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Lighting a candle.
Health
Dutch aid worker Pieter Wittenberg, known for helping refugees on Lesbos, dies at 78
16 March 2026 - 21:10
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A Koninklijke Marechaussee officer and a sniffer dog checking a truck on the Hoek van Holland ferry to the United Kingdom
Crime
Five Vietnamese found in caravan at Hoek van Holland ferry; Two Britons arrested
23 February 2026 - 17:00
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A Koninklijke Marechaussee officer and a sniffer dog checking a truck on the Hoek van Holland ferry to the United Kingdom
Crime
Six kids, 11 adults found stowed away in refrigerated truck in Hoek van Holland
16 February 2026 - 12:54
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Asylum seekers on Lesbos
Politics
Dutch aid worker acquitted of people smuggling for helping asylum seekers on Lesbos
16 January 2026 - 08:32
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Court gavel with a statue of Lady Justice in the background
Crime
Massive people smuggling trial starts in NL; Victims tortured, raped & families extorted
3 November 2025 - 17:00
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Partial view of a woman cleaning equipment in a gym with sanitizer
Crime
No exploitation at luxury Amsterdam gym Saints & Stars, Prosecutor says
28 October 2025 - 07:33
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Human trafficking illustration
Crime
Eritrean asylum seekers trafficked, abused, extorted by network operating in Netherlands
23 January 2025 - 10:32
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The Public Prosecution Service office in Oost-Nederland
CrimePolitics
Dutch truck driver smuggled Albanians across channel in sleep cabin, Prosecutors say
4 January 2025 - 17:15
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Koninklijke Marechaussee
Crime
Criminals using Netherlands as "hub" for people smuggling to United Kingdom
19 November 2024 - 09:44
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Jail bars
Crime
Woman from Amsterdam arrested on suspicion of people smuggling 
11 June 2024 - 20:10
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A Koninklijke Marechaussee officer
Crime
Dutch resident arrested for helping Albanians sneak into trucks headed to the UK
4 June 2024 - 17:43
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Photo from inside the truck where 47 illegal immigrants were discovered on 6 December 2023 in Hoek van Holland
Crime
Dutch trucker caught with 47 undocumented migrants convicted of people smuggling
26 May 2024 - 10:40
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Photo from inside the truck where 47 illegal immigrants were discovered on 6 December 2023 in Hoek van Holland
Crime
Dutch man could get 4 years in prison for people smuggling at Dutch-UK ferry port
8 May 2024 - 14:30
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Nearly 1,200 kilograms of cocaine found in a container full of bananas at the Rotterdam port. 21 December 2023
Crime
Dutch organized crime among Europe’s worst in drug trade, tax fraud & people smuggling
5 April 2024 - 12:52
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Jail bars
Crime
Two Dutch facing eight years in Latvian prison for people smuggling
28 March 2024 - 08:15
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Police arrest a suspect.
Crime
28-year-old man arrested for people smuggling, including minors
18 February 2024 - 16:05
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An immigration checkpoint operated by the Marechaussee at Schiphol Airport. 13 December 2022
Crime
Syrian man arrested at Schiphol accused of smuggling 6-year-old boy
9 November 2023 - 22:00
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Immigrants and asylum seekers outside the center of permanence for repatriation of the Italian town of Gradisca d'Isonzo, 27th June 2017
Politics
PM Rutte calls EU's migration deal with Tunisia a "true milestone"
17 July 2023 - 08:14
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Crime
28 facilitators of people smuggling arrested in Netherlands last year; A new record
24 February 2023 - 08:53
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The Netherlands' Immigration and Naturalization Service
Crime
Retired immigration official arrested for people smuggling, scamming migrants: report
23 January 2023 - 11:30
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Undated photo of Kidane Zekarias Habtemariam, an alleged people smuggler from Eritrea
Crime
Five new suspects in major human smuggling case around notorious Eritrean
10 January 2023 - 17:20
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Asylum seekers on Lesbos
CrimePolitics
Dutch rescue worker among 24 on trial in Greece for people smuggling
10 January 2023 - 08:29
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Undated photo of Kidane Zekarias Habtemariam, an alleged people smuggler from Eritrea
Crime
Notorious Eritrean human trafficker arrested in Sudan; Netherlands seeking extradition
6 January 2023 - 07:15
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CCTV shows the first police officers responding to a lorry where 39 Vietnamese people were found dead. 23 October 2019
Crime
38 of 39 Vietnamese migrants who suffocated in a truck in 2019 were registered in NL
7 December 2022 - 08:53
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