No comment.” The mayor of Urk, Pieter Van Maaren, an elder of the Dutch Protestant church, was apparently “very busy” in his office when asked for an explanation at the town hall. More than one Urk boat may have been lured into the criminal gang’s web, she had picked up from from the trial, but the council had no idea what would happen next, Heida admitted. We heard it also during the trial.”Heida added of Urk: “When you were born here, you will stay here. Approached by the Guardian about threats of violence to fishermen, there were nods of those at the bar. Pim Visser, director of the VisNed, the representative group for cutter boat fishermen, insisted that it was a matter of “a few rotten apples”.

Source: The Guardian December 31, 2017 11:59 UTC