The emergency services arrived in large numbers and it was necessary to extricate the occupants, including Madame, who was tied up and seriously injured. The four thugs, including a minor boy, were arrested. All four have French nationality. The kid was sent back to France and he will have to answer for his actions.
The NPK, a French criminal network hunted
This file has gained momentum with the revelations from the French authorities, namely the existence of a vast French criminal organization, the NPK, which has various hideouts in France and Belgium, notably in Brussels and Blankenberge, but also and especially in Waterloo and Mellery. It is in this last hiding place that the victim should have been sequestered. Searched by investigators, the house had been fitted out by this international gang, notably the bathroom, where double walls and false ceilings had been installed.
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In fact, the NPK is being hunted down in France, where kidnappings have been carried out and will probably continue to be carried out. During a kidnapping in France, an old man had a knuckle from his little finger torn off to negotiate a ransom. Because that’s what it’s all about. The men and women of the NPK scour social networks to identify people presumed to be rich, particularly through investments in cryptocurrency.
However, the kidnapped young woman and her husband were investing in this sector and came into the crosshairs of the thugs. In the van, the main complainant was forced to give the number of her husband, who received criminal and odious messages, even threatening the children, so that he would pay a ransom. This couple, united more than ever, has filed a civil suit against the defendants and is claiming considerable amounts, particularly for hospitalization and therapy costs. He left the cryptocurrency sector and changed careers.
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12-year prison sentences debated on appeal
Last year, the Brussels criminal court sentenced each defendant to 12 years without parole, and the king’s prosecutor appealed the sentence. On Friday, the victims’ lawyers, Mazarine de San and Antoine Chomé, spoke out, even if the gangsters essentially confessed. The debate now only concerns the height of the sentence.
The attorney general will deliver his indictment next week.
