{
  "id": 51799,
  "title": "'Bolle Jos,' the Dutch cocaine baron who became Sierra Leone's viceroy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/bolle-jos-the-dutch-cocaine-baron-who-became-sierra-leones-viceroy",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-02T12:56:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/summer-reads/article/2026/08/02/bolle-jos-the-dutch-cocaine-baron-who-became-sierra-leone-s-viceroy_6756086_183.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "'Africa under the influence' (5/6). Sentenced in the Netherlands to seven years in prison for importing 11 metric tons of cocaine, Jos Leijdekkers, the son-in-law of Sierra Leone's president, has continued to run his drug operations with impunity from Freetown.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}