ECLI:NL:RBOVE:2026:3982

Rechtbank Overijssel

Uitspraak: 27 januari 2026
Zaaknummer: 71.253617.22 (P) (Vertaling)
Rechtsgebied: Strafrecht
Procedure: Eerste aanleg - meervoudig

Inhoudsindicatie

The District Court sentences the defendant to a term of imprisonment of 20 years and orders him to pay compensation. The defendant has been found guilty of participating as a leader in a criminal organisation, people smuggling habitually and while the offence is committed by several persons and while a danger to the life of another person is to be feared as a result, and extortion committed by two or more persons.

Uitspraak

1 The examination at the hearing

This judgment has been delivered following the examination at the public hearings of 3 November 2025, 4 November 2025, 5 November 2025, 17 November 2025, 19 November 2025, 24 November 2025, 26 November 2025 and 27 January 2026. The District Court has taken cognisance of the application made by the public prosecutors (hereinafter referred to in the singular as the public prosecutor) and of what has been put forward by the defendant and his counsel, J. L. L’Homme, LLM and S. Plas, LLM, lawyers in Amsterdam (hereinafter referred to as the defence). The District Court has also taken cognisance of the ‘victim statements’ presented by or on behalf of [witness 1], hereinafter also referred to as: [witness 1] (with witness number [number 1]), [witness 2], hereinafter also referred to as: [witness 2] (with witness number [number 2]), [witness 3], hereinafter also referred to as: [witness 3] (with witness number [number 3]) and [witness 4], hereinafter also referred to as: [witness 4] (with witness number [number 4]), and of what has been submitted on their behalf by A. Vossenberg, LLM and B. van Straaten, LLM, lawyers in Amsterdam, in the context of the civil-party claims filed by them.

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