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- March 30, 2016 3:06 PM
WILLEMSTAD — De minister van Justitie Nelson Navarro (Pais) heeft een werkbezoek afgelegd aan Nederland in de periode van 5 tot 14 maart. De resultaten van dit werkbezoek hebben nogmaals de noodzaak aangetoond van nadere samenwerking op justitieel gebied, die ten doel heeft een effectieve bestrijding van criminaliteit.
Fonseca niet aanwezig bij beroepszaak Rizinia
- March 30, 2016 3:02 PM
WILLEMSTAD — Burney ‘Nini’ Fonseca (44) zal morgenochtend waarschijnlijk niet aanwezig zijn bij de behandeling van de beroepszaak Rizinia.
Prosecutor calls for 18 months for two Airport bomb threats
- March 24, 2016 8:24 AM
PHILIPSBURG--On November 22, 2015, Princess Juliana International Airport SXM was rocked by two bomb threats which severely disrupted air traffic and interrupted the regular duties of the Police, Fire Department and other rescue services.
Suriname leader's son's 'right-hand man' guilty in U.S. drug case
- March 23, 2016 10:19 PM
NEW YORK - A Surinamese man who U.S. authorities said acted as the "right-hand man" to the son of the country's president during a scheme to send large amounts of cocaine to the United States was found guilty of trying to ship the drug, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
'We zaten op een tikkende tijdbom in Brussel'
- March 23, 2016 7:49 AM
BRUSSEL - In Den Haag bij de vertegenwoordigingen van Aruba, Curaçao en Sint Maarten wordt in de ochtend en middaguren met elkaar gebeld. Zijn alle collega’s in Brussel veilig? Zeker één Arubaanse diplomaat is in Brussel. Hij werkt vlakbij metrostations Schuman en Maelbeek, waar de tweede aanslag is gepleegd.
Investigation on juvenile crime on Sint Maarten
- March 22, 2016 4:33 PM
PHILIPSBURG - The Minister of Justice commissioned an investigation on juvenile crime on Sint Maarten. This is because regular concerns have been expressed about the increase in juvenile delinquency in Sint Maarten, while the official data from the Prosecutor’s Office and the police does not reflect this increase.
Several firearms and ammunition seized, three arrests
- March 20, 2016 2:58 PM
PHILIPSBURG - The Public Prosecutor of Sint Maarten, detectives of the Kingdom Detectives Cooperation Team (RST) and the Judge of Instruction carried out on Wednesday, March 16th two house searches in Dutch Quarter and on the French side. The searches were carried out with the assistance of KPSM and the French Gendarmerie.
Chief of Police provides Statia’s 2015 crime stats
- March 20, 2016 9:46 AM
ST. EUSTATIUS--“With considerable pride I hereby present to you the crime statistics for 2015. I realize there are many factors that affect an increase or decrease in crime rates, but Police deployment undeniably is an important factor. I’m proud because the crime figures show a clear downward trend,”
Aanhouding verdachte O.B.
- March 18, 2016 4:50 PM
WILLEMSTAD - Heden is verdachte O.B. (51) aangehouden in het kader van een strafrechtelijk onderzoek naar zedenmisdrijven. In dit verband hebben er vandaag onder leiding van een rechter-commissaris (RC) twee huiszoekingen plaatsgevonden.
Buncamper-case suspects maintain their innocence
- March 18, 2016 8:51 AM
PHILIPSBURG--The Prosecutor’s Office, on Wednesday, called for prison sentences for forgery of documents in connection with the sale of long-lease rights on a plot of land. One day later, on Thursday, all five suspects in the Buncamper case claimed they were innocent and should be acquitted of all charges.
FIFA wants the millions in bribe money paid to Warner, Webb & other officials
- March 17, 2016 10:12 AM
NEW YORK, United States--World football’s governing body FIFA has submitted documents to US authorities in an effort to reclaim tens of millions of dollars pocketed illegally by corrupt FIFA members and other football officials.
Silvio Matser released, but remains suspect
- March 16, 2016 2:30 PM
PHILIPSBURG--The tentacles of “Octopus” have loosened their two-week hold on independent Member of Parliament Silvio Matser.
Gedetineerde Yellow ‘voor eigen veiligheid’ naar St. Maarten
- March 14, 2016 6:28 PM
ORANJESTAD — De autoriteiten hebben de 30-jarige verdachte Milanchelo Trinidad alias ‘Yellow’ vorige week van gevangenis KIA naar de Point Blanche gevangenis in St. Maarten verplaatst. Dat gebeurde volgens het Openbaar Ministerie (OM) voor zijn eigen veiligheid. Hij werd in KIA ‘ernstig bedreigd’ door diverse medegedetineerden.
Appeal by Schotte and Van der Dijs against verdict
- March 14, 2016 9:09 AM
WILLEMSTAD - As expected, former Prime Minister of Curaçao Gerrit Schotte and his life partner Cicely van der Dijs are appealing the verdicts in the "Babel" case.
Prosecutor calls witnesses to provide info on vote buying
- March 14, 2016 8:21 AM
PHILIPSBURG--The Prosecutor's Office issued a call on Sunday calling on witnesses who "might have more info or were contacted before the elections in 2014 to accept presents, money or goods in exchange for votes."
Eight more days for Matser
- March 11, 2016 10:02 AM
PHILIPSBURG--Independent Member of Parliament (MP) Silvio Matser will spend another eight days in the custody of the National Detectives in the ongoing “Octopus” investigation into election fraud (vote buying) in the August 2014 Parliamentary Elections.
Silvio Matser to remain in restrictive custody
- March 09, 2016 9:41 PM
PHILIPSBURG--The tentacles of the “Octopus” investigation are holding tight to independent Member of Parliament (MP) Silvio Matser. The Court of Appeal ruled this afternoon not to lift Matser’s restrictive custody.
Prosecutor asks four years for lottery boss Dos Santos in Bientu case
- March 09, 2016 10:55 AM
WILLEMDTAD—The prosecution in Curaçao has demanded four years in prison of which one suspended with a two-year probation period against lottery boss Robbie dos Santos, for forgery, fraud, money laundering and tax evasion.
Seven inmates now suspects in ‘Octopus’ investigation
- March 09, 2016 10:45 AM
PHILIPSBURG--Seven inmates of the Pointe Blanche prison have been identified as suspects in the ongoing “Octopus” investigation into election fraud (vote-buying) in the August 2014 Parliamentary Elections. This brings the total number of suspects in the case, in which independent Member of Parliament Silvio Matser stands at the centre, to seventeen.
Dowers: ‘Verbetering toezicht en arbeidsomstandigheden KIA’
- March 08, 2016 2:42 PM
ORANJESTAD — Ontsnappingen van gevangenen voorkomen, de werkdruk verlagen en de onveiligheidsgevoelens onder het personeel verminderen. Het installeren van een camerasysteem met alles wat daarbij komt kijken, moet niet alleen het toezicht verbeteren, maar ook de arbeidsomstandigheden in Korrektie Instituut Aruba (KIA).