THE HAGUE – Several factions in the Dutch House of Representatives want an in-depth investigation into how Curaçao could become a paradise for international criminal organizations that launder their profits from drug, arms and human trafficking through online casinos.
Not only the role of the Curaçao government, which has allowed an unbridled trade in gambling licenses to develop without any supervision, should be considered, but also that of the Netherlands, which laid the foundations for the trust sector in the 1980s in Willemstad. At the time, it facilitated tax avoidance and, since the rise of the internet, the gambling mafia, said former Member of Parliament Ronald van Raak in the radio program Argos.
Today’s Argos broadcast follows a series of publications about the Curaçao gambling sector on the journalistic research platform Investico, de Groene Amsterdammer and Trouw. “It involves billions. Well-meaning politicians have no chance, malicious politicians have a chance because they are supported by gambling bosses with a dubious background,” says Van Raak.
Bron: Curacao Chronicle
Naschrift KKC
De context van bovengenoemd artikel vindt u hieronder in de artikelen en podcasts van onderzoeksplatforum voor journalistiek Investico, weekblad de Groene Amsterdammer, omroep VPRO-Human en het radioprogramma Argos:
Investico: Roulette met de Rechtsstaat https://www.platform-investico.nl/artikel/roulette-met-de-rechtsstaat-geannoteerd-verhaal/
Investico: Hier vindt u de documenten over de Curacaose online goksector https://www.platform-investico.nl/artikel/vind-hier-de-documenten-over-de-curacaose-online-goksector/
Investico: Roulette of Law (Engelse versie) https://www.platform-investico.nl/artikel/roulette-of-law-annotated-version/
Investico: Russische, Oekrainse en Belarussische eigenaren achter Curacaose online casino’s https://www.platform-investico.nl/artikel/russische-oekraiense-en-belarussische-eigenaren-achter-curacaose-online-casinos/
Investico: Curacao schafte belasting voor brievenbusbedrijven af https://www.platform-investico.nl/artikel/curacao-schafte-belasting-voor-brievenbusbedrijven-af/
Trouw (voorpagina): Curacao loopt belasting mis door snelle wet (PDF)
De Groene Amsterdammer: Roulette met de rechtstaat (PDF) en https://www.groene.nl/artikel/roulette-met-de-rechtsstaat
Podcast Argos/Investico: https://www.platform-investico.nl/artikel/online-casinos-de-perfecte-witwasmachines/
Podcast Argos/Investico op Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7lKTVx35ZTkcepXCAHkaZ1?si=XafUe5ZgQlCa1GGEVLDtdg&nd=1
Podcast Argos op NPO Radio 1: Curaçaos roulette https://www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/argos/3adc60b4-16b7-4fae-9318-d4d9bf12cce6/2022-05-28-curacaos-roulette
Podcast VPRO: https://www.vpro.nl/argos/media/luister/argos-radio/onderwerpen/2022/Curacaos-roulette.html
VPRO – Human: In het land van de online casino’s controleert de goksector zichzelf
VPRO – Human: Curaçaose online casino’s blijken bezit van Russische eigenaren