| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | International
EU Froze Sierra Leone Aid for Harboring Alleged Drug Kingpin, Netherlands Says
EU Froze Sierra Leone Aid for Harboring Alleged Drug Kingpin, Netherlands Says
Brussels has frozen roughly $20 million in aid to Sierra Leone's 2026 budget, in a move the Dutch justice minister attributed to the country harboring alleged cocaine kingpin Jos Leijdekkers. (OCCRP – Organized Críme and Corruption Reporting Project, Genf, 02.10.2026)
https://www.occrp.org/en/news/eu-sierra-leone-aid-harboring-alleged-kingpin-netherlands