Active - multiple ongoing investigations
Mocro Maffia
The rise of Dutch-Moroccan organized crime networks in Europe
0 suspects5 events4 locations2012 - present
// intel brief
The term "Mocro Maffia" refers to Dutch-Moroccan organized crime networks that have risen to dominate the European cocaine trade since the 2010s. These networks control the import of cocaine through the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp, generating billions in revenue. The organizations are known for extreme violence, including public assassinations, torture, and intimidation. The murder of journalist Peter R. de Vries in 2021 and lawyer Derk Wiersum in 2019 shocked the Netherlands and exposed the reach of these networks into the heart of Dutch society.
// timeline
2012Term "Mocro Maffia" first used in Dutch media after wave of assassinations
2016Escalation of violence - multiple public shootings in Amsterdam
2019-09Assassination of lawyer Derk Wiersum shocks Netherlands
2021-07Crime journalist Peter R. de Vries shot dead in Amsterdam
2024Marengo verdict - life sentences for Taghi and associates
// key locations
Amsterdam
Center of operations
Utrecht
Network hub
Antwerp
Cocaine import port
Dubai
Safe haven for fugitives
// operation map
// other files
Marengo
The trial that exposed the heart of Dutch organized crime
The Cocaine Route
How billions in cocaine flows from South America to European streets
EncroChat
How police cracked the criminal underworld's secret phone network
Port Wars
The battle for Europe's cocaine gateways - Rotterdam vs Antwerp
Rif Connection
Morocco's Rif Mountains - the world's largest hashish production zone
Isaac "Boom" B.
From Katendrecht to cocaine kingpin - the rise and fall of Black Mamba
Taghi Dynasty
How Ridouan Taghi ran a criminal empire from the most secure prison in the Netherlands
Sky ECC
The crack of the century - how Belgian police broke the criminal underworld's encrypted phone network
Taghi's Hitman
The rise and fall of Gerel P. - Ridouan Taghi's most trusted assassin, from Utrecht to a Brazilian prison cell
Audi Gang
Dutch ATM bombers terrorizing Germany - high-speed Audis, explosives, and a trail of destruction across the border
The Invisible Baron
The shadowy rise and violent world of Peter van D, Limburg's unseen drug lord.
The Cocaine War
How the theft of 1,400 kg of cocaine from Antwerp ignited a six-week war across the Netherlands
The Helicopter Escape
Benaouf Adaoui - the man who ignited the Mocro War and planned one of the Netherlands' most spectacular prison escapes
Antwerp Drug War
How Europe's second port became a warzone between rival cocaine clans
Kompania Bello
The Albanian cocaine federation run from behind prison bars in Ecuador
keywords
mocro / maffia / mafia / peter r de vries / liquidatie