The Drug Lord Saga in Sierra Leone has taken a New Direction
It's been ten months since reports emerged that convicted Dutch drug smuggler Jos Leijdekkers was in Sierra Leone. Some newspaper articles suggested he may have been in the country for more than two years before this revelation, indicating that Sierra Leone's president and his men welcomed the drug dealer with open arms. In February, the Dutch Minister of Justice and Security reportedly expressed frustration over the Sierra Leone government's lack of cooperation. Dutch media indicated that the minister was becoming increasingly impatient with Sierra Leone's handling of the situation. According to the NL Times , in September, Leijdekkers was sentenced in absentia to eight years in prison and fined 24,000 euros by a Belgian court for smuggling 3,500 kilograms of cocaine in Antwerp in 2020. The report also stated that in 2024, he received a 24-year sentence for orchestrating six cocaine shipments totaling 7,000 kilograms, committing a violent robbery in Finland, an...