South America

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Fishing boats at the port of Urk.
Crime
Urk fishing boats involved in drug trafficking on Danish waters
20 June 2023 - 09:16
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Koninklijke Marechaussee
Crime
Amtelveen man arrested for trafficking cocaine through Schiphol, Rotterdam port
12 May 2023 - 14:00
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Police said this Vlissingen port worker was suspiciously struggling with a large duffel bag that appeared to be much heavier than earlier in the day, suggesting participation in a drug trafficking operation. June 2020
Crime
Up to eight years in prison for cocaine smuggling by Zeeland port workers
28 April 2023 - 18:00
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Artist's Rendering from 2021 showing the proposed development of the Biotech Campus Delft
BusinessScienceInnovationFood
Lab-grown meat and fish from Delft campus will hit store shelves next year
7 April 2023 - 07:00
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Cocaine
Crime
Dutch suspects arrested as Belgian Customs finds cocaine worth hundreds of millions
3 March 2023 - 19:20
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Clashes between protestors and police in Lima after Peru’s president, Pedro Castillo, was arrested following an attempt to dissolve Congress. 8 December 2022
Politics
Dozens of reports of Dutch people stuck in Peru amid political unrest
15 December 2022 - 18:31
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Dutch police at the scene of a crime
Crime
Woman’s shooting, arson, explosives in one village tied to South American drug busts
30 November 2022 - 19:40
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450 kilograms of cocaine intercepted at the port of Rotterdam in a shipment of canned asparagus from Peru, 20 September 2020
Crime
Over 1,500 kilos of cocaine intercepted at Rotterdam port
21 September 2022 - 11:30
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A Surinam Airways Airbus A340-300 on final approach at Schiphol Airport. 19 April 2018
PoliticsBusinessWeird
Surinam Airways CEO flees Suriname for the Netherlands amid threats
25 August 2022 - 20:00
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Port of Rotterdam
Crime
Netherlands near top of list for potential cocaine trafficking: Europol
5 June 2022 - 19:40
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Arrest
Crime
Wanted Dutch drug traffickers arrested in Lebanon
3 April 2022 - 19:00
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Damen Shipyards in Gorinchem
PoliticsBusiness
Shipbuilding company Damen stops supplying Russia with ships
6 March 2022 - 08:51
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Bundles of cocaine, 1,515 kilograms in total, found in a shipment of cocoa beans. December 22, 2021
CrimePolitics
Mayors of Rotterdam and Antwerp suggest practices to curb cocaine imports
13 February 2022 - 14:25
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Jail
Crime
Three suspects in custody for large-scale cocaine trafficking
5 October 2021 - 18:10
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The empty baggage area at Schiphol Airport during the Covid-19 pandemic. 22 July 2020
Health
Netherlands mandatory quarantine law takes effect; India, South America flight bans lifted
1 June 2021 - 09:32
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KLM and Air France planes at the Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris
HealthPoliticsBusiness
Ban on flights from India, 16 other countries extended
1 May 2021 - 09:55
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KLM Royal Dutch Airlines planes.
HealthPoliticsBusiness
Netherlands bans flights arriving from India starting Monday evening
25 April 2021 - 22:05
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Bloemenveiling_Aalsmeer_Binnen
Crime
Multiple raids in investigation into drug trafficking through flower sector
17 March 2021 - 17:00