there are different forms of time. time ah, the phenomenon a dimension. if we know we won't live forever and illusion. about time presenting futures past starts april 14th on d. w. ah . with the container ships comes the cocaine. with the cocaine, comes the cash. ah. with the cash comes the violence with the murders of ordinary people. and those in the public eye sending shock waves throughout

society. ah, we are in rotterdam, a bastion of organized crime. late point 5000000 containers into europe's largest port every year. controlling everything is impossible. and drug dealers know that

drive drive drive. a policewoman revealed a shaft director, colleague a narcotics officer films with a small camera, a lease cost joined them. there's been word of a cocaine home. yeah. today both with the id. i'll give a put away. okay. blood yeah. you, sam told with all a guy thanks. the drug courier is diving through the hob, a basin with the package. with me at this time, the investigators are there in time to intercept though the almost daily routine job dro mailed a shot from her colleagues. a dangerous routine, as she's well aware that would ever work well. i've got my bullet proof vest and an extra secured car. then we're also wearing a 2nd bullet proof vest. i just hope that things get serious. i'll be faster. cold

speed is of the essence. and not just in a car, the port is 42 kilometers long, and many places can only be reached by police boat. the officers often work in the same fixed team with joining them for today's operation . looks like it's not that was met in them as a valuable i compare my job with that of a garbage man picking up trash damage. so if he stopped the streets would be full of trash met them at the trash doesn't stop coming. montage will still need the port is so huge that sometimes on the move hours, the 2 police officers are members of a special task force that also includes public, prosecutors and customs officers. the case that out as we carried out a search yesterday evening with customs, they're still back there with the investigation team. knows though we're looking for 2 guys. unfortunately, we didn't find them. wilma,

often, customs, authority dive is brought in, such as here for another ship. it will they die down beside the side of the vessel, sometimes to a depth of 20 or 30 meters. and find containers fix to the side or hidden cavities. time and again, they find huge packages of cocaine. the drug that's corroding the netherlands. ah, but that's nothing ne, ah,

that is dog in 2012 with stolen a load of cocaine in yarbrough of antoine. that's where it started. and then expires into a, the total war net up till now is causing people to be killed. and it, it's a war that is about power is about control of the harbor, about gain lot of money and about who controls the on the world. and that's where it's about, so it's about power there around a 100 different container ships in the ports every day. sometimes a lot more new ones arrive all the time. each of them carrying thousands of containers. or they bringing the cocaine. 40 tons of it was seized here last year alone. that much more gets through the total estimate for the ports of rotterdam

and threw up and hamburg combined is closer to $1300.00 tons. prime destinations for south american suppliers. most of the cocaine is distributed in the netherlands, where most of the gangs are based different types of ha, the workers are involved. a crane driver can earn a 100000 euros if he moves a container in the right direction. a regular dock worker can pocket 20000 for just looking the other way. this man was involved in cocaine smuggling for many years. he managed to get out when it comes to the gangs methods. bribery is only half the story. he says, there, we'll just leave me a good lay apply pressure. we'll try to get the weaker ones to carry on for sure. so they use subtle threads. i so you aren't threatened directly with the actual

really subtle hills of fuel foam. they can provide little who things like you, i'm at your girlfriend, whether you will, you got a beautiful wife, a beautiful boy, dad, or mom of low. the children have not real threats, but you still don't feel safe at all. i'd like to warn every one about that i need like a little bit of liberal with and i really need a lawyer. veto shaquilla is on the way to prison for a meeting with one of his clients. most of them around the world figures who are involved in mafia related crimes. he knows how they tick. things can set them off quickly and it can escalate very quickly and to aggressive behavior irrational behavior. this means that if something appears in their life, let's say an arrest that the, the 1st away,

