very easy to judge people but you have to look first at the root of the problem.
True. Everybody does it. But the morco maffia completely took over all the power. Nothing more,nothing less.
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Thats so sad
A Higher Power than the corrupt “state” is needed to deal with this scourge. As citizens we can do all we can to eliminate abuse which leads many to drugs. It is so bad in America that many people don’t care if they live or die.
It’s not unfortunate, it’s great. Most of the negative aspects of this stuff would not happen if drugs were legalised though.
That Vito guy has some drip tho
its time to end the war against drugs
This type of illegal activities is impossible unless, people at the highest levels derive significant monetary benefits.
bingo. And in a place like that? Wow. I clicked because i was shocked they were having a problem such as that. And THAT bad. Wow.
Just saw a very lovely video of Amsterdam and all the people and bicycles. Looked like it had low crime (compared to most American cities)
@@marlak4203 Something is terrible wrong at the highest echelons of Dutch government, if they allowed this situation to get out of control.
It could be only one conclusion , bribes from narco barons reached deep in the governing body of this country.
@@michaelgrobshteyn7049 You know it.
Remember what the guy said at the ports how they found all of those corrupt people who work right for the ports.
When it was said how they often find tons of drugs that they stop yet it hasn't really dented the drug flow, that is simply because there are many folks who work in all the right places that help so much of it get thru.
Its just how it is in this world. I am still saddened thinking there's a lot of drug heads there. Unless Netherlands are just a thru-way, meaning it doesn't really stop here but goes thru there to other places. I know Amsterdam legalized marijuana.
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That will never end, the profits are so big. Drug legalisation is the solution, not throwing more taxpayer money down the drain for an unjust cause that is destined to fail
Great doc....I'm from Ireland and we have same issues here.Unfortunately when drugs were criminalised t created a whole new form criminal
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First ask yourself :
WHO IS BUYING THOSE DRUGS???
No demand, no drugs. Very simple.
Criminals are not buying drugs for themselves. General public do.
Thank you DW.I didn't know about the Moroccan mafia. I think the authorities need to involve the community leaders in reaching out to the young ones, and try to discourage them against a life in crime.
Can never discourage them against selling drugs if you can’t provide them jobs with a good pay and a future
@@sharptux618 imagine, working in a factory, you will get paid 300£ tops a week. Office, maybe 400£. That’s after tax, max you will get. In normal level, not talking managers,directors,obviously.Selling drugs, u can make that in a day. It is temping I can’t lie, especially for the younger people on smaller level.Solution is legalisation. No fkn other way. People who wants it, at least will get the best quality, not some mixed up stuff. That would make so much money that you can open rehabilitation centres and so on. Crime would go down. Gangs would go down, police forces would become better, less of mafia to deal with. If price is right, mafia will have no room to make profit. If alcohol is legal, drugs should be to. At the end of the day, what is the difference if you can get it any ways.
@@JJ-3033 That's radical!!!!
@@heraldloshi1864 well, sometimes the most unthinkable ideas are the ones to chose. It might not work, but it’s better then nothing in my eyes. And one more thing, the human nature. You always want that something prohibited more then what u can get legally. Neighbours apples are always looking better 😀 so even psychologically it should effect us, people. That’s how I see it.
@@JJ-3033 Okay,🤣🤣 you win for now.I can't beat you on human lusts.
I find all of this both very sad and very shocking. I'm not Dutch (I'm English), but a close relative emigrated to NL in the 80's. So I've visited frequently, often a few times a year because (as ridiculous as it sounds) I can fly to Amsterdam and back for a lot less than I can go to London and back on the train from the north of England.
I absolutely adore the Netherlands and its people, I consider it to be one of the nicest, most welcoming, most tolerant and socially advanced nations on this planet. I don't know what the answer to these problems are. It's difficult to foresee any government legalising and controlling the trade in a drug like cocaine, even if it would remove the gangsters from the equation. It's too problematic to legally allow people to ingest such a powerful narcotic. The producers won't stop, it's far too lucrative a crop to expect them to grow something else. I'd hope that education would teach people that taking it isn't a good idea. Yet, people have been ingesting these substances for as long as people have been on the planet. No country can allow gangsters to go around threatening and murdering those people employed in the press or the law, though. So, I hope that the Dutch government can stick those that think they can operate with impunity behind bars for a very long time.
