Costa Rica

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Ahmed Aboutaleb in a photo taken in August 2017
Politics
Rotterdam Mayor headed to Latin America over drug trafficking concerns
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Roughly 2,000 packages of cocaine found at the Rotterdam port in a shipment from Costa Rica. 17 April 2022
Crime
About €419 million in cocaine found at the Rotterdam port
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Bundles of cocaine, 1,515 kilograms in total, found in a shipment of cocoa beans. December 22, 2021
CrimePolitics
Mayors of Rotterdam and Antwerp suggest practices to curb cocaine imports
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2,100 kilos of cocaine found in port of Rotterdam
Crime
Tons of cocaine found in Rotterdam and Curaçao
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Millions of euros worth of cocaine found in a shipment of sweet potatoes in Rotterdam. July 23, 2021
Crime
Over €130 million in cocaine found in Costa Rica sweet potato shipment
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1,100 kilos cocaine found at Rotterdam port in banana shipment from Ecuador, 16 August 2020
Crime
2,100 kilos cocaine found in two fruit shipments
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Bundles of cocaine found in a sea container full of tinned tuna fish. June 30, 2020
Crime
Nearly €100 million in cocaine found in tinned tuna, pineapple shipments
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1,250 kilos of cocaine destined for the Netherlands seized at the port of Limon in Costa Rica, May 2020
Crime
Costa Rican authorities seize 1,250 kilos cocaine destined for Rotterdam
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4,500 kilos of cocaine found in a banana shipment at a Vlissingen company, 29 April 2020
Crime
Customs finds 4,500 kilograms of cocaine in banana shipment
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865 kilos of cocaine found at the port of Rotterdam, hidden in a pineapples from Costa Rica, 30 March 2020
Crime
Over 2,000 kilos of cocaine found at Rotterdam Port since Friday
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Over 5,000 kg of cocaine seized in Costa Rica before shipment to Rotterdam, 15 February 2020
Crime
Video: Costa Rica’s biggest-ever cocaine bust was headed to Netherlands
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1,000 kilos of cocaine found at the port of Rotterdam in a banana shipment from Ecuador, 7 February 2020
Crime
Some 1,000 kilos cocaine found in Rotterdam banana shipment
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The Arenal volcano in Costa Rica
Nature
Dutch tourists hurt while climbing Costa Rican volcano
Crime
Over 13,000 kilos of cocaine seized at Rotterdam Harbor
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Gavel
Crime
Lawyer: Prosecutor withheld crucial info in case around corrupt customs officer
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Arrest
Crime
Costa Rican police nab 11 in Dutch couple's murder
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Crime
Some 4,000 kilos cocaine caught at Rotterdam port
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Crime
Dutch people murdered abroad in 2016 already equals last year