The story of Malika Karoum is no doubt widespread by now: Spy, Mata Hari, Fraud, Money-laundering but all these stories seem to go back to gossip spread by her ex-husband and a fundamentalistic kid-hunter in what is not more than an ugly custody battle.
Now there is a book (“Klopjacht op Malika” = “The Hunt for Malika”) about the story that in its announcements promised to finally reveal the truth. The fact that the book is written by Jan Libbenga, a reporter for Dutch Tabloid ‘Revu’,... Read Full Story
Dutch Tabloid ‘Revu’ last week published an article about Dubai real estate executive Malika Karoum, describing how she was extradited from Dubai to Egypt and sentenced to 28 months jail time for money laundering.
Like all stories about Malika Karoum, this latest story is also a fluke. In an interview with Dubai’s 24/7’s Muna Ahmad, Karoum says these stories are made up by her ex husband to damage her reputation, career and life.
"This whole story has been created by my ex-husban... Read Full Story
Rob Sitek, just had become a dad again
Rob Sitek (44), a father of three, was beaten so severely by taxi driver Sidi Mohamed Belghiti (37) from Den Haag/The Hague, Sunday morning on Leidseplein in Amsterdam, that he died shortly thereafter in the hospital. Sitek wanted to take a cab home but thought the price was inflated. Reason for the cab driver, a former Moroccan kickboxer to beat him full in the face. Belghiti was arrested by policemen witnessing the scene.
Paramedics seemed t... Read Full Story
Natalee Holloway
American highschool student Natalee Holloway disappeared 4 years ago to the day on Aruba in the Dutch Antilles. Joran van der Sloot soon became a prime suspect.
For those who somehow lost track a bit, here the names of some of the players in the Natalee case:
Natalee Ann Holloway (18) (picture): was at Aruba for a schooltrip, together with classmates, all from Mountain Brook Alabama. Joran Van der Sloot: Prime suspect in the disappearance. Publically trashed afte... Read Full Story
A man with a pistol killed one person and wounded three others at a cafe in the Dutch city of Rotterdam on Saturday morning, a police spokesman said.
Patrons at the cafe managed to capture the shooter, a 45-year-old man, and hold him until police arrived, Rotterdam Police spokesman Gerde Jung said.
Police arrested the man and recovered his weapon, Jung said.
The shooting was probably the the result of a quarrel the man had earlier, but details of that argument were unclear, Jung said.
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JoMa Sison with Philippine congress member and former vice-presidential candidate Loren Legarda in Utrecht, the Netherlands
The Philippine government will be asking the Netherlands for the extradition of Philippine communist leader José Maria (‘Joma’) Sison.
A spokesman for Philippino president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said that the Philippines has no extradition treaty with the Netherlands and that therefore another way must be found to get Sison in Manila.
Earlier this week (31 March) t... Read Full Story
Should we care that a Far-Right Dutch MP of whom most Britains have never heard has been banned from entering the UK? Much as one may abhor his beliefs, we should.
Geert Wilders had been invited to show his controversial 17-minute film called Fitna at a small gathering today at the House of Lords, but has now been prevented from doing so by the Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith.
It can, however, be easily viewed on YouTube — and has already been by hundreds of thousands of people.
His film li... Read Full Story
The Breda municipal court has ordered by injunction that the book about the death of Bebe Paña en Divina Urbi by author DJ Barreveld, must be taken out of circulation while distributed books need to be recalled in lieue of a penalty of 1000 Euro’s per day. The same goes for a number of websites. The injunction was made against the "stichting Abot Kamay" and "Oriental Decorations", all owned by the female members of the Barreveld family (Spouse Leticia and daugthers ... Read Full Story
Geert Wilders (l)
On 21 January 2009 the Court of Appeal in Amsterdam ordered the criminal prosecution of the member of parliament Geert Wilders for the incitement to hatred and discrimination based on his statements in various media about moslims and their belief. In addition, the Court of Appeal considers criminal prosecution obvious for the insult of Islamic worshippers because of the comparisons made by Wilders of the islam with the nazism.
The Court of Appeal rendered judgment... Read Full Story
Malika’s lawyer Han Jahae informed TV program RTL Boulevard today that his client is currently suspended from her job but that she is not fired.
In itself this is not an uncommon occurrence taht a company suspends an employee that is the focus of unwanted attention, guilty or not. When push comes to shove, companies are about the bottom line and profit and they cannot afford to draw unwanted attention, especially in the real estate sector when the accusation is money laundering.
Therefo... Read Full Story
