The Tilburg former coffee shop owner Johan van Laarhoven (60) will be released from the Penitentiary Institution (PI) in Vught on August 28 after a six-year prison sentence, according to various media. He still has to wear an ankle bracelet.
Tukta, wife of Johan van Laarhoven from Thai cell
The wife of former coffee shop owner Johan van Laarhoven, who is still in a Thai prison, has been released today. Lawyer Geert-Jan Knoops confirms reports on this from RTL Nieuws.
Ex-coffee shop owner Van Laarhoven remains in detention
The Court of Appeal in The Hague has rejected a request for early release from former coffee shop owner Johan van Laarhoven on appeal. Van Laarhoven will certainly remain in detention until next year.
One more time: Johan van Laarhoven
A subject that has often been discussed on Thailand blog, the detention of former coffee shop owner Johan van Laarhoven in Thailand. Now that Van Laarhoven is back in the Netherlands to serve the rest of his sentence, we thought the book could be closed. For those interested, there is still something interesting to read in monthly magazine Quote.
Former coffee shop entrepreneur Johan van Laarhoven has been released from the Thai cell and on his way to the Netherlands. Van Laarhoven had been held in a Thai cell since 2014 because of a conviction for money laundering. He was sentenced to 75 years in prison, of which he actually had to serve 20 years. His lawyer has confirmed exclusively to the news site NU.nl that the plane has now left Thai airspace.
Former coffee shop owner Johan van Laarhoven and his wife have been definitively sentenced to long prison sentences in Thailand for money laundering. In cassation, Van Laarhoven was again sentenced to a hundred years in prison, of which he must serve twenty. His wife's sentence also remained unchanged: eleven years and four months.
Grapperhaus talks to journalist in Bangkok
“Yes, I am Minister Ferd Grapperhaus of Justice and Security and I am responsible, among other things, for criminals to be locked up. What am I doing here in Bangkok? Well, I was sent here by the House of Representatives to try to get someone who has been sentenced to 103 years in prison, but fortunately only has to serve 20 years, to get out of a cell to continue serving his sentence in the Netherlands.
Minister Grapperhaus to Thailand for Van Laarhoven
The Dutch Minister Grapperhaus of Justice and Security will travel to Thailand this week to discuss the possible extradition of the Brabant coffee shop owner Johan van Laarhoven.
National ombudsman calls the Public Prosecution Service careless in the Van Laarhoven case
The National Ombudsman ruled that the Public Prosecution Service (OM), the Ministry of Justice and Security and the Dutch police acted negligently in the case of Johan van Laarhoven, who is serving a long prison sentence in Thailand.
Last week it was four years ago that Johan van Laarhoven (57) was arrested in Pattaya and ended up in a Thai prison. The Brabants Dagblad made a reconstruction of the case that is keeping people busy. According to the newspaper, the Dutch judiciary plays at least a dubious role in the run-up to his arrest.
Johan van Laarhoven (57), the founder of coffee shop chain The Grass Company, who has been imprisoned in Thailand for four years now, will also remain there for the time being. He has previously been sentenced to 75 years in prison, but the Thai judiciary has appealed against the verdict and that will not be dealt with until December this year at the earliest, the AD writes.
The chance that Johan van Laarhoven can go to the Netherlands to serve his sentence there is a lot smaller, because the Thai Public Prosecution Service appealed against his sentence in November. This is evident from inquiries from the news site NU.nl.
Johan van Laarhoven admitted to prison hospital
The Tilburg former coffee shop owner Johan van Laarhoven has been urgently admitted to a prison hospital. Van Laarhoven has been sentenced to 75 years in prison, of which he must serve 20, for money laundering he had earned from his coffee shop in the Netherlands.
The Public Prosecution Service (OM) will prosecute Johan van Laarhoven, who is currently detained in a Thai cell, and three other executives of coffee shop chain The Grass Company in connection with fraud, money laundering, fraud and participation in a criminal organization. Van Laarhoven's brother has also been summoned, as well as a 57-year-old man from Tilburg and an equally old man from Bladel
The Dutch Johan van Laarhoven, convicted of money laundering from the cannabis trade, has not received a reduced sentence on appeal. His sentence was reduced on paper from 103 to 75 years, but he must serve 11 years. Just like the previous conviction. Only his wife's sentence was reduced from 7 years to 4 years and XNUMX months.
The National Ombudsman is starting an investigation into the complaints of Mr Van L. and his partner about a request for legal assistance to Thailand. The complaints relate to the way in which the Public Prosecution Service shared information with the Thai authorities about the request for legal assistance. Mr Van L. and his partner were arrested by the Thai authorities shortly afterwards. They have been sentenced to long prison terms.
John van den Heuvel calls the Van Laarhoven case 'a crazy farce'
According to the well-known Telegraaf reporter John van den Heuvel, the case of drug trafficker Johan van Laarhoven is taking on crazy forms. In today's column, he says that the Van Laarhoven family is not only good at selling drugs, but also has a sophisticated PR strategy to get the Brabant coffee shop owner released.