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The Maastoren, Wilhelminatoren, and the Rotterdam courthouse in August 2016
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Syrian arrested in Dutch port city suspected of Christmas terrorist attack plot in Europe
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Aerial view of the asylum seeker center in Dronten, Flevoland. 2021
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Syrian asylum seeker arrested in the Netherlands on terrorism plot charges
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A car crashed into a tree, flipped, and caught on the crossing of Bezuidenhoutseweg and Reigersbergenweg during a police chase in The Hague, 4 December 2025
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Police officers won't face charges in chase that left 3 dead, 1 hurt in The Hague
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The District and Appeals Court complex on Prins Clauslaan in The Hague. 2016
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Prosecutors accuse judge in The Hague of forging updates in dozens of appellate cases
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Dutch police station.
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Cop accused of selling investigation target info could spend 3.5 years in prison
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Riot police
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Five minors sentenced to community service for Scheveningen riots against police
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Amsterdam police officers take a 30-year-old man from Donetsk, Ukraine into custody for allegedly stabbing five people at random near Sint Nicolaasstraat. 27 March 2025
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Ukrainian who stabbed 5 in Amsterdam was a military deserter with a prior brain injury
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The Leiden courthouse location for the District Court of The Hague. 9 Oct. 2019
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Syrian man arrested in Leiden on terrorist charges over Clubhouse app broadcasts
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Koninklijke Marechaussee
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Three workers arrested in Schiphol cocaine trafficking plot; Weapons, cash seized
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Politie patch on a Dutch police officer's uniform
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Rotterdam police officer arrested for sex crimes was working with church youths
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The Public Prosecution Service office in Oost-Nederland
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16 arrested in a series of violent incidents linked to a drug conflict
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The Public Prosecution Service office in Oost-Nederland
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Dutch truck driver smuggled Albanians across channel in sleep cabin, Prosecutors say
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The front entrance and surrounding area at the Amsterdam Sloterdijk train and metro station. 7 April 2023
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Three accused of dressing up as cops to rob tourists at Amsterdam rail station
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Court gavel with a statue of Lady Justice in the background
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Director of Amsterdam fashion platform Moam will be prosecuted for 10 sex crimes
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Lady Justice statue
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Dutch suspect in online sexual abuse of Filipino children facing four years in prison
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The entrance to the courthouse in Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, in 2010
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Alkmaar girls aged 12 & 14 suspected in seven arsons, including city shopping mall
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Closed-off area in Ede where the hostage-taking took place, Dec. 10, 2024.
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Ede café hostage-taker apologizes; Pleaded for better mental healthcare before incident
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Suspect arrested in a major sexual extortion investigation in Delft, 1 October 2019
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Tougher laws on sex crimes, harassment and abuse take effect in the Netherlands today
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A 12-year-old girl who was victimized by tourists paying to sexually assault children recovers in a shelter in Cebu City, Philippines. 15 January 2013
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Limburg man accused of child sex tourism in the Philippines; At least 2 victims abused
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Nicki Minaj arrives at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards held at the Prudential Center on September 12, 2023
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Nicki Minaj's Amsterdam show reportedly cancelled; Singer says Schiphol arrest was racist
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FVD leader Thiery Baudet was assaulted at a bar in Groningen during an election campaign event. 20 November 2023
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Teen boy will be prosecuted for hitting far-right leader Baudet with a beer bottle
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Nicki Minaj arrives at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards held at the Prudential Center on September 12, 2023
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Nicki Minaj arrested at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on drug charge
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The Tweede Kamer votes 74-73 to ask the Cabinet to criminalize the statement, "From the River to the Sea." 21 May 2024
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Single MP majority asks Cabinet to criminalize "From the River to the Sea" statement
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GroenLinks-PvdA leader Frans Timmermans in a parliamentary debate on the Cabinet formation talks between PVV, VVD, NSC, and BBB, 29 March 2024
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Prosecutors do not consider Timmermans' statement about Wilders to be a crime