The public prosecution department has announced its highest ever reward – €100,000 – for tip-offs leading to the arrests of two wanted men.

Ridouan Taghi and Said Razzouki are wanted in connection with a string of gangland killings in Utrecht and Amsterdam. The killings are said to be part of the ongoing ‘mocro mafia’ drugs wars.

The two men’s capture is a ‘top priority’, hence the high rewards, the public prosecution office said in a statement. Both men are also on the Europol most wanted list and may well be abroad, the department said.

Until now the highest ever reward offered was €30,000, for information leading to the gunmen in a double murder at a pancake restaurant in Leiderdorp in 2009.