Public prosecution services

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Gavel with lady justice in the background
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Amsterdam court gives fashion consultant 42 months for rape, sexual abuse of minors
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Home schooling.
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Parents can be prosecuted for keeping homeschooling kids over religious convictions
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German police car in Baden-Baden, Germany. May 20, 2026.
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Venlo man who escaped Roermond hospital custody arrested in Düsseldorf
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The Public Prosecution Service office in Oost-Nederland
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Prosecutors settle case with auction house over false origin records for artifacts
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A lost teddy.
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6-year-old girl in induced coma after abuse by mother, girlfriend; Boy, 7, also abused
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Jumbo
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Prosecutors seek 14 years for fatal shooting inside busy Jumbo in Vlissingen
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Dutch Princesses Amalia, Ariane, and Alexia, from left to right, in the summer of 2025
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Man, 33, remains in custody over suspected plot against Princesses Amalia and Alexia
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Dutch police station.
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Police officer dies at Zandvoort police station; Circumstances unclear
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Simone Alleman, a 52-year-old from Diemen who was found dead after she went missing in Landsmeer in January 2025
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Timothy B., 33, sentenced to 17 years for killing his mother
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Dutch police are looking for the car linked to the murder of Mariska Klompenhouwer in Rotterdam in 2001.
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Dutch prosecutors double reward in 25-year-old Rotterdam sexual assault and murder case
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Dutch authorities have arrested four suspects in Lochem after uncovering 365 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a shipment of household goods from Curaçao. April 2026.
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365 kilos of cocaine in household shipment from Curaçao leads to four arrests in Lochem
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A fatbike rider in Amsterdam
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Police took a teenager’s fatbike after repeat offenses; His mom demanded it back
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Voting pencil
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Gorinchem election fraud probe: caregiver alleged to have taken elderly voting passes
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The Booking.com headquarters building in Amsterdam in 2018
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Human rights org. seek charges against Booking.com over Israeli settlement rentals
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A RET bus at Kralingse Zoom bus station in Rotterdam, August 3, 2024
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Same passenger repeatedly assaulted Rotterdam bus driver, prompting investigation
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The Public Prosecution Service office in Oost-Nederland
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Prosecutor drops case against four suspects in Iranian's 2017 murder in The Hague
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Dutch Customs seize over 1,400 kilograms of cocaine in Rotterdam Port. April 4, 2026.
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Dutch Customs seize over 1,400 kilograms of cocaine in Rotterdam Port
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The Public Prosecution Service office in Oost-Nederland
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Dutch prosecutors probe alleged antisemitic remarks at pro-Palestinian Amsterdam protest
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Dutch police officers
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Police investigate harassment reports in Nieuw-Vennep where a woman, 59, was found dead
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Elderly woman's hands
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Dutch care home deaths rarely reach court
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Konik horses on the Oostvaardersplassen in the Netherlands. June 8, 2019
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Dutch horse breeder under criminal probe over alleged illegal semen exports
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The Public Prosecution Service office in Oost-Nederland
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Prosecutors seek up to 17 years in appeal against alleged drug kingpin, 17 others
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Dutch police station.
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Two teenagers arrested in Heemstede over suspected terror plot targeting synagogue
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A police detention cell
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Dutch government wants to take faster action against terrorist groups