pirate law of 1974, was it not risky to start a free radio station?
The authorities could never punish severely and I was always someone that wanted to act. With Mi Amigo, from the beginning, we had foreseen that if Belgium became too difficult, I would move to Spain with my recording studio. What was annoying for me was the harassment from the journalists. First of all there was this Marijsse of Hitorama and then the BRT and also the NOS that had started a campaign against me. They knew that I was the head of Mi Amigo. I didn’t want to ever give interviews or comments because I already had enough problems with the BOB (Belgian police department, equivalent to the DTI). You also played a cat and mouse game with the police. When I was in the Netherlands with Pierre Kartner (Vader Abraham) to negotiate for Paul Severs, I had a phone call from my accountant. All my accounts had been blocked as well as my deposit box, at the bank in Nagelmackers. The director who was a good friend helped me to open the box. We removed all the compromising material relating
