Tag Archives: Netherlands

E-bike mayhem in Amsterdam

Posted on January 16, 2023 by Gary Cordner

Souped-up e-bikes are becoming a big concern in bicycle-friendly Amsterdam, as reported here. Standard e-bikes don’t seem to be problematic, but ones that are set for higher speeds yet operated in bicycle lanes have been involved in crashes with regular … Continue reading →

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Major botnet taken down

Posted on January 29, 2021 by Gary Cordner

Europol and police from 8 countries have jointly disrupted EMOTET, “one of most significant botnets of the past decade,” as reported here. The malware, discovered in 2014, had a “unique way of infecting networks by spreading the threat laterally after … Continue reading →

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New issue of CEPOL’s research bulletin

Posted on August 1, 2020 by Gary Cordner

The latest issue of the European Law Enforcement Research Bulletin, published by CEPOL, is available here. The issue includes several articles and project reports covering topics such as police trust building, social media, organized crime, domestic violence, and Europol trends. … Continue reading →

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Global terrorism in 2019

Posted on July 13, 2020 by Gary Cordner

Worldwide, annual terror attacks and deaths have both dropped by about 50% between 2014 and 2019, as reported here. In 2019, the 5th consecutive year of decreases, 8,500 attacks resulted in 20,300 deaths. Afghanistan accounted for 21% of global attacks … Continue reading →

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UK police infiltrate encrypted organized crime platform

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Gary Cordner

The UK National Crime Agency along with partners in France and Netherlands was recently able to infiltrate the encrypted platform EncroChat used for “coordinating and planning the distribution of illicit commodities, money laundering, and plotting to kill rival criminals,” as … Continue reading →

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Protest policing in France

Posted on June 10, 2020 by Gary Cordner

This article considers whether France’s national riot police would be a good model to adopt in the U.S., where the options are local police or the National Guard, which is a state-level branch of the military. The author notes that … Continue reading →

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Stolen data site seized

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Gary Cordner

This news item reports seizure of the web site WeLeakInfo following a joint investigation by police in the US, UK, Germany, and the Netherlands. The site “allegedly sold access to billions of usernames, email addresses, passwords and other sensitive information … Continue reading →

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18,000 trafficked artifacts seized

Posted on August 12, 2019 by Gary Cordner

This article reports a coordinated international investigation, Pandora III, that has resulted in the seizure of 18,000 illegally trafficked cultural artifacts and the arrest of 59 individuals. Besides Europol and the World Customs Organization, the Spanish Civil Guard led the … Continue reading →

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Europol counter-terror efforts

Posted on July 19, 2019 by Gary Cordner

An interview with Catherine De Bolle, Europol executive director and former commissioner general of police in Belgium, is available here. She discusses counter-terror developments in Belgium following the 2016 attacks in Brussels and current EU-wide initiatives including those focused on … Continue reading →

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Amsterdam plan to reduce ethnic profiling

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Gary Cordner

This article reports development of a draft plan by Amsterdam police to reduce the occurrence of ethnic profiling. The plan notes that “stopping people based on their race, ethnicity, skin color, language or religion” is “illegal, degrading and does not … Continue reading →

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