Amsterdam closes souvenir shops over organised crime links
Yorick De Boer A number of the 250 souvenir shops in central Amsterdam are caught up with money laundering and the…
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Dutch to bring in longer jail terms for drugs offences
Peter The maximum sentences for drugs-related crimes will go up considerably if parliament votes in favour of draft legislation…
Significant increase in drug seizures at Brussels Airport in 2024
The Belgian General Administration of Customs and Excise (AAD&A) has reported a worrying rise in drug-related seizures at…
Tax investigators raid Netflix Amsterdam office in French probe
Netflixβs European headquarters in Amsterdam were raided on Tuesday in connection with a French-led investigation into tax fraud…
Thieves steal two βqueensβ from gallery, dump others on pavement
Two portraits of queens by Andy Warhol have been stolen following an explosion at an art gallery in…
Belgian state held accountable for colonial-era abduction of mixed-race children
BRUSSELS, Dec 2 (Reuters) – The Brussels Court of Appeal on Monday held the state accountable for the…
Belgiumβs sex workers win maternity pay and pension rights in world first
Move by lawmakers hailed as βhuge step forwardβ, ending legal discrimination against sex workers Belgian sex workers have…
Dutch to bring in longer jail terms for drugs offences
The maximum sentences for drugs-related crimes will go up considerably if parliament votes in favour of draft legislation…
Dutch to increase fines for corporate environmental crimes
Justice minister Dilan YesilgΓΆz is looking at options to raise the fines which companies caught breaking environmental rules…
Asylum seekers evacuated as fire breaks out on floating hostel
Some 320 asylum seekers housed onboard a floating platform in Zaandam had to be evacuated in the early…