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The Public Prosecution Service suspects T. that he was the link between the detainee Taghi and the outside world. He is said to have helped his client and family member plan a violent outbreak or escape and would have facilitated the continuation of his drug trade. Taghi was sentenced to life imprisonment last week in the extensive Marengo liquidation process for, among other things, six murders and four attempts.
According to the OM, the alleged top criminal and his lawyer cousin were working on three different plans for a violent outbreak or an escape from Taghi. He was arrested on October 8, during a visit to Taghi in the Extra Secure Institution (EBI) in Vught. T. has previously stated that he felt pressured and that he wanted nothing to do with any outbreak plans. The Public Prosecution Service does not believe that story at all.
Last year, T. visited his cousin dozens of times in the EBI, in his capacity as a lawyer. Over time, the judiciary got serious suspicions that the two were discussing very different things than legal issues. An investigation was then launched, during which both men were tapped and filmed with hidden cameras during the visits. At a hearing earlier this year, the Public Prosecution Service showed some of those images.
T. has since been removed from the list and is no longer a lawyer. He had a law firm in Utrecht. The substantive hearing of this case is currently scheduled for December.