Netherlands Forensic Institute

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Pharmaceuticals seized from Funcaps in August 2025
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Evidence proves at least 18 deaths linked to designer drug site Funcaps, prosecutor says
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agent-spreekt-automobilist-bij-verkeerscontrole
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Cannabis and amphetamines the drugs of choice for intoxicated drivers
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Pills
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Authorities crack down on another webshop linked to at least one fake oxycodone death
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The courthouse in Dordrecht in 2011
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Stabbed woman killed in Gorinchem was holding murder weapon in her hands, court hears
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The extent of damage after a portion of Arnhem’s city center caught fire was made clear in drone footage. 6 March 2025
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Court releases 2 suspects in Arnhem city center fire that destroyed 10 buildings
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Cropped view of child touching teddy bear near blurred window with raindrops
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Foster parents won’t face attempted manslaughter charge for girl’s severe abuse
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Condoms
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Dutch investigators devise method to test for lubricant in sex crime investigations
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Handcuffs
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Amsterdam woman arrested in cold case murder from 30 years ago
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Rotterdam police search for two missing men after a canine unit picked up a scent in the rubble from a building explosion on Schammenkamp. 1 February 2024
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Suspect in Rotterdam drug lab explosion now charged with causing blast that killed 3
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An ATM bombing damaged the facade of the Keatsmuseum on Voorstraat in Franeker, 26 April 2024
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Ink database to help forensic investigators identify ATM robbers
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DNA molecule
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Dutch cops could use commercial DNA databases in criminal cases despite privacy concerns
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Explosive damaged a catering establishment on Kleine Gartmanplantsoen in Amsterdam, 8 August 2022
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Flash powder from fireworks popular in criminal explosions targeting homes, businesses
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Police officer looking at a smartphone
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Dutch authorities helped crack hundreds of criminals' encrypted phones
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DNA molecule
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DNA kinship investigation launched to identify girl found dead in 1976
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Tata Steel, Velsen-Noord, IJmuiden, Netherlands
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Experts investigating Tata Steel's processes over pollution, health damage concerns
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DNA molecule
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Drenthe rape case has investigators looking for DNA Difference between identical twins
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Mobile forensic unit
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Dutch forensic institute working on methods to uncover criminals' hidden messages
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Forensic investigators at a crime scene
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Access to forensic institute database to aid police in investigations: report
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Cat
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Burglars caught through shedding cat
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Police jacket
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ID found with skeletal remains in Gelderland forest, finder says
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Police officer and sniffer dog search a wooded area
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Skull found in Putten forest
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Nicole van den Hurk
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Forensic mistakes did not influence 1995 rape and murder case, lawyer says
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Gavel
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Mother can't remember anything after 8 y.o. daughter's fatal fall from Hoogeveen flat
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Savannah Dekker, missing in Bunschoten since 1 Jun 2017
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Suspect in teen girl's murder remanded to custody for 3 more months