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Since being arrested in Dubai – and then extradited – in 2019, the now 46-year-old has been held under maximum security in the Netherlands.

Held in a fortified Amsterdam court known as De Bunker, patrolled by drones and commandos, the trial marks a first in Dutch criminal history – everyone involved, from law enforcement to the forensics team, has been kept anonymous. It is also the country’s largest-ever trial.

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Klaas Bruinsma (drug lord)

Dutch drug lord (1953–1991)

Klaas Bruinsma

Born(1953-10-06)6 October 1953

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Died27 June 1991(1991-06-27) (aged 37)

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Cause of deathGunshot wound
NationalityDutch
Other namesDe Lange
De Dominee
OccupationDrug lord

Klaas Bruinsma (6 October 1953 – 27 June 1991) was a major Dutchdrug lord. He was shot dead on 27 June 1991 by organized crime member and former police officer Martin Hoogland. He was known as "De Lange" ("the tall one") and also as "De Dominee" ("the pastor") because of his black clothing and his habit of lecturing others.

Early life

Klaas Bruinsma was born in Amsterdam as the second child of Anton Bruinsma, a Dutch entrepreneur and Gwendolyn Theresa Mary Kelly, a British homemaker.[1] He attended the "De Blauwe Reiger" kindergarten in Amsterdam Oud-Zuid and then the Spartaschool, also in Oud-Zuid. His parents divorced when he was seven years old. From that point forward, his father's housekeeper took over the

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