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- Event
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- Belgium
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- 1990s
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- Dutroux_Affair
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category: "Intelligence Operation"
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summary: "Operation Othello was the Belgian police investigation into Marc Dutroux's auto theft ring, which ran parallel to the Dutroux kidnapping investigation."
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start: 1995
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location: "Charleroi, Belgium"
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Operation Othello was the Belgian police investigation into [[Marc Dutroux]]'s auto theft ring, which ran parallel to the Dutroux kidnapping investigation. It was through Othello that [[Claude Thirault]] came forward with information about the dungeon [[Marc Dutroux]] had commissioned him to build in his basement. [[Rene Michaux]] conducted searches of Dutroux's property under Othello but failed to discover the hidden dungeon containing [[Julie Lejeune]] and [[Melissa Russo]].[^1]
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: Dovey, S. (2023). *Eye of the Chickenhawk*. United States: Thehotstar. |