Dutch Cross-Border Criminal Prosecution Efforts Failed in Desi Bouterse Case

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Tuesday, August 1, 2000
Author: 
Timur Sinuraya
Volume: 
16
Issue: 
8
Abstract: 
On June 30, 2000 the court of appeal in the Hague overturned six out of seven decisions of the city court which found Suriname former military leader guilty of organizing illegal drug transports in the first of its kind case in the Netherlands against a foreign top political figure.