Dutch Caribbean Legal Portal

ORANJESTAD - José de S., verdachte in het witwasproces rondom de Roermondse vleeshandelaar Hennie van Rey, is uitgeleverd door Venezuela aan Aruba.

PHILIPSBURG – The Court will rule its verdict on the case Menam on Wednesday May 4, 2016 at 10:00 am. The Menam case is the case in which police Gemali Benjamin was shot during a robbery at the jewelry store Oro Diamante.

ROTTERDAM--Rotterdam Customs have discovered an extremely large quantity of cocaine, 2,900 kilos in total with a street value of more than 100 million euros, in a container from Curaçao.

WILLEMSTAD - Het pilot-project „Tienda di Prevenshon‟ in de wijk Noord Santa Rosa is een succes gebleken. Dit kan worden geconcludeerd uit een laatste enquête die onlangs in de wijk is gehouden.

PHILIPSBURG - The Kingdom Detectives Cooperation Team (RST), conducted two searches yesterday and today under the authority of the investigating judge. The searches took place at a house and at a Trust Company.

ORANJESTAD — De van smokkel en witwassen verdachte Ramon Helgers is gisteren op vrije voeten gesteld in afwachting van zijn strafzaak.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The United States Government has cautioned Caribbean countries offering a Citizenship by Investment Programme (CIP) to be extra cautious about who they give their passports to, and ensure that recipients have no terrorist or crime links.

WILLEMSTAD - De Orde van Advocaten heeft onlangs twintig persoonlijke alarmen aangeschaft en deze aan minister Nelson Navarro (PAIS) van Justitie overhandigd.

ZWOLLE--The Public Prosecutor’s Office in Zwolle, the Netherlands, on Tuesday demanded a prison term of 2.5 years for a male suspect who arranged fake marriages between Nigerian men and Dutch Caribbean women.

WILLEMSTAD — Burney ‘Nini’ Fonseca, verdacht van het mede-beramen van de moord op politicus Helmin Wiels (PS), wil vrijgelaten worden. Het verzoek wordt donderdag door het hof behandeld.

ORANJESTAD – United States Coast Guard and Dutch law enforcement teams have seized 550 pounds of cocaine and detained one man during an at-sea interdiction northwest of Aruba.

PHILIPSBURG--C.A.B. was released from prison on Saturday, April 9, after being detained for several outstanding fines totalling NAf. 3,100 guilders for offences such as driving a car without a driver’s licence.

PHILIPSBURG - The Court will treat the Menam case on April 13th from 9am. The Court expects a lot of interest mainly from relatives, but also from the general public, because of its social impact on the community.

PHILIPSBURG--A 29-year-old former student of Saba University School of Medicine (SUSOM) is facing nine months for attempted arson.

DEN HAAG/WILLEMSTAD — De uitspraak van de Hoge Raad over de levenslange veroordeling van de moordenaar van de politicus Helmin Wiels, Elvis ‘Monster’ Kuwas, is uitgesteld naar 7 juni aanstaande.

THE HAGUE--Dutch Minister of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Ronald Plasterk confirmed this week that the female drug courier, who was forbidden from returning to Curaçao, was the first case involving a person living in the Netherlands.

PHILIPSBURG-- St. Maarten newspaper The Daily herald reports that Minister of Justice Edson Kirindongo has looked at the possibility of Dutch prison guards for St. Maarten to curb the problem at the Pointe Blanche prison, which has been understaffed for a number of years.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados– An international academic is recommending the decriminalization of prostitution in the Caribbean. Professor Kamala Kempadoo of York University suggests this would help the region get a handle on the sex trade, protect at-risk groups, and fight stigma and discrimination against those engaged in the practice.

THE HAGUE--The Democratic Party D66 in the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament asked Dutch State Secretary of Security and Justice Klaas Dijkhoff on Wednesday to look at the possibility to house inmates from Dutch Caribbean prisons in the many vacant jail cells in the Netherlands.

WILLEMSTAD — Het hof maakt aanstaande vrijdag bekend of er voldoende redenen zijn om de misbruik-verdachte Majron Maduro (34) weer op te laten sluiten, in afwachting van de behandeling van zijn zaak.