Ridouan Taghi, 46, is considered the mastermind of the drug cartel nicknamed the “Mocro Maffia” The trial, which lasted almost six years, took place under high security in the Netherlands. The defendants were convicted of six murders, four attempted murders and planning other liquidations.
Sixteen other suspects were sentenced to sentences ranging from life to one year and nine months in prison. The army was mobilized to secure the premises and the prosecutors and judges, unidentified, went there in armored cars.