Family Offers $100,000 Reward in Dutch Businessman’s Marbella Kidnapping Case

This offer aims to advance the police investigation that is stagnating, explains Javier Muriel, the family’s lawyer, who is desperate. "It’s been almost two and a half years since we’ve had any news of him," adds the lawyer, who recalls that the case has already passed through the hands of five judges and the investigation, currently being conducted by the Udyco (Central Narcotics Brigade) of Malaga, continues in the strictest secrecy.

Since August 22, 2020, the date on which Jamal was kidnapped in front of his wife’s eyes, no one has contacted the family to demand any ransom. That day, Jamal, his wife and five children were returning from a restaurant in Puerto Banus, Marbella when their vehicle, a Mercedes G-Wagon, was intercepted by two vehicles equipped with police sirens and from which eight armed men in police uniform emerged, who assaulted Jamal several times before taking him away by force.

The investigators lean towards a settling of scores, assuming that Jamal would be involved in criminal organizations. A hypothesis rejected by his wife, who points out that her husband "has no criminal record." It could also be a case of mistaken identity with his uncle, Saïd Chaou, also a Dutch businessman of Moroccan origin, under prosecution launched by Morocco.

Furthermore, recordings made of members of a French hitman group based on the Costa del Sol have allowed investigators to learn that this network was looking for a Dutchman of Moroccan origin like Jamal, mentioning in detail the type of car he was driving, the places he frequented, and revealing that he was to be attacked. Jamal’s kidnapping took place twelve days after the recording of these audios.