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The number of cases of graffiti on train cars in Belgium has increased fourfould since 2010, to 2,175 cases in 2014.
A court in Hasselt has dropped charges against the city’s mayor, former police chief and municipal secretary in a case brought against them on the evidence of a whistle-blower.
A top Antwerp detective and a diamond dealer have been arrested on suspicion of money laundering, the city’s prosecutor has confirmed.
Police have arrested three youths suspected of planning an attack on the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) in Brussels in what is being described as “the robbery of the century”.
The man suspected of carrying out an attack on a cleaning person at a Delhaize supermarket in Antwerp last month has been arrested in France.
Police investigating the murder of Sofie D’Hondt during the carnival celebrations in Aalst have called on members of the public to search videos and photos they may have taken on Sunday, 15 Februa
A man threw acid in the face of a cleaning woman at a Delhaize store in Antwerp last Friday morning.
Belgium’s prisons are among the most overcrowded in all of Europe, according to a report by the Council of Europe. The problem is only greater in Italy, Hungary and Cyprus, reports VTM News.
A 40-year-old Hell’s Angel from Genk, Limburg, has been sentenced to the maximum 30 years in prison for killing three members of the rival Outlaws gang in Maasmechelen in 2011.
