Productions
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20 May 2004
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ARD Tagesthemen
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Coke from the Dutch Antilles |
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Since years the Dutch have problems with body packers, mainly from the Dutch Antilles that smuggle cocaine into Europe in or on their body. After controls on the Amsterdam Airport Schiphol so many individual smugglers are arrested that the Dutch juridical system gets stuck. There are not enough cells and judges to process the vast amount of body packers arriving on the airport. The solution: control literarily all passengers from suspect destinations take away the coke and send home everybody that smuggles less than 3 kilos. The big dealers get frustrated because too much coke is lost and the Dutch judges have time for other cases. Internationally the Dutch are criticised for releasing guilty criminals.
Activities : propose idea for reportage, research and set-up.