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The AIVD building in Zoetermeer

Dutch intelligence services broke rules in eavesdropping on lawyers, journalists

Mar 30 '17 09:45
CrimePolitics

Dutch intelligence services AIVD and MIVD violated multiple rules in the period between October 2015 and March 2016 when eavesdropping on conversations with lawyers and journalists, according to the body that oversees the services CTIVD, the Volkskrant reports. 

The AIVD illegally eavesdropped on three conversations between a target and his or her lawyer, according to the CTIVD. This involved "indirect tapping" - the AIVD was listening in on conversations of a suspected terrorist and in doing so als listened to conversations the suspect had with a lawyer. 

Pieter-Jaap Aalbersberg

MH17 team hacked, bugged

Sep 23 '14 07:33
Top Stories

The Dutch investigative team in the east of Ukraine investigating the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 were not only hampered from doing their job by rebel blocks and sabotage, but probably also had their computers and phones hacked.

On the phone

Businessman caught hiring hitmen

Mar 10 '14 10:10
Crime

A 44-year old businessman from Amsterdam has been arrested for trying to organize a double assassination, according to the Financieel Dagblad (FD).

Lawyers fight against illegal phone tapping

Feb 10 '14 10:52
CrimePolitics

The impending debate in the House of Parliament over spying will see the biggest lawyers in military criminal law demanding the secret service MIVD for clarity about illegal phone taps.

Plasterk and Hennis on thin ice with Rutte

Feb 6 '14 09:57
Politics

Ministers Ronald Plasterk (Internal Affairs) and Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert (Defense) were sent for by Prime Minister Mark Rutte for an emergency discussion about the way in which they informed Parliament about the monitoring operations of the information services.

Concern antennas U.S. embassy

Nov 15 '13 04:40
Politics

The MPs Segers and Van Raak stated this Thursday night on the Radio 1 program 'Met het Oog op Morgen'

Dutch Secret Services Want To Monitor Phone, Internet

Nov 11 '13 09:35

The Netherlands intelligence services are planning to start monitoring telephone and internet services.

Dutch Ministry Faces Lawsuit Over NSA Illegal Phone Tapping

Nov 7 '13 16:23

A group of lawyers, journalists and privacy advocates is taking the Netherlands government to court to stop Dutch intelligence using phone data illegally acquired by the American secret agency National Security Agency (NSA), AFP reports Wednesday.

week in review: October 19-25

Oct 26 '13 02:39

The round-up of some of this week’s most noteworthy events and news stories features: the commotion around Zwarte Piet, Greenpeace still trying to free their crew, Netherlands and Russia trying resolve their recent issues with one another, and of course the American NSA

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