Inez Weski

Inez Natali Weski (born 10 February 1955) is a retired Dutch criminal lawyer. She has defended among others Desi Bouterse, Guus Kouwenhoven, and, during the Marengo trial, Ridouan Taghi.

Early life and education Weski was born in Rotterdam, and grew up as the youngest in a large family. In the 1960s they lived in Israel for some years. She finished her studies in private and administrative law in her birthplace of Rotterdam in 1976.

She established her reputation defending controversial figures like Surinamese military officer, politician and drugs baron Desi Bouterse, weapons smuggler and war criminal Guus Kouwenhoven and Sister P., a Chinese human trafficker. Taghi is a Moroccan-Dutch criminal who became a prime suspect in at least ten murders related to organised crime, drug trafficking and leading a criminal organisation. On February 27, 2024, he was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.

In October 2019 Weski stopped working for Taghi, and she insisted this was done with his support and not due to any fear of him.

Prosecution and retirement On 23 january 2023 Youssef was convicted to 5,5 years in prison, and in April 2023 Weski was arrested and charged with participation in a criminal organisation by exchanging messages between its members. Ten days before her arrest she had sold her law office to her son Guy Weski and formally retired. Lawyer Peter Plasman said she was becoming increasingly paranoid and the claim the public prosecutor was attempting to have her killed was extreme and not substantiated by facts.