A body responsible for security at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport says more closed circuit TV surveillance is needed to fight drug smuggling and other crimes.
SCHIPHOL - A body responsible for security at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport says more closed circuit TV surveillance is needed to fight drug smuggling and other crimes. The group, which includes representatives [...]
The key witness of 11 contract killings cases, Peter la Serpe, will not be co-operating with the prosecution team.
Amsterdam – The key witness in a major criminal court case in Amsterdam has withdrawn his co-operation with the prosecution team.
Peter la Serpe is embroiled in a conflict with the public prosecutor’s office over his protection [...]
Teenage girls who are worried they may be forced into marrying when they go away on holiday to their family’s country of origin can now sign a declaration.
Rotterdam – Rotterdam is launching a new system to help prevent teenage girls from being pressured into marriage when they go away on holiday to their family’s [...]
Monday 18 May 2009
Social affairs ministry inspectors are assessing whether criminal charges can be brought against the owner of an asparagus farm in Brabant, where 50 people were found living in conditions of ‘near slavery’ on Friday.
The 50 workers, including many Romanians, were living on the farm in a dirty room without windows.
‘They were not [...]
A Dutch court has ordered Italian-born top suspect to be extradited to Italy over Germany as he will be prosecuted for membership of a criminal organisation in addition to the 2007 killings in Germany.
Amsterdam – A Dutch court ordered Wednesday the extradition to Italy of the Italian-born top suspect in a 2007 mafia massacre in [...]
Police in Rotterdam have found 4.5 million euros in cash in two man-sized safes in a private flat
ROTTERDAM - Police in Rotterdam have found 4.5 million euros in cash in two man-sized safes in a private flat. Detectives suspect the money comes from criminal activities and was to be laundered.
One of the safes contained seven [...]
The school is being sued for its lax policy on truancy which resulted in a teenage girl being forced into prostitution from the age of 12 to 16.
ZWOLLE – The mother of a girl who became the victim of forced prostitution as a teenager is claiming EUR 74,000 compensation from her daughter’s former school in [...]
by Dutchnews.nl - May 11, 2009
The key crown witness in a Dutch gangland trial is refusing to testify because he says he does not trust the police to guarantee his personal safety, the Telegraaf reports on Monday.
Peter de la Serpe, who is suspected of involvement in several killings, had been due to give evidence in [...]
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