In 2000, former public prosecutor Fred Teeven made a deal
with drug criminal Cees. H. Cees was given
back 4.7 million guilders of his own money which had been blocked, and his
punishment was reduced in exchange for information on other major criminal
affairs. This deal was investigated by a
commission headed by ombudsman Martin Oosting.
The commission judged that this deal should not have been
concluded. Furthermore the heads of the
public prosecutor’s office and the tax services were not told about the
deal. When the issue became public last
year, Teeven was deputy Minister of Justice.
The then Minister of Justice Ivo Opstelten misinformed parliament that
the deal had cost 1.2 million guilders instead of 4.7 million guilders. Both officials were forced to resign as a
result of the misinformation.
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