the easiest way for them is to see who is culpable, who is guilty, and they don't see it as that. they are guilty that they are responsible for the actions, but it can be the police, the judge, the prosecutor, the lawyer, but they don't look at their own responsibility. so sometimes i tell them, wait one moment, you naming everybody but 1st look into the mirror. what is it that you have done to get in this situation? i know how to feel because i used to be one of those children back in the days when i went to school. and people also tried to stop me to go to the gymnasium, telling me what are you doing there, you don't, you should not be here. so sometimes you don't get the same opportunities. and i like to represent those kind of children who made bad most bad decisions and became maybe even a hit man, or someone in his

carseat ramelle to shove is well aware of the risks involved in her job. but always be a police officer. she tells us and prepares for the next operation, which shall be filming for us. mm hm. the police have received a tip off. they're looking for cocaine smugglers between the containers. in cases like this, an entire area is caught and off and work comes to hold . and they're looking for people hiding in the containers. some even live in them. people have to get the goods out of the port. they're known as ow told us ah

the police through pin. they get their men. but there's plenty more of them out. and they'll be swiftly replaced my off hello, but i we made 268 arrests in 2020 at our house this year. it was already 180 and the year is still on it. and dr. cocaine is also seized in the rights the authorities estimate. one kilo has a street value of around 50000 euros. often several tons of found among gov. many threads of the cocaine mafia come together here in amsterdam was a robust trade in the red light district. but most of the drums move to other countries. this is an extremely lucrative market, was defended by all possible means including violence. the so called macro mafia is

active in some amsterdam neighborhoods. many of its members have moroccan roots, hence the name veto shall, cruellest law practice is located in one of these districts. he's been watching reason developments with concern. and it's very alarming because these people can be very young. again, even guys from 176 years old will do this kind of things. so it's alarming to the government and they're going out of control problem is that i am the government over the past years. day. i took a lot of money away from the neighborhoods because normally the word our agents are the police were in there in neighbors and they were talking with people and people from the municipality. they were talking with them, but they took the money away from them. so they shorten them, and now they don't feel what's happening in neighbors. and these people at

grandma's, they take over in those neighbors and they show who's the boss there. and people listen to them through his work defending clients from the organized crime maloof. vito sees how much power the drug matthew has developed the gossamer normally should have the sole purpose of using finance when it is needed. but if you have a shadow government with honda sent me answer to their disposal, then you get these kind of problems because then they can in they can attack institutions. like, for instance, a newspaper. cctv pictures from june 2018 show a white delivery van and a getaway vehicle. approaching the building of the dutch newspaper, the telegraph. the van rams. the entrance twiced.

the driver activates an explosive device and flees the scene. is not the 1st attack on a media company. many wps journalists reporting on macro matthew activity can now only work on the police protection. ah, the attack on the telegraph, the countries highest circulation, daily newspaper, is a clear show of power. even more shocking was the attack on a lawyer that this him in september 2019, he was defending a key witness in a high profile mafia trial. this him was guns down in broad daylight to witness his brother, who had no involvement in the case had already been shot dead. the murders are a wakeup call for the dutch. investigators follow the trial to buy the long time hideaway for mafia bosses want him to conduct their business undisturbed. it's here

that special forces detained the man suspected of ordering. the killings. police found a stash of cash and guns at the apartment. red wine and cigarettes left on the table rita and t is thought to be one of the leaders of the macro mafia. after being brought to the netherlands. he is now the principal suspect in what's known as the marengo trial, the country's highest profile, my field trial, to date. it's taking place on the tide, security. 17 suspects, a standing trial for alleged involvement in a string of murders, and attempted murders among the killing of a blogger. this footage shows a failed tempt, but that afternoon, the killer fulfilled the terms of his contract. it would, it would i have thought of choice. public prosecutors describe it as

a well oiled killing machine. and what is heat is dotty more to alum up. what we're seeing here is that these killings definitely come from a criminal mill you ever. and they target people who have talked or people who were a threat to the organization formed for the oil. it appears that this organization has attempted to maintain its control in this manner to blinder was peter to freeze, also seen as a threat by the macro mafia. he was supporting a key witness prepared to give evidence in court. i felt of the hands found that i have the low side and i have student, brutal, nicer than the key witness to asked if i could help him and support him. and i'm actually a crime reported by profession. fumble group. you could say that now bill was 1st of all, a gangster and gangster, but after the death of his brother and his lawyer group, i also see him as a victim. and on of this all slots offer eyes and thou look slot, offer. avoiding they sac into de freece is one of the nation's best known

