Dutch journalist Paul Vugts has been following events in the Amsterdam underworld for more than 25 years. He writes about drug gangsters, contract killings, and the global cocaine business. He faced death threats, had to leave his home, and lived with his future wife under the protection of an elite police unit in a strictly guarded security regime. Subscribe to OCCRP on YouTube ► https://shorturl.at/BSzsh What Paul and Pavla talked about: 0:00 – What does it mean to be a criminal reporter? 3:10 – Rules: What journalists should not report about criminals 4:05 – The Mocro Mafia and the Marengo trial 7:28 – How Ridouan Taghi and the Mocro Mafia built cocaine routes to Europe 12:00 – How Ridouan Taghi was captured in Dubai 16:13 – Killings linked to people connected to reporting on Taghi 18:10 – Escalation of attacks on lawyers in Amsterdam 20:15 – New trend: Collaboration between different criminal groups 22:15 – “Narco-terror” in the Netherlands 24:50 – Does Paul Vugts feel fear—and why he continues 27:05 – The moment a criminal saved Paul’s life 33:55 – Living under high-security police protection 42:50 – “Test beer” before leaving the protection program
Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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