Marengo trial

Among the seventeen individuals prosecuted, three were sentenced to life imprisonment, including Ridouan Taghi and Saïd Razzouki, who were convicted for their roles in ten murders.

[4] Anna Segers (2024-2025) ``` This investigation pertains to participation in a criminal organization during the period from July 1, 2015, to January 14, 2017.

This was evident from messages intercepted by the police via PGP phones between Taghi and co-defendants, which could only be cracked years later.

According to the Public Prosecution Service (OM), Taghi ordered his liquidation because Belhadj allegedly stole two blocks of cocaine.

In June 2016, ex-criminal and crime blogger Martin Kok published on his website Vlinderscrime about two of Taghi's accomplices.

In July 2016, an attempt was made to liquidate Kok by placing a bomb under the car he was driving, but it was discovered in time.

[31] The investigative journalist and crime reporter Peter R. de Vries was supporting the crown witness in the trial.

On 6 July 2021, he was shot in the head after leaving the television studio of RTL Boulevard in Amsterdam where he had appeared as a guest.