http://www.arubaam.com/~victor/am08mar05.pdf#search=%E2%80%99rudy%20croes%E2%80%99
Trudy Hassell resigns
We understand that Commissioner Trudy Hassell decided to resign as Commissioner of the Coastal Surveillance Team. Hassell did a great job in fighting the illegal entry and stay of foreigners in Aruba. Hassell’s resignation is a direct result of the policy of the Minister of Justice, Rudy Croes.In a recent raid on construction companies officials of the Coastal Surveillance Team detained about 10 persons that did not have any documents to show that they are legally on the island. These persons were laying a carpet at a well known establishment in Aruba. The persons involved were immediately taken to jail pending their deportation. In the meantime however, Minister Rudy Croes (Justice) decided to sign the necessary documents so that the stay of the 10 individuals in Aruba became legal.
It was not the first time that this happened, but enough for Hassell to say “that’s it”, work cannot go on like this. Although she has respect for the Minister of Justice, she cannot accept that her corps is ridiculed in this manner. She is not willing to go through this type of humiliation any longer and submitted her resignation as Commissioner of the Coastal Surveillance Team. Hassell’s position was always the responsibility of the Police Commissioner in San Nicolas but it was entrusted to Hassell because of her good work and because of the trust deposited in her by High Commissioner Bernadina. Who will replace her? This is in the hands of the Minister of Justice but it is almost certain that Commissioner Krozendijk will be put in charge.
(Originally found here: http://www.scaredmonkeys.com/?p=1086)
Rudy Croes is mentioned in that long article on the Casa Nostra in Aruba that I posted.
this story may be so much bigger, a Pandora's box may be opened by this.
I think Nat's mother better be real careful here. This entire island may be dirty in ways that we can only imagine.
Interesting. Don't know the date of this article but it sounds like she's getting out while the getting is good. This story appears to get bigger every day...a very tangled web.
A Smugglers' Paradise
The Intercon Financial Bank on Aruba is represented by the law-firm Croes & Wever. One of the partners is former Minister of Justice Hendrik Croes. The firm's trust-company Arulex was implicated in setting up the bank. ""Yes, we are involved with that bank"," says Croes. ""We still handle all their legal affairs, but we don't know anything of their financial accounts"." (70)
Hendrik Croes – a brother of the island's legendary leader, the late Betico Croes who guided Aruba to its semi-independent status in the Dutch realm – is one of the leading political figures on the island. He led several election campaigns for the MEP, now in the opposition. The Croes Family has been accused of ties with Cuntrera-Caruana. The Sicilian mafiosi payed for a trip of another brother, Rudy Croes (who succeeded Hendrik as Minister of Justice in a previous MEP government) as party secretary to a meeting of the Socialist International in Turkey. This has not been denied.
Read the part about Rudy Croes and be shocked!!