EU cuts aid to Sierra Leone over its help to convicted cocaine kingpin, Netherlands says

EU cuts aid to Sierra Leone over its help to convicted cocaine kingpin, Netherlands says

The European Commission ​has suspended its financial aid ​to Sierra Leone over ‌the ​country's refusal to arrest and hand over European cocaine kingpin Jos Leijdekkers, Dutch Justice Minister ‌David van Weel said on Thursday.

($1 = 0.8846 euros)

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