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A man attacks a man in an Oranje shirt with a bike chain in Amsterdam-Zuid after the Oranje-Morocco World Cup match, June 30, 2026.
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Man arrested over violent assault with bike chain after Morocco-Oranje World Cup match
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Dutch police officers
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Two consecutive nights of armed scooter thefts strike Almere Buiten-Hout
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Police release footage of Drents museum theft suspects.
CrimeCultureArt
Drents Museum heist: Men sentenced to 47 months in prison for theft of Dacian treasures
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Pills
HealthCrime
High-dose opiates like oxycodone easily bought on Dutch black market
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Auctioneer's gavel
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Inspectorate officer convicted after pocketing €205 during Amsterdam investigation
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Pills
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Haarlem woman arrested for posing as pharmacist to steal people's painkillers
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A man with a knife approaches a woman in a visual representation of femicide.
HealthCrime
Survey finds 37% of Dutch residents feel unsafe; women 15+ most affected
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Pouring used cooking oil from frying pan into container
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Rise in used cooking oil thefts hits restaurants and snack bars
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Car theft
CrimeTech
Vehicle thefts rise sharply in the Netherlands in 2025, Toyota RAV4 and Kia most stolen
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Close-up of a judge’s gavel
CrimeWeird
Overijssel man wins court case over failed payment for gas and sausage rolls
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A man suspected of trying to sneak off with a free breakfast from a Tilburg hotel walked away with three tickets totaling 900 euros.
CrimeWeird
Man trying to scam €25 breakfast from Tilburg hotel slapped with €900 in police fines
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A person under arrest
Crime
Over 1 in 10 Dutch young people have been suspected of a crime
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Violinist Ryo Terakado performing with Fabio Bonizzoni, September 2024
CrimeCultureArt
€250,000 violin stolen from Japanese musician on train to The Hague
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Handcuffs
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Vlaardingen man arrested for sextorting 5 women for years; Stole over €10,000
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Utrecht Central Station
CrimePolitics
Area ban around Utrecht Central Station extended by a year as violent incidents continue
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Politie patch on a Dutch police officer's uniform
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Thieves steal €25,000 sauna from Gelderland garden center by pretending they've paid
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Hospice concept: Someone holding the hand of an elderly person in a bed
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Two men stole over €100,000 from the hospice in Ermelo
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NEC's stadium the Goffert Stadion in Nijmegen
CrimeSports
Thieves steal €15,000 worth of merchandise from football club NEC in Nijmegen
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Homes in Amsterdam
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Noordwijk man listed Airbnb's as rental homes; At least 17 home seekers scammed
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A man is stealing an alcohol bottle from a store.
CrimeBusiness
Champagne theft ring targets Utrecht liquor stores, police struggle to identify suspects
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Construction workers in Rotterdam
Crime
Robberies & extortion: Crime increasingly hitting construction sites
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Boxes and boxes of documents inside the National Archives in The Hague. 2013
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Art detective recovers centuries-old documents stolen from the Dutch National Archives
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Three first edition prints of works by Aleksandr Pushkin stolen from the National Library of the Netherlands in 2023
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Six of Pushkin's 19th-Century Works Vanish from National Library of the Netherlands
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The Airborne monument at the foot of the John Frost Bridge in Arnhem
Crime
Theft suspected after Arnhem war momument disappears