Alleged head of Angels of Death cartel Ridouan Taghi convicted for ordering a string of assassinations
A key figure in the Dubai-based “super cartel” that supplied a third of Europe’s cocaine has been sentenced to life in prison by a Dutch court as international prosecutors close in on other drugs bosses still at large. Ridouan Taghi, a Moroccan-born Dutch national who allegedly headed the “Angels of Death” cartel, was jailed for ordering a string of assassinations and belonging to a criminal organisation.
Ireland’s Daniel Kinahan — considered by police and experts to be the biggest European drug boss still at large — is believed to be in hiding in the Gulf state, where he once partied with Taghi at the Irishman’s wedding in 2017. The six-year trial put Taghi and 16 others in the dock — and the Netherlands’ reputation as a pivotal nexus in the European drug trade — firmly in the spotlight.