Amsterdam to focus more on drug crimes in approach to young repeat offenders
5 years, 11 months ago

Amsterdam to focus more on drug crimes in approach to young repeat offenders

NL Times  

The Amsterdam municipality, police and prosecutor are expanding the city's Top 600 list - used to curb young criminals - to include drug criminals and perpetrators of excessive violence. Drug criminals are currently not included in the Top 600 list due to criteria established in the past, Halsema said. "But because we think that drug crimes will have a major impact on our city in the long term, we will include the perpetrators in the Top 600." Halsema hopes that by changing the city's approach in this way, drug criminals will be more quickly arrested, so that the young people around them can not be "contaminated".

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Dutch police investigating 133 homicides in 2024, Amsterdam total doubles to 20
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Dutch police investigating 133 homicides in 2024, Amsterdam total doubles to 20

NL Times  

A total of 133 individuals were killed by violence in the Netherlands this year as of Tuesday afternoon, up 6 percent from the total for all of 2023, according to police data provided to NL Times. The provisional figures put the national homicide rate at roughly 0.74 deaths per 100,000 residents based on the population at the start of 2024, …

Mayor Femke Halsema expects rise in drug crime in Amsterdam over the next decade
1 year, 2 months ago

Mayor Femke Halsema expects rise in drug crime in Amsterdam over the next decade

NL Times  

Organized drug crime in Amsterdam is at risk of further growing in the next decade, Amsterdam's mayor Femke Halsema reported in a letter to the city council on Thursday. She noted that organized drug crime's influence is growing, with residents witnessing a rise in gun violence, shocking killings, and more frequent neighborhood explosions and attacks. It also remains challenging to …

Crime in Amsterdam still below pre-pandemic levels despite 17% increase
1 year, 10 months ago

Crime in Amsterdam still below pre-pandemic levels despite 17% increase

NL Times  

The police registered a 17 percent increase in crime in the Amsterdam region last year, but the number of crimes is not yet as high as before the coronavirus pandemic. Tackling organized crime remains one of the biggest challenges for Amsterdam, wrote Mayor Femke Halsema on their behalf in a letter to city council. "Every year they start younger and …

Amsterdam mayor wants Europe to decriminalize cocaine: “War on drugs isn’t working”
2 years, 3 months ago

Amsterdam mayor wants Europe to decriminalize cocaine: “War on drugs isn’t working”

NL Times  

Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema believes that Europe should decriminalize the sale of cocaine, like various countries already allow the sale of cannabis. “But I am a realist and know that there is too little political support for such measures,” she said at the opening of a congress on organized crime attended by multiple European ministers. I hope we can agree …

1 in 8 young people in certain neighborhoods risks becoming drug criminal
2 years, 6 months ago

1 in 8 young people in certain neighborhoods risks becoming drug criminal

NL Times  

Up to 162,000 young people in the Netherlands are at a high risk for getting sucked into drug crime –– as many as one in eight young people in especially vulnerable areas. After analyzing figures, RTL Nieuws found that the highest-risk neighborhood is Helmond-West in Brabant, with 13.7 young people in danger of becoming drug criminals. "At the moment, regular …

Utrecht deploys ex-criminals to dissuade young people from joining drug world
3 years, 4 months ago

Utrecht deploys ex-criminals to dissuade young people from joining drug world

NL Times  

Utrecht will work with ex-criminals to prevent young people from entering the drug environment. "Utrecht proposes a reinforced approach to counteract further disruptive efforts of drug crime," said mayor Sharon Dijksma in a letter to the city council on Thursday. They have the authority to help young people make different choices in order to stop the "breeding ground for criminal …

Amsterdam to focus on new approach for helping sex crime victims
4 years, 2 months ago

Amsterdam to focus on new approach for helping sex crime victims

NL Times  

Amsterdam will focus more on tailor-made and individual-based aid for girls and young women who were victims of a sex crime like gang rape, sexual exploitation, or sextortion, the city said in a press release. At the request of Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema, Rapporteur Herman Bolhaar investigated how to better protect and help these girls and young women. Bolhaar analyzed …

More police staff and innovation needed to tackle crime in Amsterdam
4 years, 10 months ago

More police staff and innovation needed to tackle crime in Amsterdam

Dutch News  

A shift towards less visible law-breaking such as cybercrime and a lack of police staff are making crime more difficult to tackle in Amsterdam, the Parool reports. New trends, such as knife crime and cybercrime, demand innovative measures but police and the justice department are struggling with a lack of staff, mayor Femke Halsema said during the annual press conference …

More police staff and innovation needed to tackle crime in Amsterdam
4 years, 10 months ago

More police staff and innovation needed to tackle crime in Amsterdam

Dutch News  

A shift towards less visible law-breaking such as cybercrime and a lack of police staff are making crime more difficult to tackle in Amsterdam, the Parool reports. New trends, such as knife crime and cybercrime, demand innovative measures but police and the justice department are struggling with a lack of staff, mayor Femke Halsema said during the annual press conference …

Twenty violent deaths in Amsterdam last year, fewer property crimes
4 years, 10 months ago

Twenty violent deaths in Amsterdam last year, fewer property crimes

NL Times  

Amsterdam saw a 43 percent increase in the number of murder and manslaughter cases last year, as well as a slight rise violent crimes. After years of structural decline in the number of reported crimes, this downward trend seemed to come to a halt last year, mayor Femke Halsema said in a letter to the city council. The total number …