journalists. at the trial, he worked together with the new defense lawyers for the key witness so found to replace the 1st lawyer who was murdered by as oh, phill boeing into mort, duchess, or with so much violence and murder. it's the states duty to intervene, bottle blade, it won't her. and for social coexistence is for an effective rule of law. as of lawrence, crucial the next out, come life fiction, you know, the star l fell or best bell for the over i on. that's called is a great deal at stake for the state. a thing for public and social cohesion on all the this is the given moment when everything is revealed for god's and if a lawyers liquidated today's of and the question is the who really is in charge of the country. it long is that the on the we're old is not this, is that the underworld and he shots, is that the criminal organisation ricci i use? or is it the police and the justice system?

or the question arises, that isn't a to look val in it could think of a constitutional state is of course under threat with the murder of the lawyer for the key witnesses, hawk holes door. nate, alarm pain from virus. i'm the m belonged virus and that's a shock for the entire nation of betaken did dealt oak and after an officer to other liars, representatives of the judiciary and journalists are no longer safe to foreign day for more to fill asia. that the whole spectrum in our country is at stake with this trial. those are duffy's mother all amal in the process. well opened spell stands and that's why the marengo trial needs to take place at all costs. the state needs to take the stand, particularly because the defendants have many supporters. and there are very real fears. but even if they're in prison, they'll still be pulling strings. the trial against the micro mafia is mainly possible because investigators managed to infiltrate the gangs communication channels for a long time, criminals communicated using the encryption software,

pgp or pretty good privacy until the authorities managed to hack the channels. this meant they could track my fear activities in real time, including murder plans, one order to kill red like this bro. this man must die. if someone wants to do it live, that's best. i reckon. prepare the hitters and the weapons. they'll get a fat stack. i can't tell you how much i want to get him. what guns do you need? a kazan glocks already. bro. do your best? ah, another encryption software used by the mafia and crow chat is also hacked. international investigators monitor messages for weeks when the organization realizes what is happening. investigators pounds in a number of locations and go public. mound the long off nails bleaching and toppled

automobile to nail for months. it's like we've been sitting at the same table with the criminal halo. so as in ball site, we spoke about, we heard what they've been talking about and what they've planned, and asia in orlando for the next few weeks on. if i'm not going to dig around this gold mine of information, how would you felt my thought by phone delva investigation team leader andy crock, used to be an elite fighter in special dutch army units. he was shocked by what he and his colleagues heard. door have into that a susie or death. we've got experienced hardened investigators who've been in the business for 30 years mother in his and have never seen or heard anything like it. sloppy. they say quite simply in one sentence, save vill, that person ex mustard sleep, felt hammock, the word sleep means they want to kill someone in on have it. you can think that's what happens to build. that's horrifying to see another exam. blessed that we came

across a real prison and torture chambers and death culmer met. muddle gallus. this right to place in the summer of 2020. in the southern netherlands. it's evidently a mafia group. bass. one of many corner good investigators detained, more than 1000 suspects in the netherlands and across europe they found weapons subterranean dungeons and a kind of torture chamber. ah, now the table spun the little mentor. but these are very tense moments when you have to intervene. are starting when a special observation team and an arrest team have to be called to intervene and others for other uncomfortable moments. when you see that corruption is involved, corrupt custom officers, call the corrupt police officers of the offender. then you have to respond to your

own colleagues. here we have a separate team for that international investigation team. these are very difficult situations all day. there is a lot that we have experienced in the last few months out there, but i could write a whole book about it in a yet a clinical boop of all saver successful police right destabilized the cocaine mafia but so far has been no discernible impact on shipments customs officials regularly sees tons of the drug, such as here in rotterdam. business as usual it would seem within the more crow murphy amelia, many hundreds, if not thousands of people awaiting their turn to take over the highly lucrative business. and the cycle of violence continues unabated. on the 6th of july and 2021 in downtown amsterdam, the broadcast arts yell was producing the program boulevard. they die once again

