The Mocro-Mafia Connection to the Amsterdam Shooting of a Journalist

Peter R. de Vries

Aside from mere speculation, there is now a link possibly connecting the shooting of the Dutch crime reporter, Peter R. de Vries with the Moroccan Mafia, based in the Netherlands. The suspected shooter is reportedly a first cousin of another Mocro-Mafia member currently in Dutch prison. 

This information was first published by the Dutch newspaper, De Telegraaf. However, since they have a subscriber firewall to this report, we are translating a similar report from the German newspaper, Frankfurter Allgemeine. The translation is by Fousesquawk.

As of today, de Vries is still in critical condition.

 https://www.faz.net/aktuell/anschlag-auf-de-vries-neue-spur-fuehrt-zu-drogenboss-ridouan-taghi-17429758.html

New trail leads to Radouan Taghi’s circle

Delano G. is believed to have shot Peter R. de Vries. He is related to a man who reportedly planned contract killings for drug boss Radouan Taghi. After a prison sentence, Delano G. tried his hand as a rapper.

By Thomas Gutschker, Brussels- Updated July 9, 2021 at 11:38

In the case of the murder attempt on journalist Peter R. de Vries, there is a first lead in the circle surrounding the drug dealer Ridouan Taghim, who, due to several contract murders, is on trial in Amsterdam. As the newspaper, De Telegraaf” reports, one of the two suspects arrested by police is related to a convicted offender, who comes from Taghi’s circle. The arrested (person) is 21-year-old Delano G., (who) allegedly shot and critically wounded the crime reporter on Tuesday. Delano G. is, according to the newspaper report, a first cousin of Jaouad W., who, in 2019, was sentenced to 13 years in prison.

Jaouad W. was tried in the so-called 26Koper proceedings. This criminal trial concerned the preparation for contract murders in the area of organized crime. Five defendants were sentenced to long prison terms, among them, W. In 2015, they were found in possession of more than 100 firearms, hand grenades, and stolen vehicles. Based on (intercepted) conversations and decoded messages, the Amsterdam Appeals Court concluded that the defendants had the firm intention of killing several people. Previously, the District Court in Utrecht had imposed lesser sentences because they viewed the death plans as not been sufficiently proven. Taghi, at the time, was not one of the defendants, but since then, decoded messages indicate that he was the head of the gang.

As the newspaper, Volkskrant, reports, Delano G. committed two thefts as a youngster and five residential break-ins, all in Tiel (Gelderland Province), where he grew up.  He was sentenced to a prison term of ten months for this and for a violent crime. After his release, he founded a music label and released a rap song. In it, it says that he is “on the rampage because I am sick of the crisis”. At the end of the day, it is above all, “money that we smell”. Acquaintances told the newspaper that the man reportedly fell into the drug milieu. Delano G. and the second suspect, Kamil E.- he reportedly drove the getaway car-will be brought before the judge this Friday.

Peter R. de Vries was a confidant of prosecution witness Nabil B. in the so-called Marengo Trial against Radouan Taghi. The brother and the lawyer of the witness were already murdered, which commentators attributed to a campaign of revenge by Taghi. The drug dealer, born in Morocco, along with 16 other defendants, must answer for 6 other contract murders. He was arrested in Dubai in 2019 and delivered to the Netherlands. The second principal defendant in the trial, Said R., is soon to be delivered to the Netherlands. He was arrested in Medellin at the beginning of 2020, (and) on Thursday, the Highest Court in Colombia approved his extradition. Said R. was reportedly the “right-hand man” and the one who selected and trained personnel for the contract murders.