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CT scan of man caught with 75 packages of drugs in his body in Cologne, February 2026
Crime
Prison for drug mule caught on Amsterdam train with 75 drug packets inside his body
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De Paulusschool in Zoetermeer.
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Primary school caretaker sentenced to 7 years in prison for sexual abuse of six children
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Photo of Sawsan Mhamdi who disappeared from Reuver on 16 June 2022, and was found dead in Germany
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Femicide: Dutch man sentenced to 21.5 years for killing wife, burning her body
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The women's prison facility in Nieuwersluis, Utrecht, in 2009
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Former Utrecht prison guard gets 3 years for raping female inmate in her cell
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Court gavel with a statue of Lady Justice in the background
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Cell shortage delays 658 Dutch prison sentences; Some may go unserved
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Taxi
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Utrecht taxi driver convicted of sexually abusing passengers; Jailed for 5 years
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Child with teddy bear
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Man sentenced to 18 years for sexual abuse of daughter & her friends during sleepovers
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Oost-Brabant court
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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
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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
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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
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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