Stories
Face to Face with subversive crime
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Isabel
Isabel worked in airport security for many years. She caught colleagues who were abusing their Schiphol access pass and uncovered a smuggling route through an emergency exit. Isabel wants to put an end to the culture of silence at the airport, because reporting something is not the same as snitching.
Jaap
Jaap worked for years as a cabin attendant, but he started out at Lost & Found. There, he was quickly confronted with reality when a colleague was arrested for being involved in a smuggling network. His advice? Don’t be naïve, and speak up if you see something suspicious.
Martijn
Martijn worked at Schiphol for years. First at Customs, then at Security. He experienced how difficult it is to speak out about the behavior of your colleagues when standards seem to be blurring. What he has learned about this, he is now putting into practice.
Mehmet
Mehmet worked as an aircraft cleaner at Schiphol with his childhood friend Farouk. Farouk appeared to have different intentions from the start.
Gilbert
Gilbert realised too late that his childhood friend Vera's new friend had bad intentions. The boy completely won over Vera and forced her to smuggle drugs.
Redouan
Redouan made a name for himself in the Dutch drug circuit in the late nineties. As an ex-criminal he knows better than anyone how criminals us innocent people.