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The federal police are planning to use databanks and algorithms to embark on a programme of ‘predictive policing’ – using statistics and data from the past to predict where, when and what sort of
Police are warning drivers to be extra-vigilant around Brussels' Gare du Midi after several reports of fake parking wardens approaching motorists for money.
A black panther roamed Anderlecht on Thursday morning after it escaped from its cage in an Ibis parking lot.
Two trade unions representing security staff at Brussels Airport have demanded an urgent meeting with ministers to discuss "known security issues" at the Zaventem base.
Police in Brussels have carried out spot checks on 95,000 homes in the past year to see who is living there - and have removed 8,000 people from the population register.
Belgium is lacking 3,700 police officers, with big cities the worst affected by police under-staffing, the interior ministry has revealed in response to a parliamentary question.
A shooting in Liège on 29 May in which three people were killed - two of whom were police officers - has been officially recognised as an act of terrorism.
Belgian police are braced for an exceptionally busy few days - with the arrival of world leaders for a Nato summit in Brussels coinciding with Belgium's World Cup semi-final against France.
Brussels police arrested a couple at the weekend who were planning a bomb attack in France. Special forces were on the scene, apparently based on intelligence.
