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Criminal case MH17

Four suspects will be prosecuted for bringing down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on the 17th of July 2014. The first proceedings took place in March 2020.

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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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 ...

Coordinated action cuts off access to VPN service used by ransomware groups

30-06-2021 | 13:00

This week, law enforcement and judicial authorities in Europe, the US and Canada have seized the web domains and server ...

Police officers who shot a man with a knife acted in self-defence

17-05-2021 | 15:00

The two police officers who shot a 23-year-old German man in Amsterdam New West on Thursday, 13 August 2020, resulting in the ...

Polizisten, die auf Mann mit Messer schossen, handelten aus Notwehr

17-05-2021 | 15:00

Pressemitteilung Staatsanwaltschaft Amsterdam Die zwei Polizisten, die am Donnerstag den 13. Augustus 2020 in Amsterdam ...

Econosto Mideast, Econosto, ERIKS, CMK and Mammoet Salvage reach settlement agreements with the Netherlands Public Prosecution Service

28-04-2021 | 09:00

Five companies have accepted settlement agreements offered to them by the Netherlands Public Prosecution Service (NPPS) for a ...

ABN AMRO pays EUR 480 million on account of serious shortcomings in money laundering prevention

19-04-2021 | 07:30

ABN AMRO Bank NV (ABN AMRO) has accepted a settlement of EUR 480 million offered by the Netherlands Public Prosecution Service ...

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