Crime

Suspected Sabotage Causes a Major Train Outage on Budget Day

Train services across the northern and eastern Netherlands were badly disrupted on Tuesday after objects were deliberately placed on the tracks at 20…

Sep 15 • Lisa Vinogradova

Meat From Thousands of Horses May Have Wrongly Entered the Food Chain, Investigators Say

The Belgian-led investigation examined more than 1,000 horses. Criminals allegedly sold medicated sport horses as slaughter animals for profit, though…

Sep 11 • Lisa Vinogradova

Police and Prosecutors Warn Cybercrime Is Getting Harder to Contain

Around 2.5 million people in the Netherlands fell victim to cybercrime or online fraud last year, authorities warn the threat is harder to contain as…

Sep 3 • Lisa Vinogradova

Amsterdam Introduces Stop-and-Search in Part of Zuidoost After 18 Firearm Incidents

Amsterdam has designated parts of the Zuidoost district a security risk area, letting police carry out preventive searches for a week from Thursday…

Aug 18 • Lisa Vinogradova

Two Weeks In, Rotterdam's Night Entry Ban Has Brought Quiet, and Residents Want It Kept

Two weeks after Rotterdam banned people from entering De Esch area at night, residents say the disruption has stopped and want it kept; but the ban…

Aug 11 • Lisa Vinogradova

Scammers Are Flooding TikTok With Fake Student Room Adverts

Hundreds of fake adverts for student rooms are circulating on TikTok, using photos stolen from real rental sites; victims pay a deposit or "reservation…

Aug 11 • Lisa Vinogradova

Ajax, ING and Ace & Tate Also Hit by the CEVA Logistics Data Breach

One shared delivery partner has become a single weak point for many well-known brands; experts warn criminals can now combine data from different leaks…

Aug 8 • Lisa Vinogradova

Names, Addresses and Order Details Possibly Leaked in Bol and de Bijenkorf Breach

Bol and de Bijenkorf have warned that names, addresses, phone numbers and order details may have leaked after a cyberattack on shared logistics partner…

Aug 6 • Lisa Vinogradova

Seizures of Weapons Bought Across the Border Climb 27%, Dutch Police Say

Dutch police seized 5,165 gas and alarm pistols, air weapons and pepper sprays last year, up nearly 27% from 2022. They're especially worried about gas…

Aug 4 • Dutch Brief

Thieves Calmly Steal All 88 Chairs From a Maastricht Museum Café Terrace

Thieves stole all 88 designer chairs from the terrace of the Ipanema café at Maastricht's Bonnefanten Museum, worth at least 21,500 euros, despite the…

Jul 30 • Lisa Vinogradova

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

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