Dutch Public Prosecution Service

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Healthcare workers
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Dutch gov't setting stricter requirements to prevent healthcare fraud
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Gavel with lady justice in the background
Crime
Amsterdam court gives fashion consultant 42 months for rape, sexual abuse of minors
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Cropped view of child touching teddy bear near blurred window with raindrops
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Prosecutors seek 30 years for man who shot neighbor in front of her 4-year-old son
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Home schooling.
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Parents can be prosecuted for keeping homeschooling kids over religious convictions
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German police car in Baden-Baden, Germany. May 20, 2026.
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Venlo man who escaped Roermond hospital custody arrested in Düsseldorf
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A man with a knife approaches a woman in a visual representation of femicide.
Crime
Youth crime prevention program criticized as ineffective, “wasted money,” experts say
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A man browses a porn website.
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Prosecutors: No criminal charges filed against website Motherless for sex abuse content
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Mobile speed camera
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Prosecutor planning “many more” cameras against traffic violations
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The Public Prosecution Service office in Oost-Nederland
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Prosecutors settle case with auction house over false origin records for artifacts
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A lost teddy.
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6-year-old girl in induced coma after abuse by mother, girlfriend; Boy, 7, also abused
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Jumbo
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Prosecutors seek 14 years for fatal shooting inside busy Jumbo in Vlissingen
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Dutch Princesses Amalia, Ariane, and Alexia, from left to right, in the summer of 2025
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Man, 33, remains in custody over suspected plot against Princesses Amalia and Alexia
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Dutch police station.
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Police officer dies at Zandvoort police station; Circumstances unclear
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Dutch police station.
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Man dies after falling ill in police custody in Zutphen
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Simone Alleman, a 52-year-old from Diemen who was found dead after she went missing in Landsmeer in January 2025
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Timothy B., 33, sentenced to 17 years for killing his mother
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Dutch police are looking for the car linked to the murder of Mariska Klompenhouwer in Rotterdam in 2001.
Crime
Dutch prosecutors double reward in 25-year-old Rotterdam sexual assault and murder case
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Dutch authorities have arrested four suspects in Lochem after uncovering 365 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a shipment of household goods from Curaçao. April 2026.
Crime
365 kilos of cocaine in household shipment from Curaçao leads to four arrests in Lochem
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The Public Prosecution Service office in Oost-Nederland
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Former prosecutor’s office employee jailed for child sex abuse material, GHB possession
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A fatbike rider in Amsterdam
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Police took a teenager’s fatbike after repeat offenses; His mom demanded it back
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Voting pencil
Politics
Gorinchem election fraud probe: caregiver alleged to have taken elderly voting passes
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Auctioneer's gavel
Crime
Inspectorate officer convicted after pocketing €205 during Amsterdam investigation
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Court sketch of (L–R) suspect Douglas W., suspect Bernard Z., and suspect Jan B. during the substantive hearing in the Drenthe art theft case. The investigation concerns three suspects accused of stealing four highly valuable Romanian artworks.
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Prosecutors seek up to 66-month prison terms for Romanian gold stolen in museum heist
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The Booking.com headquarters building in Amsterdam in 2018
Business
Human rights org. seek charges against Booking.com over Israeli settlement rentals
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A RET bus at Kralingse Zoom bus station in Rotterdam, August 3, 2024
Crime
Same passenger repeatedly assaulted Rotterdam bus driver, prompting investigation