Two killed as bridge arch breaks loose during building work.
Two people have been killed and two seriously injured in an accident during building work on a bridge over the Twente canal near Lochem. One of the white bridge arches,…
There have been a lot of tragedies involving Michigan mothers and their children.
There have been a lot of tragedies involving Michigan mothers and their children. The latest comes from Holland where a son is dead and his mother has been arrested. What is…
Brussels grapples with spree of shootings linked to drug gangs
Brussels is grappling with an outbreak of drug-related violence with authorities appearing powerless to stem a rise in violent crime connected to a thriving narcotics trade. Footage went viral of…
Eight arrested in Belgium for human trafficking
The Federal Judicial police in Antwerp have arrested eight people as part of an investigation into an Afghan criminal organisation suspected of human trafficking, the Antwerp Public Prosecutor’s Office announced…
Four arrests made at company in Venray for alleged money laundering and drug trafficking
The police made four arrests on Wednesday morning in connection with an investigation into large-scale money laundering and the production and trafficking of narcotics. Just under 30 homes and offices…
Biden administration announces new bans on investments in China meant to protect national security.
President Joe Biden’s administration detailed new rules Wednesday limiting US investments in advanced technology industries in China in an effort to protect national security at a moment of heightened tension with…
Brussels gang wars: Cocaine money propels violence, drugs czar says
Megabucks cocaine trafficking has fueled a surge in gang violence in Brussels, according to the senior official in charge of combating Belgium’s drugs problem. In the past three days, four…
Swedish drug agency’s new pricing model surprises, concerns patient and pharma groups
The Swedish pharmaceutical pricing agency could decline to reimburse medication for a common disease. The new refusal option is primed if the drug’s total sales value is deemed excessively high.…
Ugo Lemaire, son of Belgian former Socialist MEP Marie Arena, has been arrested in a major international investigation into alleged cannabis trafficking.
In a press release on February 3 the Brussels prosecutor’s office announced the federal judicial city police had searched several addresses in Walloon Brabant, in Liège and Namur. That came “as…
Sweden eyes sending inmates abroad as prisons full due to gang crime wave
STOCKHOLM, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Sweden can send criminals to serve their sentences in prisons abroad, a government-appointed commission said on Wednesday, as the country struggles to handle an influx…