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Belgian shop owners last year lost €927 million due to stolen merchandise.
A court in Leuven has sentenced a gang of 11 human traffickers to a total of 31 years in prison, with fines amounting to €942,000.
Kinepolis cinema multiplex in Brussels had to be evacuated over the weekend when it was overrun by cinemagoers hoping to take advantage of a cheap ticket offer.
The trial of members of the Aquino crime family in Hasselt has been stopped, after defence lawyers accused the three judges of conflict of interest.
In the first eight months of this year, there has not been a single successful escape from a Belgian prison. The last escape in the country was 18 months ago.
The trial of the Aquino drugs syndicate resumed in Hasselt on Monday with a motion to adjourn to a later date, following the death of one of the gang’s alleged leaders, Silvio Aquino, who wa
Cyber-crime is costing companies in Belgium as much as €3.5 billion every year, according to a study by management consultants KPMG Advisory.
The mother of the baby found abandoned by the side of the road by a bus driver in Sint-Truiden last month has turned herself in to the police.
Silvio Aquino, one of the brothers at the head of what is alleged to be one of the country’s biggest crime families, was shot dead on Thursday on an industrial estate in Opglabbeek, Limburg, days