The Netherlands has become modern day Tortuga, a nest for pirates, criminals and money laundering. Money from the drugs mafia, from Russian oligarchs and anyone else who wants to launder, hide or store cash can make use of a widespread network of lawyers, banks, consultants and advisors, this is an industry with a very active political lobby. Legislation is actively made to support these practices. International agreements, like sanctions against Russian oligarchs because of the conflict in Ukraine, are actively avoided and frustrated(not one bank account has been blocked so far, not one dollar has been confiscated). The Netherlands is still a tax avoidance haven: large companies like Shell or Starbucks can make secret agreements with the Dutch tax office about how much tax they have to pay and no one can check it. The Netherlands is the modern day Tortuga for companies, oligarchs and criminals…. (Yes, I'm Dutch myself)
As long as there is demand there will be supply, period. Prohibition will not change that at all. Legislation is the answer. People will do whatever they want anyways. What really annoys me though is the hypocrisy of the mainstream media and politicians, as if they´re any different than drug criminals. The ignorance of the people also annoys me very much. It may sound harsh, but you cannot blame these criminals for the killing of innocent people/people who are trying to do their job, as they are just trying to defend their interests. I see it as inevitable collatoral damage within a business like that. Look at how the US for example lie to it's people for their acceptance to invade the middle east and commiting war crimes. There are a lot of more examples. Please look up "operation northwoods". Men in suit and ties are usually far more evil than drug criminals.
It's actually the fault of our politicians. I am from the Netherlands, and i can tell you that we pay a shitload of taxes here, and our politicians are only spending a pittance of it on our national interests, and in this case in safety and justice. They have been doing it for decades. When that journalist "peter r de vries" got murdered, all our minister of justice said was exactly the same thing he said when that lawyer got murdered, or when they found a severed head at the door of a shisha lounge here in Amsterdam, or when all these innocent people mistakenly got murdered; "This is an attack on our democracy". And then we move on and nothing ever changes. It's a complete joke, and what's even more funny is that we are just too stupid and ignorant here to realise that, as we are constantly voting for the same political establishment who are responsible for this. The current maffia situation is just a symptom of this poor policy.
Your “logic” shows an absence of pragmatism, rationality and facts.
First of all, it is not “difficult“ to foresee modern western societies and their governments controlling the trade of cocaine. That should be a no-brainer. Obviously they should regulate and control its trade being that it’s a billion dollar commodity, is a normal part of adult-life in the western world, and is so much more widely popular than even other illegal drugs. It’s right after weed in terms of popularity on the street. If you wanna make an argument against *using* cocaine that’s different but you can’t act like that’s the same conversation as whether or not to legalize. It should be legal and regulated whether it’s bad for you or not. In fact, it being “bad” is more of a reason to legally regulate it because prohibition just makes everything more dangerous. It’s not a solid argument to identify a dangerous problem and then basically say “hey let’s make it more dangerous”, which is what prohibition does.
The laws against it aren’t stopping anyone. It’s even arguable that prohibiting something like cocaine only leads to higher rates of use and abuse in the long term. If you think cocaine is dangerous and you don’t like seeing people use it then you should be for legalization of it because that’s the only way to make the overall use decrease but especially the harm we see it cause. It’s also already extremely available and accessible to people given the fact that it is an illegal street drug. Often times illegal street drugs are even easier to get than legal ones, which… you can debate endlessly if they’re more easy or just as easy but do not for one second think that illegal drugs are less accessible. That’s a myth.
And lastly, cocaine use in general isn’t even a bad thing… A huge study came out in 1995 basically concluding that moderation and responsible use of cocaine does not seem to be even slightly harmful socially, medically and otherwise. This study caused a lot of irritation among those lobbying to keep it illegal as you can imagine.
Here’s what happens if you legalize and regulate cocaine; usage rates will measurably rise for a short amount of time, meanwhile medical complications and social ills will *decrease* despite this temporary bump up in use. After a short period the usage rates will drop back down to where they were before and then they will predictably KEEP dropping and during this time you’re talking about an even further simultaneous drop in medical and social ills along with that. Legalization will decrease used in the long term.
The "War Against Drugs" in the USA has shown that just throwing people behind bars isn't the solution. There is a shift in mindset taking place in which many believe the answer lies within harm reduction. A form of harm reduction is the education of people that you mentioned. But not educating them to "Just Say No." Rather, educating about the realities of drug use while accepting the fact that there will still be people who end up abusing the drug.
“In 1995 the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) announced in a press release the publication of the results of the largest global study on cocaine use ever undertaken. An American representative in the World Health Assembly banned the publication of the study, because it seemed to make a case for the positive uses of cocaine. An excerpt of the report strongly conflicted with accepted paradigms, for example, "that occasional cocaine use does not typically lead to severe or even minor physical or social problems." In the sixth meeting of the B committee, the US representative threatened that "If World Health Organization activities relating to drugs failed to reinforce proven drug control approaches, funds for the relevant programs should be curtailed". This led to the decision to discontinue publication. A part of the study was recuperated and published in 2010, including profiles of cocaine use in 20 countries, but are unavailable as of 2015.”
Governments need to face facts. Demand for drugs wont stop so a policy of harm reduction coupled with education makes most sense to me. Legalise, control quality (no contaminants), tax and sell. Reduce damage to users, reduce influence of cartels etc. As a society we need to recognise that humans have used drugs since time immemorial, its part of the human condition.
Some nice prisons they got over there
The minute I saw the part in The Wire where Valchek’s stolen police van goes from port to port around the world I knew they were all in the same game