St. Maarten Private Eye

Loor is a free man again

The Daily Herald reports that former police commissioner Marcel Loor is a free man again.

The Joint Court of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba ordered Loor's immediate release from prison after it established in a closed-door session on Wednesday afternoon that he was eligible for early release for good behaviour.
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Loor (39) was sentenced in the Court of First Instance in November 2007 to four years in prison for forgery, bribery, tax evasion and money laundring.
The Joint Court of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba annulled that ruling in April and sentenced Loor to 24 months, six of which were suspended, with three years' probation and payment of a NAf. 15,000 fine.

OK. Can someone who knows a little more please comment and explain what is happening? Forgery, bribery, tax evasion and money laundring equals less than a year in prison and a USD 8000 fine? Why a closed-door session? Etc. It is interesting to learn that forgery, bribery, tax evasion and money laundring is such a petty crime in the Netherlands Antilles. Should we all try it? Seems lucrative.

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