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An "alarming" rise in violence in the Brussels-North district has followed the legalisation of sex work, according to Utsopi, the union representing sex workers.
Faced with staff shortages, the Brussels public prosecutor’s office, responsible for investigating and charging crimes in the Brussels region, wants to hand over the task of punishing more offence
A major police operation that involved 2,700 officers across the world resulted in 132 arrests in connection with the ‘Ndranghetamafia mafia - including more than a dozen in Belgium.
The Belgian art collector and baroness, Myriam Ullens de Schooten, was killed outside her home in Lasne-Ohain, south of Brussels, on Wednesday morning, report Belgian media.
Residents of the Brussels North district say they have had enough with the constant crime and lack of police presence or reaction from authorities.
Two individuals were arrested on Monday evening after police responded to an incident in Brussels’ European district.
Brussels police managed to return 56 bicycles to their owners in 2022, a big improvement on the 33 bikes recovered the previous year, reports Le Soir.
Members of the N-VA party are calling for legislation that would require those who stand trial for breaking a law in a Dutch-speaking neighbourhood to do so in the Dutch language.
Major changes are coming to Belgium’s criminal code, among them the inclusion of ecocide and incitement to suicide.
