Witch hunt or a new Marcel Loor case?

PHILIPSBURG — Witch hunt or a repeat of the Marcel Loor case? The public prosecutor’s office demanded on Wednesday 18 months of imprisonment, with 6 months suspended against former Immigration and Border More...

Jail time for illegally employing prostitutes

PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance sentenced Juan Linzey on Wednesday morning to 36 months of imprisonment for ill-treatment, human smuggling, promoting prostitution and employing people who were without More...

Prosecution demands jail time for illegally employing prostitutes

PHILIPSBURG - "I was caught between a rock and a hard place," M.J.P. told the Court in First Instance on Thursday morning. The defendant is charged with human smuggling as an employee of the Casablanca brothel and More...

Prosecutor calls defendant a wolf in sheep’s clothing

PHILIPSBURG – The public prosecutor took human smuggling suspect M.J.P. to task in the Court in First Instance on Wednesday after her attorney Jairo Bloem had petitioned the court for a postponement of her trial. More...