I felt at home in the Netherlands from day one. After the hurricane, Sint Maarten was destroyed and it no longer felt like my place. We had no water, no electricity and tourism was flat. I’d never seen Sint Maarten like that. We had prepared ourselves for a severe storm, because every year a hurricane rages across the country. But the government did not show that it was a very intense hurricane. On the day itself I just went to work. Fortunately my family did not suffer much damage, but it was a reason for me to come

And in September, ABN Amro confirmed the Dutch public prosecution department had launched a criminal investigation into possible money laundering at the bank. ING has also been fined €775m for failing to comply properly with money laundering rules.

Firstly, because white men are less likely to occupy corruption-sensitive positions. But also because of course there are also women and people with a migrant background who will be guilty of corruption when they have the opportunity.

You could therefore argue that it is also in the interests of white men and their image that the top of business, government and politics quickly

Emergency services were alerted around seven o’clock for a major incident. A press officer from the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee can currently say no more than that an incident is taking place and is talking about a suspicious situation. More information will follow later.

Several ambulances and fi

The police asked immediately after the murder of Derk Wiersum itself to extra money for more manpower in the fight against organized crime. Ultimately, the police must be expanded with 445 full-time jobs. According to the police, this requires 100 million euros on an annual basis.

Grapperhaus is now meeting that, at least in terms of the a

On 18 June, German customs found many kilos of hard drugs in the trunk of her car during a routine check at a border crossing at Elten in Germany. It concerned more than 13 kilos of crystal meth and 43 kilos of ecstasy with an estimated street value of 2 million euros. She also had a further 12,000 euros in cash. The smuggling of such quantities of hard drugs is subject to a prison sentence of between 2 and 15 years in Germany.

The ministry is now disclosing the exact details of two attacks because, according to the ministry, they are the only two bombings in which the Netherlands itself has established that “certainly or very likely civilian casualties” were killed.

Where bombing would take place was determined at the international headquarters of the operation in Kuwait. At a second headquarters in Qatar, all available information was re-examined and finally given

In her absence, State Secretary Raymond Knops is appointed as Minister of the Interior. Knops remains responsible for his Kingdom Relations portfolio. He will be sworn in as a minister this afternoon.

Rich Dutch families have good reason to be discreet. The country was stunned in 1983 when a gang kidnapped brewery magnate Freddy Heineken for ransom. Two decades later, armed men snatched Claudia Melchers, the daughter of billionaire industrialist Hans Melchers, who happened to be a major Hal shareholder.

The Netherlands is also

In the motion, Dutch parliamentarian Van Dam states that Aruba and also Curaçao and St Maarten are too small to be able to do law enforcement itself. And that is why the Netherlands should be given more power over this. The vote on this motion has been postponed.

In an interview with Caribbean Network last