5 days ago · 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.

5 days ago · Police in Sierra Leone have said they are hunting a Dutch drug trafficker who is one of Europe's most-wanted fugitives and believed to be hiding out in the west African country. Jos Leijdekkers ...

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...

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 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...

5 days ago · The Netherlands has sent an extradition request to Sierra Leone for convicted cocaine smuggler Jos Leijdekkers, the Dutch justice minister said on Thursday, adding that he hoped to find the...

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 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...

Jan 24, 2025 · One of Europe's most wanted fugitives, convicted cocaine smuggler Jos Leijdekkers, has been living in Sierra Leone for at least six months, a spokesperson for the Dutch prosecutors' office...

6 days ago · The Inspector General of Police (IGP), William Fayia Sellu, has disclosed that the Sierra Leone Police have identified the individual believed to be Europe’s most wanted man, Jos Leijdekkers, as Umar Sheriff. This revelation was made during a press conference held on Tuesday, February 4, at the Miatta Conference Centre in Freetown. “The picture that […]