Crime

Fake Medical Invoices Are Surging in the Netherlands

Fake invoices sent in the name of medical biller Infomedics have surged in the Netherlands, with over 20,000 reports this year. The company says it…

Jul 25 • Lisa Vinogradova

Rotterdam Bans People From Entering Part of a Neighbourhood at Night in a Move Lawyers Call Unprecedented

Anyone in part of Rotterdam's De Esch between 11pm and 5am without a good reason is now committing an offence, under a three-month ban that legal…

Jul 24 • Lisa Vinogradova

Three Arrested Over the Theft of a €5 Million Smartphone Shipment Near Schiphol

The Royal Netherlands Marechaussee has arrested three men over the theft of a smartphone shipment worth around 5 million euros in the Schiphol region…

Jul 22 • Lisa Vinogradova

Police Recorded 9% More Drug Crimes in the First Half of 2026

Dutch police registered nearly 7,900 drug crimes in the first half of 2026, over 9% more than a year earlier. But such figures largely reflect police…

Jul 20 • Lisa Vinogradova

Police Break Up an International Investment Fraud Ring That Targeted Hundreds of Dutch Victims

Dutch and Belgian police have largely dismantled an international investment fraud network of some 700 fake advisers. Around 550 Dutch victims lost an…

Jul 16 • Lisa Vinogradova

Bullet Passes Through a Rotterdam Bus Full of Passengers During a Street Shooting

The shooting happened in the Feijenoord district on Monday evening: the passengers and driver were unharmed, though badly shaken, and police are…

Jul 14 • Lisa Vinogradova

Fraud via Apple Pay and Google Pay Is Rising in the Netherlands, Fraud Helpdesk Warns

Criminals do not break the payment apps themselves; they steal your card details, often through phishing, then link the card to their own device. Here…

Jul 10 • Lisa Vinogradova

Netherlands Plans to Criminalise Coercive Control and Psychological Abuse

The Dutch cabinet has proposed making coercive control and psychological abuse criminal offences, and raising the maximum sentence for killing a partner…

Jun 29 • Lisa Vinogradova

More Children Caught Up in International Abduction Cases in the Netherlands

New figures from the Centrum IKO show 270 children were involved in international abduction cases linked to the Netherlands in 2025, up from 200 a year…

Jun 24 • Lisa Vinogradova

Dutch Police Did Not Handle Over 10,000 Reports of Serious Crime in 2024

More than 10,000 reports of violent crime, drug production and identity fraud were either directly rejected or dropped midway through in 2024, due to…

Jun 19 • Lisa Vinogradova

Seven Injured in Overnight Explosion at Amsterdam Apartment Building, with One in Critical Condition

The blast tore through a 24-hour gym in a nine-storey flat shortly after midnight on Friday. Around 400 residents were evacuated, emergency services are…

Jun 12 • Lisa Vinogradova

Three People Get Almost Four Years in Prison for Spectacular Drents Museum Heist

Three men have been sentenced for stealing a 2,500-year-old golden helmet and other treasures from the Drents Museum in Assen. Its a special case…

Jun 6 • Lisa Vinogradova

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