Lawyer Ridouan Taghi stays stuck longer

The current lawyer of Ridouan Taghi, Vito Shukrula, will be in custody for at least two weeks longer. The examining magistrate has decided that. The lawyer was brought before Friday afternoon, the day before he was arrested on suspicion of involvement in the criminal organization of his client. Since then, the 36-year-old Shukrula has been stuck: he can only have contact with his own lawyer.

The supervisor of the legal profession, the dean of the Bar Association, submits a request to suspend Shukrula as a lawyer in the very short term. A spokesperson for the blanket has confirmed this to NRC. It is a standard procedure when a lawyer is in custody.

The criminal investigation of Shukrula started in December, after an office report from the AIVD. According to the Public Prosecution Service, the Security Service reported that the lawyer would have passed on reports from Taghi from the extra secure institution (EBI) in Vught to members of his criminal network. The police have investigated these suspicions in recent months.

Shukrula is now the third lawyer of Taghi accused of membership of a criminal organization. In 2023, Taghi’s cousin and lawyer Youssef T. was sentenced to five and a half years in prison. Former lawyer Inez Weski is also suspected of membership of a criminal organization. Her criminal case is still ongoing.

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