Vlaardingen

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Child with teddy bear
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Authorities should not need parents' consent for child abuse investigation: Ruling party
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Police officers
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Police intercept ATM explosion in Vlaardingen; One suspect arrested, second flees
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Cargo HARC-team officers during cocaine smuggling investigation linked to Schiphol Airport. 2026
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Schiphol drug smuggling probe leads to 4 arrests over Australia-bound cocaine shipment
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Ambulance in Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Young child dies at Vlaardingen daycare center
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Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema during a city council meeting on 10 May 2023
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Amsterdam mayor sounds alarm over “erosion” of democratic institutions
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Composite sketch and 3D model of a man wanted for raping a 15-year-old girl in the Panbos woods near Bilthoven on 4 September 2009
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Police receive 200 tips after hologram shown in 2009 Bilthoven rape case
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A police detention cell
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Police arrest driver after six stowaways found in Vlaardingen truck
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A car on fire.
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Thousands of fires reported on New Year’s Eve as car and home blazes spike
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We claim the night sign against violence against women and girls
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Zuid-Holland mayors call for cultural shift to tackle violence against women
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The courthouse in Dordrecht in 2011
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Stabbed woman killed in Gorinchem was holding murder weapon in her hands, court hears
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The Public Prosecution Service office in Oost-Nederland
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Prosecution appeals sentence for foster parents convicted of abusing Vlaardingen girl
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Teddy bear
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Foster parents sentenced to 8 years in prison for Vlaardingen girl's severe abuse
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Teddy bear
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Foster children beaten, forced into “child labor” and bitten by dogs, court finds
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Teddy bear
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Prosecutors recommend 11 years prison for foster parents in Vlaardingen child abuse case
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Foster father says he restrained Vlaardingen girl for safety, denies abuse
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Listen when children ask for help, pleas severely abused foster girl's mom
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Homeless person sleeping rough
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Vlaardingen opens new winter shelter for homeless and unhoused
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Tree trunk filled with cocaine, Ettensebaan, Breda, July 18, 2025.
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Suspects deny knowledge of 400 kilograms of cocaine hidden in tree trunks
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Bats
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Plans for asylum shelter in Vlaardingen delayed over bats in the buiding
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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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Cropped view of child touching teddy bear near blurred window with raindrops
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Foster parents won’t face attempted manslaughter charge for girl’s severe abuse
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Container ship moored at the EuroMax shipping terminal in the Port of Rotterdam
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At least 13 arrested in two cocaine busts at Rotterdam port
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Dutch police officers
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Windows smashed on at least 30 cars overnight in Vlaardingen, police investigating
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Cropped shot of lawyer using laptop and lady justice statue on table.
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Foster parents to stand trial in October for abusing Vlaardingen girl, 3 other kids