Dutch Public Prosecution Service seized record €433 million in criminal assets in 2025

The Dutch Public Prosecution Service (OM) seized a record 433 million euros in criminal money and goods in 2025. This marks the fourth consecutive year of increases.

In 2024, the total was nearly 410 million euros. The year before that, it exceeded 360 million euros. Overall, the OM currently manages 2.9 billion euros in seized goods and money.

The OM said it is focusing more on cases in which the criminal underworld and legitimate upper world are strongly intertwined.

The OM completed 3,882 money-laundering cases in 2025. In the Netherlands that year, authorities seized approximately 18.3 million euros in cryptocurrency, down from 46.9 million euros the previous year. Tens of millions more in cryptocurrency were frozen or seized abroad.