The American FBI warned the Dutch authorities in December 2020 that Ridouan Taghi could communicate with the outside world from the extra-security prison in Vught, NRC reports. According to the FBI, “one or more compromised prison guards” meant that Taghi “regularly had means available for unsupervised physical and/or electronic communications with third parties.” This year, a Dutch investigation codenamed 26Velp …
On Thursday, the Public Prosecution Service showed images in the criminal case against Youssef T., the lawyer and family relation of Ridouan Taghi, to show how the two men "covertly" and "in a cunning manner" communicated in the high-security prison in Vught. Youssef visited him numerous times last year, presenting himself as Taghi's lawyer. T. initially wanted to come to …
Youssef T., lawyer and relative of Ridouan Taghi, will remain in custody for the coming months. According to the Public Prosecution Service, the 38-year-old T. abused his position as a lawyer by acting as a messenger between Taghi and his criminal supporters. Taghi is the main suspect in the extensive Marengo assassinations trial and has been in the Extra Secure …
Ridouan Taghi worked on three different scenarios to escape from the High-Security Penitentiary in Vught, where he is detained as the main suspect in the Marengo assassinations trial. Taghi's cousin Youssef T., who was arrested at the EBI in October, had to pass on messages and orders for Taghi to arrange the prison break, NRC reports based on the criminal …