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Dutch Cocaine Kingpin Sheltering in Sierra Leone Allegedly Organized Shipment Seized in Record Bust

ID: ca8c9126-035d-504e-9fc7-b020ab1a6c9a

STIX ID: report--ca8c9126-035d-504e-9fc7-b020ab1a6c9a

Feed Name: Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

Date Published: 2026-06-05

Date Updated: 2026-06-05

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The report describes the discovery that 30 tons of cocaine aboard the cargo ship Arconian originated in Freetown, Sierra Leone; it details how trafficker Leijdekkers allegedly runs shipments using rendezvous with high-speed boats to transfer cocaine at sea, law enforcement detection and international cooperation, and domestic political criticism over the government’s response.

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