Police: Criminal Assets in Remote Places Interior

The head of the judicial police, Wilbert Paulissen, said Wednesday at a Belgian-Dutch conference on cross-border drug-related crime in Den Bosch

According to the chief of police, it is important to take the profits of criminal organizations. did he declare.

The turnover of the Dutch pharmaceutical industry is estimated at several billion. It is often difficult to know where the money is.

Last year, a total of 221 million euros had been stolen from criminals. Globally, the income of criminals is estimated at 2%.

Upon request, Paulissen acknowledged that collecting black money abroad is a real challenge. But he does not want to accept this situation. "It's complicated, but sometimes it succeeds and I want to keep trying."

Better agreements

The director of the federal detective in Antwerp, Stanny de Vlieger, said on Wednesday that he did not want to waste his capacity in the search for irrecoverable assets. in distant paradises. According to him, it is incumbent on politicians to conclude better international agreements

The conferences of the University of Ghent, Leuven and Tilburg on the alleged transfer of production and drug trafficking from the Netherlands to the Belgium were motivated. The researchers conclude that this change is limited and that the drug market in Belgium is developing independently. And although Dutch criminals in Belgium still distribute the sheets, the impression is that Belgian criminals are learning from the Dutch and demanding more and more important roles. Please fill again.

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