Onno de Jong

Pact with the devil in the most extensive and longest-running liquidation case ever in the Netherlands: the Passage process. What drove the government to cooperate with murderers as key witnesses? How did the deals come about? The precursor to the Marengo process still raises many questions. Was the process fair? Or was it a case where justice was 'too big to fail'?

Onno de Jong is the lawyer for the three most important crown witnesses in the history of Dutch organized crime: Fred Ros, Tony de G., and Nabil B. Thanks to them, the police and judicial authorities are achieving major successes in the fight against 'untouchable' top-level criminals such as Dino S., Willem Holleeder, and Ridouan Taghi. But the price is high. Onno de Jong and his wife are placed in an extremely rigorous security program following the murder of Derk Wiersum. For six months, they believe they are safe, but then things go wrong...

Pact with the devil in the most extensive and longest-running liquidation case ever in the Netherlands: the Passage process. What drove the government to cooperate with murderers as key witnesses? How did the deals come about? The precursor to the Marengo process still raises many questions. Was the process fair? Or was it a case where justice was 'too big to fail'?