Amsterdam to close police stations at night, as officer shortage bites
5 years, 1 month ago

Amsterdam to close police stations at night, as officer shortage bites

Dutch News  

At least two Amsterdam police stations are to be closed at night and special teams focusing on cannabis cafes, and on transport crime, are being disbanded because of a shortage of police officers, mayor Femke Halsema has told city councillors. The city needs an extra 500 police officers and by stopping some operations, officers can be freed up to concentrate …

Amsterdam to close police stations at night, as officer shortage bites
5 years, 1 month ago

Amsterdam to close police stations at night, as officer shortage bites

Dutch News  

At least two Amsterdam police stations are to be closed at night and special teams focusing on cannabis cafes, and on transport crime, are being disbanded because of a shortage of police officers, mayor Femke Halsema has told city councillors. The city needs an extra 500 police officers and by stopping some operations, officers can be freed up to concentrate …

Dutch set aside €110m to combat organised crime, set up special drugs unit
5 years, 2 months ago

Dutch set aside €110m to combat organised crime, set up special drugs unit

Dutch News  

The cabinet has set aside an extra €110m to combat organised crime, some of which will be used to set up a special anti-drugs unit, justice minister Ferd Grapperhaus confirmed on Monday. The minister hopes the plan will be completed in spring 2020 and that the unit will make society better able to resist the ‘poison’ of the criminal drugs …

Dutch set aside €110m to combat organised crime, set up special drugs unit
5 years, 2 months ago

Dutch set aside €110m to combat organised crime, set up special drugs unit

Dutch News  

The cabinet has set aside an extra €110m to combat organised crime, some of which will be used to set up a special anti-drugs unit, justice minister Ferd Grapperhaus confirmed on Monday. The minister hopes the plan will be completed in spring 2020 and that the unit will make society better able to resist the ‘poison’ of the criminal drugs …

Amsterdam to focus on people's resilience in fight against drug crime
5 years, 3 months ago

Amsterdam to focus on people's resilience in fight against drug crime

NL Times  

Amsterdam is stepping up the fight against drug crime with a package of measures focused on making neighborhoods and their residents more resilient, and on "actively disrupting" drug dealing. In order to keep vulnerable young people out of the drug world, the city expanded its Top600 approach to include people involved in drug crime. The city will work with the …

Amsterdam young adults drinking, smoking less; using more cocaine
5 years, 3 months ago

Amsterdam young adults drinking, smoking less; using more cocaine

NL Times  

While alcohol remains the number one cause of addiction problems in Amsterdam,young adult residents of the capital are drinking less than they did in 2000. There are also fewer smokers, though cocaine use increased, according to the newest Antenna, an annual study by Jellinek and Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences into the alcohol and drug use of Amsterdam young adults, …

New approach needed to tackle Amsterdam's drugs crime, mayor admits
5 years, 4 months ago

New approach needed to tackle Amsterdam's drugs crime, mayor admits

Dutch News  

Amsterdam’s mayor Femke Halsema says she recognises that the fragmented approach currently used to tackle drugs-related crime in the Dutch capital has not worked and that a concerted, united effort is needed. A united approach, she added, will involve ‘stamina and years of effort.’ The report is based on the findings of police academy professor Pieter Tops and research journalist …

New approach needed to tackle Amsterdam's drugs crime, mayor admits
5 years, 4 months ago

New approach needed to tackle Amsterdam's drugs crime, mayor admits

Dutch News  

Amsterdam’s mayor Femke Halsema says she recognises that the fragmented approach currently used to tackle drugs-related crime in the Dutch capital has not worked and that a concerted, united effort is needed. A united approach, she added, will involve ‘stamina and years of effort.’ The report is based on the findings of police academy professor Pieter Tops and research journalist …

Amsterdam has highest crime rate in NL but Limburg dominates top 10
5 years, 10 months ago

Amsterdam has highest crime rate in NL but Limburg dominates top 10

Dutch News  

Amsterdam has again topped the annual league table of municipalities with the worst crime rates, but Limburg has the highest concentration with four of the top 10. The Limburg communities of Sittard-Geleen and Roermond entered the top 10, joining Maastricht and Heerlen, with the latter rising from ninth place to fifth to overtake its larger neighbour. The ranking table is …

Amsterdam has highest crime rate in NL but Limburg dominates top 10
5 years, 10 months ago

Amsterdam has highest crime rate in NL but Limburg dominates top 10

Dutch News  

Amsterdam has again topped the annual league table of municipalities with the worst crime rates, but Limburg has the highest concentration with four of the top 10. The Limburg communities of Sittard-Geleen and Roermond entered the top 10, joining Maastricht and Heerlen, with the latter rising from ninth place to fifth to overtake its larger neighbour. The ranking table is …

Invisible Crimes Loom Over Amsterdam, a Silent Threat
6 years, 11 months ago

Invisible Crimes Loom Over Amsterdam, a Silent Threat

NL Times  

Amsterdam authorities are concerned about a shift towards more invisible forms of crime in the city. Invisible crimes are actions that are criminal in nature, but are socially embedded in neighborhoods and often out of the control and sight of the government. The authorities are particularly concerned about conflicts in the drug world, with crimes leading to arms trade, money …

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