Jos Leijdekkers, also known as ‘Bolle Jos’ (chubby Jos), Omar Sharif and Omar Sherrif, is one of Europe’s most wanted persons. He is wanted for involvement in large-scale international drugs trafficking and of the use of extreme violence. The Dutch investigative authorities have known since mid-2024 that the 35-year-old fugitive is currently in Sierra Leone. The arrest of Leijdekkers is a top priority for the Netherlands Public Prosecution Service and the Netherlands Police, and the Public Prosecution Service is offering a reward of 2 million euros (2,000,000 euros) for the tip leading to the arrest. This exceptional reward is available to the person who helps make the arrest possible. If you have relevant information, contact us via tips-jos@politie.nl  or on +31 (0) 6 38 88 44 93.  These channels are a safe way to share your information. You can share it in any form and in any language.

About Jos Leijdekkers: 
-Date of birth: 01-07-1991.
-Also known as: Bolle Jos, Omar Sharif and Omar Sherrif.
-Whereabouts: most likely in Sierra Leone.
-Sentences: 24 years imprisonment in the Netherlands and 79 years imprisonment in Belgium. 
-Convicted in the Netherlands for: six drugs transports totalling nearly 7000 kilos of cocaine; an armed robbery; and giving orders for a murder.

2 million euro reward 
A 2,000,000 euro reward is offered for the decisive tip leading to Jos Leijdekkers’ arrest. The reward can be paid out within several days of his arrest.

Reward for Jos Leijdekkers’ arrest
The 2 million euro reward is offered to the person who makes the arrest of Leijdekkers possible, for example by disclosing when he plans to travel and when there will be opportunities to arrest him. Do you maybe know when he may be outside Sierra Leone and what locations he will visit?

Share your information anonymously 
If you can provide information about Jos Leijdekkers, you will do so to a special team of the Netherlands Police. This team will keep your identity secret and will keep strict confidentiality about the information you provide. They will conceal your identity from everyone else, including other police teams or the Sierra Leonean authorities. This ensures that your anonymity remains protected.

Residing in Sierra Leone
In recent years, the Public Prosecution Service and the Netherlands Police have had many leads indicating the whereabouts of Jos Leijdekkers. He is likely often in Freetown, Sierra Leone’s capital, but he also visits other parts of the country. For example, there is footage of 1 January 2025 in which he can be seen attending a church service in the village of Tihun, approximately 200 kilometres from Freetown. The family of the President of Sierra Leone was present at this service as well.

In March 2025, a video circulated showing Jos Leijdekkers presenting gifts at the birthday celebrations of the Head of the Immigration Service of Sierra Leone. The Head of the Narcotics Police of Sierra Leone can also be seen in the video.

Convictions in the Netherlands and Belgium 
Jos Leijdekkers is considered a key player in international cocaine trafficking. On 25 June 2024, the Court of Rotterdam sentenced him to 24 years’ imprisonment for six drugs transports containing a total quantity of nearly 7000 kilos of cocaine; an armed robbery in Finland; and giving orders for a murder. In Belgium, he has been convicted in several cases and has been sentenced to 79 years’ imprisonment combined.

Large-scale drugs trafficking and money laundering 
Jos Leijdekkers is considered a key player in international cocaine trafficking. In its judgment, the Court of Rotterdam included a calculation showing that Leijdekkers must have earned a minimum of tens of millions of euros from cocaine trafficking. The 7000 kilos of cocaine seized that led to his conviction likely constitutes only a small portion of all cocaine trafficked by him. Encrypted messages intercepted on the Sky-ECC platform provided a glimpse into his leading role in international cocaine trafficking. Additionally, these messages revealed that Leijdekkers has likely been laundering tens of millions of euros and hundreds of kilos of gold, assets that are thought to have been gained through cocaine trafficking.

Extreme violence
Leijdekkers is also suspected of involvement in the use of extreme violence, including in the disappearance and death of Naima Jillal, a Dutch woman who went missing on 20 October 2019 after she got into a car in Amsterdam. Intercepted encrypted messages reveal that Leijdekkers played an important role in Jillal’s disappearance. For a long time, Naima Jillal was missing without trace, but then photos of a woman believed to be her were found on a phone seized in the Marengo investigation. On the basis of these photos, it is believed she was likely tortured and is no longer alive.

Providing information about Jos Leijdekkers 
Will you help us arrest Jos Leijdekkers and lay claim to the reward of two million euros? Do you have information about Leijdekkers’ travel movements and whereabouts? Do you know when he may be outside Sierra Leone, so there might be opportunities for us to arrest him?

Please contact the special team of the Netherlands Police via: 
•    tips-jos@politie.nl 
•    or +31 (0) 6 38 88 44 93.

Providing information through these channels is safe and can be done by any means and in any language. This team will keep your identity secret. Even other police teams and the authorities in Sierra Leone will not find out who you are. This ensures that you are completely shielded.