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Mobile forensic unit
CrimeTechScienceInnovation
Dutch authorities have high hopes for new DNA techniques in solving old sex crimes
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Pharmaceuticals seized from Funcaps in August 2025
Crime
Evidence proves at least 18 deaths linked to designer drug site Funcaps, prosecutor says
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agent-spreekt-automobilist-bij-verkeerscontrole
Crime
Cannabis and amphetamines the drugs of choice for intoxicated drivers
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Artificial Intelligence
PoliticsBusiness
Dutch government agencies to pilot homegrown AI model GPT-NL
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An explosion destroyed at least five apartments on Tarwekamp in The Hague. Four people were quickly hospitalized as rescuers searched for missing people. 7 Dec. 2024
Crime
No construction defects in Hague apartment building collapse; Explosion left 6 dead
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A bulletproof and stab-resistant vest worn by Dutch police officers. November 2023
Crime
Amsterdam “fake cop” scam that killed 80-year-old woman also linked to fraud case
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Photo of an injection
Crime
Dutch Forensic Institute tracks morphine in bodies to aid murder investigations
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Condoms
CrimeTechScienceInnovation
Dutch investigators devise method to test for lubricant in sex crime investigations
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One of three golden bracelets stolen from the Drents Museum in Assen on 25 January 2025
Crime
Stolen Romanian treasures were transported in a sports bag, prosecutors say
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Dutch police crime scene tape
Crime
OM say police officer was justified in fatal shooting of woman in Groningen 
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An ATM bombing damaged the facade of the Keatsmuseum on Voorstraat in Franeker, 26 April 2024
CrimeTechInnovation
Ink database to help forensic investigators identify ATM robbers
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Image of the floppy disks used to maintain the first DNA database in the Netherlands
CrimeScience
Forensic investigators now have 400,000 individual profiles in DNA database
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DNA molecule
CrimePoliticsTechScience
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
Crime
Flash powder from fireworks popular in criminal explosions targeting homes, businesses
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File photo of a quantity of crystal meth in a lab
Crime
Crystal meth lab busts becoming more common in the Netherlands, police say
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Life jacket found by beachcomber Maarten Brugge in Texel on October 5, 2023.
Crime
Body parts that washed up on Texel were from two different men; Still unidentified
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Police officer looking at a smartphone
Crime
Dutch authorities helped crack hundreds of criminals' encrypted phones
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DNA molecule
Crime
DNA kinship investigation launched to identify girl found dead in 1976
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DNA molecule
Crime
National forensic investigators re-opening cold cases with new DNA techniques
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Knives in the NFI's knife database
Crime
Dutch forensic institute launching knives database to help with stabbing investigations
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Scientists at work
CrimeScience
Investigators, scientists team up to find better way to identify Jane, John Does
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Tata Steel, Velsen-Noord, IJmuiden, Netherlands
HealthBusinessTechNature
Experts investigating Tata Steel's processes over pollution, health damage concerns
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Gavel with lady justice in the background
CrimeTechScience
Dutch court convicts identical twin of rape based on unique DNA investigation
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Doctor Without Borders trailer at Ter Apel.
Politics
Ter Apel baby not killed in a crime; Cause of death still unclear