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Artificial Intelligence
BusinessTechInnovation
AI helps organizations be more efficient, but not necessarily more productive: TNO
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Dutch authorities seized 1,200 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a shipment of bananas from Colombia at the port of Vlissingen on Aug. 8, 2025.
Crime
Customs seized nearly 24,500 kg of cocaine last year; Sharp rise in illegal tobacco
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Six poison dart frogs found in the toilets by Schiphol, end of April 2026.
NatureWeird
Six poison dart frogs found in Schiphol Airport bathroom during customs check
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Cigarettes
Crime
Over 100,000 illegal cigarettes found in Hague supermarket
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Dutch customs officers opening a container
Crime
Cannabis replacing cocaine in drug trafficking through Rotterdam port
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Counterfeit cash seized during an Europol operation involving 18 countries, February 2026.
Business
Dutch authorities help block €1.2 billion in fake money in major Europol operation
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People waiting for VAT refunds at the Global Blue checkpoint from Douane, the Dutch Customs office, in Schiphol Airport. 13 December 2022
PoliticsBusiness
Schiphol customs to check all arriving passengers until 1:30 p.m. in pay protest
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A Douane worker looking over documents at a Customs station in Schiphol Airport. 13 December 2022
Business
Customs protest to slow arrivals at Schiphol Airport on Tuesday; Long lines likely
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Dutch customs seize 463 kilos of cocaine in mango shipment to Moerdijk. Feb. 1, 2026.
Crime
Dutch customs seize 463 kilos of cocaine in mango shipment to Moerdijk
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Package of cocaine found inside a fish at a warehouse in Barneveld, January 12, 2026.
Crime
Something fishy: Police find 300 kg of cocaine in frozen snapper shipment
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Inspectors from the Netherlands Enterprise Agency and the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority seize protected taxidermy animals during a nationwide wildlife crime operation in Brabant on Dec. 11, 2025.
CrimeBusinessTechNature
Netherlands seizes over 90 illegal taxidermy animals in global wildlife crime operation
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Distribution center
Business
New handling fee to make ordering from China on average €6 more expensive per package
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Smoking a cigarette
HealthPoliticsBusiness
Dutch Finance Ministry: higher tobacco taxes yield no extra revenue
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A PostNL delivery vehicle on the streets of Ans, in Liège, Belgium. 27 April 2018
Business
PostNL starts delivering some packages to U.S. again
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Labubu Macaron collectible keychain from Pop Mart’s blind box series, hanging on an ivory backpack
CrimeCultureLifestyle
Dutch Customs seized 400,000 fake Labubu toys in 6 months, Mostly at Schiphol Airport
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Cigarette packs
Crime
Thousands of packets of cigarettes wash ashore on Noord-Holland beaches
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A Dutchman and a Frenchman allegedly set fire to their sailboat to hide cocaine when the Spanish authorities intercepted them off the coast of Tenerife, 7 July 2025
Crime
Dutchman sets boat full of cocaine on fire after getting caught by police near Tenerife
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Container ship moored at the EuroMax shipping terminal in the Port of Rotterdam
Crime
Less cocaine intercepted at Rotterdam port in first half of this year: Customs
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Dutch Customs seize 1,102 kilograms of cocaine during routine inspection at Vlissingen port, June 4, 2025
Crime
Dutch Customs seize 1,102 kilos of cocaine hidden in fruit shipment at Vlissingen port
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Koninklijke Marechaussee
Crime
Three workers arrested in Schiphol cocaine trafficking plot; Weapons, cash seized
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Pills
Crime
329 illegal medicine shipments intercepted in the Netherlands; 36% are erection drugs
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One of buildings of children's hospital Okhmatdyt in Kyiv after Russian missile attack on Ukraine on 8 July 2024
Crime
70 Dutch companies, people punished for violating Russia sanctions; 40 cases ongoing
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Sea containers stacked on top of each other in the Maasvlakte harbor in the port of Rotterdam
CrimeBusiness
Dutch commit packing slip fraud through Chinese intermediares; Treasury losing millions
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Trucks screened during an inspection at the Rotterdam Port, which uncovered 33 sea containers filled with undeclared lead-acid batteries set for disposalTrucks screened during an inspection at the Rotterdam Port, which uncovered 33 sea containers filled with undeclared lead-acid batteries set for disposal
BusinessWeird
Around 825,000 kilos of discarded batteries found during inspection in port of Rotterdam