`We live in a narco-state`: murder of Dutch lawyer prompts fear and fury
(The Guardian Netherlands)

Lawyers in gangland cases given emergency protection after unprecedented killingLawyers and prosecutors in major gangland drugs cases in the Netherlands have been given emergency protection after the unprecedented murder of a top defence lawyer prompted police and the media to claim that government naivety was turning the country into a narco-state.Derk Wiersum was gunned down in the street as he left his home in the Amsterdam suburb of Buitenveldert on Wednesday morning. Police are searching for a 16- to 20-year old man in a black hooded top who fled the scene on foot. Related: Dark web blamed for rise in drugs sent by post from Netherlands Continue reading...