Ministry of Justice and Security

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Court gavel with a statue of Lady Justice in the background
CrimePolitics
Hundreds of serious crime convicts handed shorter sentences because trials take too long
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An asylum shelter in Zeewolde
Crime
Unaccompanied child asylum seekers relatively often suspected of crimes
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A sex worker holds 200 euros.
Crime
Over 100 Dutch girls, young women forced into prostitution in Belgium, Germany
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A Dutch police officer standing by a police car
Crime
Dutch police failed to investigate over 10,000 serious crimes in 2024: Court of Audit
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David van Weel
Politics
Netherlands to introduce mandatory psychological evaluation for firearm permits
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Mosque in the Netherlands
Crime
Islamic groups ask for protection for mosques after multiple vandalisms, hate letters
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Police deploy a water cannon against Extinction Rebellion activists blocking the A12 in The Hague; May 27, 2023.
Crime
Police to test paint in water canons against problem causing protesters
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Riot police
CrimePolitics
Dutch gov't to give mayors more options to intervene in protests-turned-riots sooner
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Rainbow flags hanging from windows in Amsterdam
Politics
Majority in Dutch Senate supports ban on gay conversion therapy
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Harry L. arrested in Istanbul, Turkey, on 17 May 2026
Crime
Turkey extradites brother of wanted drug trafficker Bolle Jos to Netherlands
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The test message from the NL-Alert national warning system seen on 1 June 2026
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No need to panic: National NL Alert warning system tested at noon today
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Jos Leijdekkers
Crime
Dutch gov't will try cutting EU development aid to Sierra Leone over Bolle Jos
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A man is using his phone behind the wheel
Business
Dutch traffic fines among Europe’s highest, led by charges for phone while driving
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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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Woman playing with two young children at a playground
Politics
Philippine Embassy halts au pair contracts for Netherlands over reported abuses
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Mobile speed camera
Politics
Sky-high Dutch traffic fines to rise even higher next year
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Cleaner
Politics
Number of undocumented people in Netherlands vastly underestimated
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An air raid siren in the Netherlands, 25 April 2026
Politics
Air raid siren to disappear in 2028 due to lack of funds for new system
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Riot police officer surrounded by smoke
Crime
Video: Rioters start fire at Loosdrecht asylum shelter with 15 asylum seekers inside
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Red shoes placed in a protest to represent the victims of femicide
Crime
Dutch courts don't have clear definition of femicide, rarely use the term in rulings
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Police investigate a firebomb attack on the D66 party headquarters in The Hague, 7 May 2026
CrimePolitics
Politicians outraged by attack on D66 headquarters; Motive still unknown
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Firefighters at work on the Oirschotse Heide in Noord-Brabant, where a wildfire has broken out. The fire is burning near the Dutch Armed Forces' Major General De Ruyter van Steveninck Barracks, west of Eindhoven.
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All major wildfires extinguished after days of firefighting, weekend of thunderstorms
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Seagull standing at the Binnenhof in The Hague
Politics
Netherlands reaches deal with European cloud company to decrease U.S. tech reliance
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Kanye West during the Watch The Throne Tour, Gelredome Arnhem, Netherlands, June 15, 2012.
PoliticsCultureEntertainment
Netherlands investigating whether to block Kanye West’s entry ahead of June concert