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 …
