On the death of Louis Sévèke

I've been clearing up some confusion over the murder of Louis Sévèke, a leftist activist who did some great work exposing some less than desirable practices by the former Dutch intelligence service BVD (now AIVD) .

LGF Watch was under the impression that I hadn't reported on the case, which I had, albeit on my Dutch blog. I even provided some links to both Sévèke's articles and a blog with some reporting on the issue.

As for an update, there simply hasn't been much news since his murder. I fear his death may not be related to any spooky stuff at all, but to the string of recent mob killings in the Netherlands. Sévèke often ventured into criminal investigations as well. Winston Smith of LGF Watch says he considered a similar possibility.

"The mafia angle has occurred to me to, esp. in light of the fact that one of the "underworld figures" who was recently assassinated in Amsterdam was also a real-estate agent. And of course Sévèke was very active in the kraker (squatter) movement. He's bound to have had many enemies among the real-estate mafia."

It's all speculative, of course. Nevertheless, I work for Quote, a business magazine which got shot at in 2003 after some articles about connections between criminals and the 'normal' world. The police recovered 19 bullets at the office, and one more at the home address of the owner (in the ceiling of his son's bedroom). The fact that they took aim at a not exactly leftist business magazine suggests that these people could care less about your political persuasions.

I'm not suggesting a connection, but am trying to illustrate that the Dutch underworld is not to be underestimated. You don't want to irritate these guys too much. My fear is Sévèke may have done just that.

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