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Sunday, August 1, 1999
Volume:
15
Issue:
8
312-313
Abstract:
On June 30, 1999, Dutch prosecutors demanded sixteen years imprisonment for Desi Bouterse, former military ruler of Surinam, in connection with accusations that he lead an organization responsible for smuggling large quantities of cocaine from South America to Europe. In particular, the prosecutors accuse Bouterse of personally order five shipments with as street value of some $25 million... [more]