Dutch-Moroccan Businessman’s Kidnapping in Spain: GPS Tracker Found on Car

Jamal was kidnapped on August 24, 2020 while he was driving his vehicle in which his wife and their five children were. Eight men, dressed in national police uniforms, had intercepted the businessman’s car, torn him from the wheel and taken him away. Since then, no sign of life of Jamal, nor any news from the kidnappers who have not asked the family for a ransom either.

Sources close to the police investigation recently told eltaquigrafo.com that Jamal’s car, which was not the one he was driving the night of the events, was being tracked. Inspecting the car, investigators found a tracking beacon, a device that allows the position of the vehicle to be known wherever it is. Jamal’s wife had indeed reported, during her statement to the commissioner of the national police in Marbella, that they were not using their car that night, but rather that of a friend. Theirs was being repaired at the mechanic’s.

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The investigators listened to the recordings made on members of a French gang of hitmen, based on the Costa del Sol. This is how they learned that this network was looking for a Dutchman of Moroccan origin like Jamal, precisely mentioning the type of car he was driving, the places he frequented, and revealing that he was to be attacked. The kidnapping took place twelve days after the recording of these audios.

For the moment, three hypotheses are mentioned. First, it could be a kidnapping for a money issue. Jamal "has succeeded as a real estate agent and was very generous. If someone needed money, he would take care of it without asking for anything in return. But if he had been kidnapped for money, wouldn’t they have already asked for a ransom?" his wife had reacted. Secondly, the investigators lean towards a settling of scores and claim that Jamal would be involved in criminal organizations that handle millions of euros. A hypothesis also refuted by his wife who assures that her husband "was not so rich and did not have a criminal record either".

Thirdly, it could be a case of mistaken identity with his uncle, also a Dutch businessman of Moroccan origin, wanted by Morocco with the help of the Dutch authorities due to the intense political activities he is carrying out against the Moroccan regime.