WILLEMSTAD - The judge will rule on Thursday in the lawsuit against four suspects in the large-scale Themis investigation. The foursome are suspected of being part of the organization No Limit Soldiers (NLS) 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, other criminal offenses that the suspects are accused of have also been dealt with in court, including inciting two murders on Sint Maarten. One of the suspects is 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.
Three of the four suspects have been in custody since their arrest. The criminal cases against them were heard before the General Court from 9 to 13 May. The verdicts would initially follow on July 29, but were not ready then, press judge Sigmar Carmelia told the Dutch news site NU.cw. The investigation was closed on July 29. The judge will rule on Thursday.