The Cliff's notes version is the worldwide press spotlight on Aruba can't help but shed light on the the drug and mafia (and worse) activity, in this perfect paradise called Aruba.
These three punks really upset the natural order of things.
THe second largest industry besides tourism is money laundering, but you can't have money laundering without tourism (gambling) because you have to have clean money coming in to trade for dirty money going out.
Thanks for the reply, Swanks. I thought maybe you meant the Mafia or Drug traffic people were involved too and they were worried that Joran might implicate them in Natalee's disappearance.