with peter r. devries. in an evening the journalist featured on many shows, talking about organized crime and the marengo trial corporate. on that day, it's all he was discussing in a duction on ink on banking. well that, that sir? yeah. mosquito looked back, o'clockish conveys. once his interview was over, peter r, the rece left the studio and walked towards his car. it was 90 7 30 in the evening . 05 shots rang out ah de vries, the famous crime reporter supporting a key witness in one of the biggest trials ever seen in the netherlands. was mon down in central amsterdam most likely. but to mock ro, mafia henchmen. although to freeze thought he would be safe,

the killing sent shockwave through the netherlands. people simply could not believe what had happened. apart from the 2 attackers, 2 others were seemingly involved. immediately after the shooting, they filmed the injured peter to freeze and posted the video on social media. the footage was immediately shed hundreds of thousands of times inside a saw it as a message. look, we can do whatever we like. ah, 9 days after the attack, peter, all the fries died of his injuries. the entire country mourned his death hulu, the brother of a key witness than the lawyer. and now a nationally famous journalist,

and those of just the high profile cases. they hid the country, heart beat their defeat later and if he was an outstanding journalist, this was an attack on press freedom, a foundation, stone of our constitutional state, and therefore an attack on our constitutional state american alcohol. best of all drugs, mafia crimes were attacked on the constitutional state. the murder of peter adris, the murder of the law at dark vis him, and the bomb attack on a newspaper's offices. and there's no sign of any let up. ah, the dutch seat of government in the hague. ah, prime minister mock router was always a keen cyclist. several source is now report an acute threat against him. router now needs special protection. ah,

but targets owns just people in the public eye. lawyer, vito shaquilla knows that take his current case, for example. he's defending a client accused of involvement in the contract. kidding. we accompany him to court . a people were victims were sitting in your parking the car and suddenly people rush up to him. just like in a garage like here. so you must imagine that the horror for it is people because they don't understand they're not criminal. they're just living their daily life. and suddenly they see it. men rushing up to them. judy lance molina is a deja. george. he has a wife and a young child in the dame question, he and his family leave the underground parking lot in his black mini cooper. at

that moment, the contract killers dried into the carriage a short time later jude in his family return. the chill is waiting for a black mini. they fire at 3 people who have absolutely nothing to do with drugs while the mafia and flee the scene. and the buddhist of the automatic rifle just missed the. ringback babies out with 2 centimeters, the wife was also hit with a lot of bullets. and so she merely survived. but the ross bent, he died in the garage at that spot. the 3 perpetrators were caught. the trial is on the way my client is accused of driving the car with the hit man in it into the garage. he says

that he never knew that these people were up to this plan to kill people into the garage. the killers targeted the wrong people that is very disturbing for a lot of people, because it's not earth or something that is abstract. if it comes, it comes at that moment. it becomes reality that everybody can get a victim. everybody can get gil fetal shaquilla before the start of the trial. it's still unclear what he can do for his client. as far as the netherlands is concerned, he sees a bleak future. ah, the way our system at this moment is it will keep on going with the cocaine, with the money and the killings and mafia. ah, the hall. the police know that to the now trying to get contain accompanies on board in the battle against cocaine trafficking. the police want

these companies to do more to counter corruption by conducting more stringent checks on staff and workflows. what is that enough? give i literally into to film. of course we're trying to seize as many drugs as possible and arrest suspects. it'll be that i don't have the utopian belief that will stop it, but there's no question of giving up that's simply not an option on it. i can't do much, but we really need to continue this fight, whether it's me or my successor. it doesn't matter as magazines, right? no one in the netherlands believes that the world will ever be completely free of drug trafficking and crime. particularly as long as the demand for cocaine continues to grow. i ah,

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