# EU cuts aid to Sierra Leone over help to convicted cocaine kingpin, Netherlands says

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- Reuters, 2026-10-01 09:05 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/eu-cuts-aid-sierra-leone-over-its-help-convicted-cocaine-kingpin-netherlands-2026-10-01/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6abe2244aa92170001cbec72

> The European Commission has suspended financial aid to Sierra Leone because the country refused to arrest and hand over European cocaine kingpin Jos Leijdekkers, Dutch Justice Minister David van Weel said on Thursday.