Man detained after incident with concrete block (Limburger)
SPAUBEEK/GELEEN - A 22-year-old man from Schinnen is in custody in connection with the investigation into the Feb. 5 incident,
15-02-2011
Current criminal case
Benefit fraud and money laundering at camp
KERKRADE - In a raid by police, Social Investigation Department and SIOD on a camp on Pannesheiderstraat in Kerkrade and
11-02-2011
The corruption affair gambled and lost
Justice came, saw and overcame the Limburg corruption affair. That officials and top executives of construction company Janssen de Jong Infra shamelessly and
22-01-2011
OM hustling culture in South Limburg
SITTARD - In South Limburg, the "hustling culture" is more firmly entrenched than in other parts of the Netherlands. As a result, officials and administrators can
22-01-2011
Harsh verdict on corruption case
DEN BOSCH - In the major Limburg corruption trial, the judge has delivered a harsh verdict on six former Limburg officials and
20-01-2011
In the name of the incorruptible
The judge has spoken. hefty sentences were handed out yesterday in the major corruption trial. The judges blame the convicts
20-01-2011
'Scam passports passed through Afroshop'
MAASTRICHT - Afroshop Mama Bee on the Boschstraat in Maastricht served, according to the court, as a base of operations for the past few years to
17-01-2011
Prosecutor withdraws appeal in rapper Rel case
LEEUWARDEN - The Public Prosecutor's Office (OM) in Leeuwarden has withdrawn the appeal against a man who was arrested in late 2009 in
14-01-2011
Two owners of escort service arrested
AMSTERDAM Police arrested two men again Wednesday on suspicion of exploiting prostitutes. The owners of escort agency Pleasure-escort.nl
13-01-2011
Human trafficking moves into escort industry
AMSTERDAM - Police and the judiciary have opened the attack on the escort industry. On Tuesday, the National Criminal Investigation Department shut down the websites of
12-01-2011
National Crime Squad dived into world of escort slaves for year
Two members of Romanian Gheorghe O.'s gang arrested this week The challenged escort websites are now
01-01-2011
Teen abused for years
LANDGRAAF - Two Landgraven men (31 and 48 years old) have confessed to killing a now 15-year-old boy from Kerkrade with a mental disability
20-12-2010
Six years in prison for robbery murder
The court in Rotterdam sentenced a 26-year-old man from Sierra Leone to six years in prison for robbery with
17-12-2010
Six years in prison for fatal robbery in Rotterdam
ROTTERDAM - The court in Rotterdam convicted Thugie A. of a fatal robbery in late December last year in the
17-12-2010
Higher sentence for manslaughter of Besuijen
DEN BOSCH - A 46-year-old man from Mierlo was sentenced Monday on appeal to a prison term of 15
12-12-2010
16 years in prison and tbs demanded for murder of Eindhoven resident
DEN BOSCH - The Justice Department on appeal Monday demanded 16 years in prison and tbs with compulsory treatment against a 46-year-old
12-12-2010
Friendship with JaJo men illusion
On the second session day of the construction fraud trial, the justice department yesterday came up with a hefty penalty demand against the ex-provincial official who looked-at
09-12-2010
High penalty in corruption case
DEN BOSCH - The public prosecutor's office (OM) has demanded 15 months in prison, three of which are suspended, against the man accused of corruption.
09-12-2010
Arrest team raids residence
OOST-SOUBURG - A police arrest team raided a residence in Oost-Souburg this afternoon. One person was arrested. The heavily armed
06-12-2010
Souburg armed robbery
OOST-SOUBURG - An armed robbery was committed this morning around 8 a.m. at the Aldisupermarket on the Vlissingsestraat in Oost Souburg.
03-12-2010
