The Radio Netherlands television report Drug Trafficking has won the CNN World Report Award in the category Best Personal Profile. The item was broadcast worldwide in CNN’s World Report in July of last year. The Prize was awarded to Pieter Landman (Head TV) during the CNN’s 25th anniversary celebrations of at the news channel’s headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. The other nominees were Venezuela’s Venevision TV and Switzerland’s ILO TV.
The item was made by reporter Annette Posthumus and tells the story of Dutch cab driver Pedro Ruijzing (46) who was arrested in Thailand on drug trafficking charges ten years ago. He was pardoned by the Thai government on the occasion of Queen Beatrix’s visit to the country in 2004. He now educates schoolchildren about the dangers of smuggling drugs.
Radio Netherlands Television (RNTV) has been the Dutch contributor to CNN’s World Report since 1990. More than one hundred countries make regular contributions to World Report which is broadcast worldwide by CNN on a daily basis.