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Court gavel with a statue of Lady Justice in the background
Crime
Dutch courts give harsher punishments to poorer people, study finds
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Ankle monitor
Politics
Majority set to pass more use of ankle bracelets instead of short prison sentences
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NS Intercity train
Crime
Man convicted of stabbing 2 train travelers with hypodermic needle; No extra prison time
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Washi L. accused by Italian authorities of a triple-fatal arson in Milan, and by Dutch police for a string of burglaries in the Netherlands. Undated
Crime
Italian court convicts Dutch man in Milan arson that killed three
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Court gavel with a statue of Lady Justice in the background
Crime
Rapper Ali B sentenced to for two counts of rape; Acquitted of sexual assault
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The Red Light District in Amsterdam at night
Crime
Court tosses case against man accused of laundering Red Light District properties
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The extent of damage after a portion of Arnhem’s city center caught fire was made clear in drone footage. 6 March 2025
Crime
4 years in prison for arson that destroyed 10 buildings in historic Arnhem city center
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Two photos of the man suspected of killing three people at random in Rotterdam’s IJsselmonde District from December 21, 2024, through January 2, 2025.
Crime
Man who killed 3 random victims in Rotterdam jailed for 14 years
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Man in prison
CrimeBusiness
Cell shortage delays 658 Dutch prison sentences; Some may go unserved
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Taxi
Crime
Utrecht taxi driver convicted of sexually abusing passengers; Jailed for 5 years
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Child with teddy bear
Crime
Man sentenced to 18 years for sexual abuse of daughter & her friends during sleepovers
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Oost-Brabant court
Crime
Court convicts Eindhoven man, 81, who said he stabbed wife to death while sleepwalking
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The Vlinderboek monument in Elzeneind park in Oss commemorates four children killed when a train hit a daycare's Stint cargo bike on a railway crossing in the city on 20 September 2018
Crime
Executives acquitted in deadly Stint cargo bike case that killed four children
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Court gavel with a statue of Lady Justice in the background
Crime
Prison recommended for member of far-right group, which FvD seems to be recruiting from
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D66 leader Rob Jetten
Politics
New Cabinet to increase healthcare deductible, keep mortgage interest reduction
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Secondary school students
Crime
Utrecht teacher sentenced to four years for sexually abusing multiple high school girls
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The penitentiary institution on Eikenlaan in Alphen aan den Rijn
Crime
Gunshots fired at prison parking lot in Alphen aan den Rijn; Suspect still at large
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Flowers on Lange Leidsedwarsstraat where Peter R. de Vries was shot on 6 July 2021
Crime
Key players in Amsterdam murder of crime reporter convicted on appeal; Up to 27.5 years
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Man in prison
Politics
Nearly half of the prisoners in overcrowded Dutch prisons are in pre-trial detention
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The Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam was moved to 2021
Crime
Swedish man gets 2 years in prison for planned terrorist attack on Eurovision Rotterdam
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Teddy bear
Crime
Foster parents sentenced to 8 years in prison for Vlaardingen girl's severe abuse
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Photo collage of Insiya Hemani
Crime
Sentencing confirmed for Amsterdam girl's kidnappers; Insiya still gone 9 years later
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Keizersgracht in Amsterdam
Crime
Italian man to spend 1 year in prison for raping woman on Amsterdam street on King's Day
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Court gavel with a statue of Lady Justice in the background
Crime
Man convicted on appeal of fatally shooting neighbor near Utrecht; Claimed self-defense