Carrying or keeping cash at home is not illegal. Yet large amounts of money quickly

“At the exact moment a lawyer is no longer just the defence counsel, but becomes

A process agreement (procesafspraak) is an arrangement between the Public Prosecution Service and the defence

Organised crime reaches ordinary citizens through three bodies of law at once, and the one

A crown witness (kroongetuige) in the Netherlands is a suspect who agrees to give evidence

When another country wants to prosecute or imprison someone who is in the Netherlands, two

Loop research (lussenonderzoek) is the forensic use of data from induction loops in the road

The investigative questions in Dutch criminal law are the fixed set of questions a criminal

A knowingly false accusation is a criminal offence in the Netherlands. Reporting a crime that

Serious bodily injury, in Dutch criminal law zwaar lichamelijk letsel, is the legal qualification that

A speeding fine in the Netherlands follows one of two routes. Almost all of them

Running a red light and causing an accident with serious injury is dealt with in

A statement given to the police cannot simply be taken back. Once recorded, it forms

Speeding fines in the Netherlands are taken seriously, but not all speeding violations are treated

Sentencing in the Netherlands is the reasoned choice a criminal court makes within the limits

Online fraud and phishing have become serious problems in the Netherlands, affecting thousands of people

Driving under the influence of drugs is an offence under Article 8 of the Road

Money laundering and unusual transactions are two different things in Dutch law, and the difference

Deepfakes under Dutch law are not a separate criminal offence. Dutch criminal law reaches deepfakes