Benammar, who will be working with the Prosecutor's Office for three years and travelled here with husband and child, took up her new job as per September 1.
She has been a prosecutor in various cities in the Netherlands, among them Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Den Bosch, Breda and, most recently, The Hague.
Mos said that with Benammar's arrival the Prosecutor's Office would be "almost at full force" with four full-time and one part-time prosecutors, and four paralegal secretaries. The part-time prosecutor divides her time among St. Maarten, Saba and St. Eustatius.
"The arrival of this new prosecutor will lead to a reshuffling of the various tasks of the Prosecutor's Office among staff members," Mos said, "while the addition of an extra staff member will also lead to higher quality."
However, he was quick to dampen expectations that with the arrival of an extra prosecutor more crimes would be solved and time-consuming investigations into, for instance, the alleged wrongdoings at the Tourist Office and alleged misappropriation of former Commissioner of Economic Affairs Maria Buncamper-Molanus would be now be taken up with more energy.
"One should not forget that reinforcement of the Prosecutor's Office is one thing, but crimes are first and foremost being investigated by the Police Force, which Detective Department up until now still consists of three detectives and one police analyst, while the regular Police Force is still 200 officers short.
"These days, much time and energy is being spent in dealing with the serious violent crimes that are rattling the island, which is having consequences for dealing with other crimes such as, for instance, home burglaries," Mos explained.
Source: http://www.thedailyherald.com/islands/1-islands-news/20754-governor-swears-in-new-prosecutor.html
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