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Criminal case MH17

The Netherlands Public Prosecution Service wants life sentences to be imposed on the four men suspected of downing flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine. According to the prosecutors, it has been proven that they are guilty of causing an aircraft to crash, resulting in deaths, and of the murders of the 298 people on board.

International crimes

War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity, torture and enforced disappearances: international crimes and offenses of the most serious sort. The Dutch government believes that such crimes must be investigated and the guilty parties brought to justice. 

DNA testing

To solve a serious crime, under certain circumstances the Public Prosecution Service is allowed to test a person’s DNA. Those conditions are regulated by law. Sometimes it may be important to test the DNA of a person other than the suspect. This is called ‘third party DNA testing’. 

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Prosecution recommends life imprisonment for downing of MH17

22-12-2021 | 11:47

The Netherlands Public Prosecution Service wants life sentences to be imposed on the four men suspected of downing flight MH17 in ...

Dutch Police arrest man on suspicion of war crimes Surinamese Interior War

29-10-2021 | 16:53

On 26 October 2021, the police arrested a 55-year-old man in Amsterdam who is suspected of committing war crimes during the ...

Eritrean placed on The Netherlands Most Wanted List for migration-related crime

19-10-2021 | 14:10

The Dutch Public Prosecution Service has placed the Eritrean Kidane Zekarias Habtemariam (37) on the Netherlands Most Wanted ...

MH17-investigation requests Russian military to share information

02-09-2021 | 10:42

The Joint Investigation Team (JIT) that conducts the criminal investigation into the downing of flight Malaysia Airlines MH17 ...

Amendments in MH17 prosecution team

09-08-2021 | 12:43

Some amendments are taking place in the team of the public prosecutors of the MH17 trial. Attorney General B. (Birgit) van ...

Dutch prosecutor demands 27 years jail in war crimes case for Syrian living in the Netherlands

02-07-2021 | 15:26

27 years imprisonment. The Netherlands Public Prosecution Service demanded a high prison sentence in a case against a Syrian man ...
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