Cassation allowed regarding excessive delay in confiscation proceedings under Article 6 ECHR, reducing the payment obligation.

The High Court of the Netherlands partially allowed the cassation appeal, reducing the defendant's payment obligation due to excessive procedural delays. The defendant argued that the open public prosecutor was untimely in the confiscation claim, citing violations of the reasonable time requirement under Article 6 of the ECHR. The Supreme Court accepted this argument, ruling that the significant delays between the initial investigation and the final order constituted a breach of the right to a hearing within a reasonable time.