“Official corruption of representatives of the people is the ax to the roots of our democratic system.” These are the words of public prosecutor Wim Bollen in 2011 during the trial against former VVD politician Sjoerd Swane. It was also an exciting matter for the Public Prosecution Service and the FIOD that conducted the investigation into Swane, because political administrators had never been convicted of corruption before.
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Former public prosecutor about Sjoerd Swane: ‘Case is still important’
