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Dutch Government Offers Record €2m Bounty for the Arrest of ‘Bolle Jos’ Believed Hiding in Sierra Leone
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Dutch authorities have raised the reward for information leading to the arrest of fugitive Jos Leijdekkers (also known as Bolle Jos or Chubby Jos, and allegedly operating in Sierra Leone under the name Omar Sheriff or Umar/Umarr Sheriff) from €200,000 to a record €2 million. The Netherlands Public Prosecution Service announced the tenfold increase on [...]
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