WILLEMSTAD - On Thursday, the judge sentenced four suspects to prison terms of 1.5 to 14 years for participating in the criminal organization No Limit Soldiers (NLS). The four were part of the organization from 2015, which was involved in drug trafficking and money laundering.
Themis is an investigation into criminal offenses committed in recent years within the Kingdom of the Netherlands and in countries beyond. The investigation team consists of the police forces of Sint Maarten, Curaçao, Aruba and the Criminal Investigation Cooperation Team (RST) and is led by the Public Prosecution Service of Curaçao and Sint Maarten.
The Public Prosecution Service (OM) suspects NLS of being a criminal partnership. According to the suspicions of the Public Prosecution Service, the organization is said to have been involved in the drug trade for a long time and is responsible for several murders committed on Curaçao, Sint Maarten and in the Netherlands.
In addition to money laundering, there are also other criminal offenses for which the suspects have been convicted, including inciting two murders on Sint Maarten. One of the suspects was also on trial for various drug offences, including a drug transport of 172 kilos of cocaine from the port of Curaçao to the port of Le Havre in France. The man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison.
The 50-year-old man who managed the proceeds of the drug trade and thereby bought real estate in Curaçao was sentenced to eight years in prison. The 37-year-old woman who was on trial for inciting extortion from a businessman has been sentenced to six years in prison. She was also a member of the NLS and involved in the drug trade.
In addition, she was also involved in the payment of the gunmen for a murder on the Dutch part of Sint Maarten. That person was suspected by the organization of being involved in the murder of the girlfriend of one of its leaders.
The fourth suspect was given 21 months for his participation in the organization and money laundering. He distributed money to support imprisoned members of the organization and relatives and friends. The 35-year-old man was released during the trial. The other three convicts remain in detention pending an appeal.