Public prosecutor pins evidence hopes on IS payroll information

(Dutch News) The Dutch public prosecution department has payroll lists with the names of people who worked for IS, including jihadis who have returned to the Netherlands, the AD said on Friday.

The department is using the lists, which cover the period 2016 to June 2017, in court cases against Dutch jihadis, the paper said. The documents come from the FBI.

Dutch jihadis face jail on their return for being members of a terrorist organisation but actual evidence is hard to come by. Many claim to have worked as cooks or nurses, rather than to have taken part in actual fighting.

One Dutch national whose name is said to appear on the lists is Maseh N, who returned from Syria at the end of last year.

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