Infamous Dutch cocaine trafficker begins 15-year jail sentence
‘Piet Costa’ built his business through contacts with Colombian cartel
€10m drug consignment found at Dublin Port had been abandoned by criminals
Heroin, cocaine, cannabis sat undiscovered for days after gang did not pick haul up
Belgium and the Netherlands see violent protests against Covid restrictions
Tens of thousands march through Brussels against Belgium’s reinforced measures
Garda suspects €35m ‘cocaine coal’ shipment abandoned by nervous criminals
Only a handful of gangs could have carried out the complex smuggling operation
'Our worst nightmare': Shooting of Dutch journalist shows grip of international gangs
Europe Letter: Peter R de Vries shooting linked to global web of crime that includes Kinahans
Man arrested after theft of Van Gogh and Hals paintings last year
Paintings remain missing after theft from two different museums during pandemic closures
Irish man involved in face mask fraud unlikely to face charges
Detectives believe businessman thought he was taking part in legitimate deal
Garda to ‘reap benefits’ from crime phone hacking operation
French-Dutch decryption of Encrochat furnishing intelligence to Ireland, Harris says
EU hacking operation ‘like having an inside person in every top organised crime group’
Electronic decryption and methods will benefit Garda hugely
Irishman (40) arrested after €1 million Netherlands drugs seizure
Man held in joint Garda operation targeting gang suspected of large-scale drug trafficking
Coronavirus: Criminals exploit medical supplies shortage with theft and fraud
Dutch police arrest two after attempt to defraud hospitals while Interpol warns of fake shops and websites
Dutch trial over downing of flight MH17 in 2014 to start without suspects
Four fugitives on trial charged with murder of 298 people on Malaysia Airlines flight
Disappearance of pregnant refugees raises trafficking fears in Netherlands
More than 2,500 children have gone missing from Dutch centres over past 10 years
Australia rolls out mobile phone detection cameras
New South Wales hopes devices that operate day and night in all weather can cut deaths
Letter in Utrecht getaway car may suggest terror motive
Firearm seized and buildings searched after suspect held over shooting that killed three
Police shoot suspect following Amsterdam stabbing
Two people injured in incident at Dutch capital’s main railway station
MH17 downed by ‘Russian military’ missile system
Investigation team says it has evidence Buk system that fired missile came from Russia
Bitcoin mining rig seized as Irishmen appear in Dutch court
Irish suspects arrested after Kinahan raids in Amsterdam apartment
Two men charged over €6m Meath drugs seizure
Gardaí find cocaine and cannabis during search of premises in Ashbourne on Wednesday
Denis O’Brien drops private eye from appeal in Red Flag battle
Most of what investigator Martin Coyne claimed of self and alleged expertise questioned
Senior Kinahan gang figure among two Irish men held in Netherlands
Dutch police arrest four people and seize three guns at pub in centre of Amsterdam
Prolific paedophile pleads guilty to 45 charges in UK and abroad
Retired teacher admits to catalogue of abuse against children in Thailand and UK
Germany holds Tunisian over possible link to Berlin attack
Christmas market truck attacker Anis Amri’s phone contained suspect’s number
Eagles vs drones: French army trains birds of prey for combat
Ancient art of falconry reduces risk to public posed by use of firearms in crowded areas
Key Denis O’Brien witness operated without licence
Digitpol, listed as detective agency in Netherlands, had no licence for two years
No boundaries in threats to International Criminal Court
Letter from The Hague: Predicament of human rights activist Nada Kiswanson is ominous
Irish gangs join British to control Europe’s drug gateways
’Easy-going’ Irish gangs see armed violence in continental drug hubs as bad for business
Eleven things we learned at Offset Dublin
Retain creative control and don’t be afraid of the dark: these were among the nuggets of wisdom at the annual design conference
FBI warned Dutch about brothers before Brussels attacks
Netherlands police were told Ibrahim and Khaled El Bakraoui sought by the Belgian authorities
In the future, DNA could put a face to the crime
An Irish geneticist is pioneering forensic techniques that can estimate a person’s appearance from a DNA sample
Dutch police threaten to disrupt Tour de France
Police union says it will set up traffic checkpoint for support vehicles on Rotterdam bridge in row over pay
Parents of Dutch jihadists take action against state
Muslim group says Netherlands failed to prevent teenage children joining Islamic State
Dutch dealers selling heroin as cocaine to tourists
Drug believed to have killed 22-year-old British visitor to Amsterdam
Girl (14) questioned over American Airlines Twitter threat
Dutch police held teen in connection with message implying she was planning attack
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