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A Dutch police badge lying on a desk with a police officer typing on a computer in the background
Crime
Adult website Motherless back online after Dutch prosecutors flag sexual abuse content
20 May 2026 - 15:20
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A man has measles.
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Dutch traveler brings first measles case to Panama since 1995
9 May 2026 - 14:45
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Sports
Netherlands set to kick off Baseball World Cup against Venezuela amid roster drama
6 March 2026 - 17:08
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Ahmed Aboutaleb in a photo taken in August 2017
Politics
Rotterdam Mayor headed to Latin America over drug trafficking concerns
27 January 2024 - 14:15
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Roughly 2,000 packages of cocaine found at the Rotterdam port in a shipment from Costa Rica. 17 April 2022
Crime
About €419 million in cocaine found at the Rotterdam port
11 May 2022 - 19:50
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Bundles of cocaine, 1,515 kilograms in total, found in a shipment of cocoa beans. December 22, 2021
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Mayors of Rotterdam and Antwerp suggest practices to curb cocaine imports
13 February 2022 - 14:25
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2,100 kilos of cocaine found in port of Rotterdam
Crime
Tons of cocaine found in Rotterdam and Curaçao
15 August 2021 - 12:00
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Millions of euros worth of cocaine found in a shipment of sweet potatoes in Rotterdam. July 23, 2021
Crime
Over €130 million in cocaine found in Costa Rica sweet potato shipment
25 July 2021 - 16:40
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1,100 kilos cocaine found at Rotterdam port in banana shipment from Ecuador, 16 August 2020
Crime
2,100 kilos cocaine found in two fruit shipments
17 August 2020 - 16:50
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Bundles of cocaine found in a sea container full of tinned tuna fish. June 30, 2020
Crime
Nearly €100 million in cocaine found in tinned tuna, pineapple shipments
4 July 2020 - 09:00
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1,250 kilos of cocaine destined for the Netherlands seized at the port of Limon in Costa Rica, May 2020
Crime
Costa Rican authorities seize 1,250 kilos cocaine destined for Rotterdam
13 May 2020 - 08:49
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4,500 kilos of cocaine found in a banana shipment at a Vlissingen company, 29 April 2020
Crime
Customs finds 4,500 kilograms of cocaine in banana shipment
30 April 2020 - 12:20
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865 kilos of cocaine found at the port of Rotterdam, hidden in a pineapples from Costa Rica, 30 March 2020
Crime
Over 2,000 kilos of cocaine found at Rotterdam Port since Friday
31 March 2020 - 13:20
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Over 5,000 kg of cocaine seized in Costa Rica before shipment to Rotterdam, 15 February 2020
Crime
Video: Costa Rica’s biggest-ever cocaine bust was headed to Netherlands
17 February 2020 - 15:00
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1,000 kilos of cocaine found at the port of Rotterdam in a banana shipment from Ecuador, 7 February 2020
Crime
Some 1,000 kilos cocaine found in Rotterdam banana shipment
12 February 2020 - 17:00
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The Arenal volcano in Costa Rica
Nature
Dutch tourists hurt while climbing Costa Rican volcano
7 November 2017 - 14:30
Crime
Over 13,000 kilos of cocaine seized at Rotterdam Harbor
18 January 2017 - 16:15
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Lawyer: Prosecutor withheld crucial info in case around corrupt customs officer
5 December 2016 - 14:00
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Arrest
Crime
Costa Rican police nab 11 in Dutch couple's murder
1 December 2016 - 10:05
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Some 4,000 kilos cocaine caught at Rotterdam port
16 June 2016 - 15:30
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Crime
Dutch people murdered abroad in 2016 already equals last year
14 April 2016 - 09:25
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Health
Swine flu kills Dutch man, 56, in Costa Rica
29 January 2016 - 12:20
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Crime
Video shows Dutch couple violently robbed in Costa Rica hotel
7 January 2016 - 08:21
Crime
Dutch couple shot dead in Costa Rica
6 January 2016 - 07:37
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