child abduction

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Cropped picture of a child standing next to a backpack
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270 children abducted to or from the Netherlands last year; Increase of over 25%
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Leya’nyssa, 11, and M’qaydian, 6, were both named in an Amber Alert by Dutch police after they were last seen at a station in Dalfsen, Overijssel, on 31 March 2025
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Dalfsen biological parents convicted of abducting their children, triggering Amber Alert
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Police officer looking at a smartphone
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Police solve 8 missing person cases in 2 months thanks to more international cooperation
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Third person detained in connection with Dalfsen child abduction
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Scared boy with teddy bear.
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International child abductions from Netherlands drop 14.5% in 2024, but threats rise
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Photos of missing children Jeffrey and Emma, police warned that the children would currently be wearing different clothes.
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Family of missing children in Amber Alert have not given up hope
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Prison cell bars
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Parents of abducted Dalfsen children extradited from Belgium, held in Dutch custody
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Insiya Hemani, kidnapped from Amsterdam in September 2016
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Eight years since Amsterdam girl was kidnapped by her father; mother again asks for help
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Politie patch on a Dutch police officer's uniform
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Police suspect kidnapping in Barneveld missing child case
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Insiya Hemani, kidnapped from Amsterdam in September 2016
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Father, conspirators again convicted of kidnapping Amsterdam girl, taking her to India
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Photo collage of Insiya Hemani
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Father of abducted Amsterdam girl facing 9 years in prison for taking her to India
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Child at an airport
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Fewer child abductions for first time in four years
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Photo collage of Insiya Hemani
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New appeal for Insiya Hemani’s return to Amsterdam; Girl abducted in 2016 turns 10 today
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Child at an airport
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More reports of children abducted by their parents last year
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Minister Wopke Hoekstra of Foreign Affairs during an unannounced visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, 10 May 2022
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Netherlands wants more focus on Russia abducting children from Ukraine
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Child playing with toy airplane
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58 children abducted by a parent during summer vacation; Most to Turkey, Poland
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Insiya Hemani, kidnapped from Amsterdam in September 2016
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Five years later: Mother of abducted Insiya Hemani releases new appeal
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Children at an airport
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Fifty kids abducted by parents during summer vacation
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An area cordoned off by police
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Maddie McCann suspect investigated in Rotterdam boy's 1995 disappearance
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Child in a supermarket
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Stranger nearly kidnaps toddler in Haarlem supermarket; Similar crime reported in December
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Child playing with toy airplane
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Fewer kids abducted in Netherlands
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More Dutch kids left abroad by parents
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Child abduction reports in Netherlands on the rise
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Increase in child abductions over summer vacation