| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | International
Niederlande. Dutch Appeals Court Jails Hacker for 7 Years in Port Cocaine Case
Niederlande. Dutch Appeals Court Jails Hacker for 7 Years in Port Cocaine Case
The “Mega Zenne” ruling centers on the use of bribed insiders and hacked port IT systems to move cocaine through Europe’s largest container hubs, a method detailed in OCCRP’s NarcoFiles investigation.
A Dutch appeals court has handed down a seven-year prison sentence in the “Mega Zenne” case to a man convicted of helping traffickers break into port computer systems as part of a cocaine-smuggling operation linked to Rotterdam and Antwerp. (OCCRP – Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, USA, 13.01.2026)
https://www.occrp.org/en/news/dutch-appeals-court-jails-hacker-for-7-years-in-port-cocaine-case