All news on the topic: Belgium
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Belgian money laundering investigation intersects with probe into Ukraine war profiteering
Belgian prosecutors have seized about $2 million as part of an investigation into Iryna Kut and her diamond company.
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‘I cried, I cried. I had no one’: the harrowing child kidnappings that shamed the Belgian Congo
Over 70 years ago, thousands of mixed-race boys and girls were torn from their mothers by order of the state. This week five survivors hope a court will censure Belgium for crimes against humanity
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How a political hostage deal helped save the jobs of two commissioners
MEPs resort to mutually assured destruction to get Jessika Roswall and Hadja Lahbib through their parliamentary hearings.
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Spain has regained its status as the main gateway for cocaine into Europe
A record 13-ton seizure of cocaine in Spain in mid-October is more evidence that the country has returned as the main entry point into Europe for the drug after Belgium and the Netherlands significantly improved security at their ports.
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Belgian court convicts 119 individuals in the Sky ECC case
A Brussels court delivered its verdict Tuesday in the so-called Encro case, convicting 119 individuals on charges that included participation in a criminal organization, drug and arms trafficking, attempted extortion, and kidnapping, with sentences ranging from 14 months to 17 years in prison.
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Interpol campaign to identify remains of women in Europe expands to 46 cases
Police forces in France, Italy and Spain join cold-case initiative after launch last year of Operation Identify Me
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No country for Tajiks: How the EU extradites refugees to Emomali Rahmon’s dictatorship over false accusations of links to ISIS
Belgian authorities are expected to make a decision soon regarding the extradition of Sitoramo Ibrohimova, a refugee from Tajikistan.
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Revealed: drug cartels exploiting migrant children as foot soldiers in Europe’s booming cocaine trade
Guardian investigation shows white powder trail linking hundreds of vulnerable African minors with ruthless gangs
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Belgium headed for new government as PM set to resign after general election
The governing coalition of Alexander De Croo lost its ability to form a majority – while an expected surge for far right Vlaams Belang failed to materialise
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Europe’s Trump moment has arrived
As the far right surges, this week’s European Parliament election will reorder the Continent’s political landscape.
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Belgium’s agent of chaos
Flemish far-right frontman Tom Van Grieken battles to break up Belgium.
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Belgian far-right MEP wins case against Meta over shadowban
“A first victory against Big Tech,” the MEP wrote following the ruling.
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Maersk and CMA-CGM: The favorite shipping companies of the Colombian mafia
Leaked documents from the Prosecutor’s Office show that their vessels, the initials of their containers and the arrival docks of these companies in Europe are mentioned by criminals to speak in code about cocaine shipments and routes.
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Police search the European Parliament over suspected Russian interference
Belgium’s federal prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday that police carried out searches at the residence of an employee of the European Parliament and at his office in the Parliament’s building in Brussels over suspected Russian interference.
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Noisy planes at Brussels Airport sparked Belgian political war
The Flemish regional government says locals are bothered by a new flight plan that sends aircraft roaring over their roofs.
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Belgian PM files complaint against radio host who told listeners to shoot him
The presenter was immediately suspended, according to Waregem1 radio station.
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Monkey and sharks found in smugglers' suitcases and they're dangerous to humans
Around 3.9 tonnes of illicit bushmeat is smuggled through Brussels airport every month - including parts of elephants, pangolins and crocodiles - posing a risk to biodiversity and human health
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Woman loses her eye to airbag which deployed 'after impact' in violent crash
It's alleged Jennifer Schmit's airbag did not go off instantly upon impact after her crash following a friend's birthday party - and her injuries have changed her life
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Europe's most 'walkable city' less than 3 hours from UK 'feels like small town'
Ghent, a port city on Belgium’s northwest coast, is home to the Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art, a cathedral, and a maze of cobbled streets in the historic centre
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Ex-Rangers star Mebude undergoes surgery as update given on horror car crash
Former Rangers and Watford winger Dapo Mebude was rushed to hospital over the weekend after being involved in a car crash in Belgium, where he now plays his football
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'Nymphomaniac' prison worker's life 'has been destroyed' by hot tub orgy claims
A female prison officer at a Belgium prison who was accused of being a “nymphomaniac” and having hot tub orgies with work colleagues, has said the allegations have "destroyed" her life
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Horror moment cyclist, 15, hit by speeding train at level crossing and survives
CCTV footage from the railway station shows the teen on a bicycle ignoring barriers, flashing lights and warning bells as he teared through the crossing at speed in Wervik city, in Belgium
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'I visited Europe's most boring city in an hour - it lived down to the hype'
Europe's 'most boring city' is famed for its beer and waffles but one writer was left unimpressed by the tourist attractions on offer during a whistle-stop tour
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Police take action on 'house of horror' where kids were tortured and raped
Last year, Belgian officials ordered convicted child killer Marc Dutroux's red brick house in Charleroi to be flattened, and a memorial garden for the victims to be built in its place
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New hope for Alzheimer’s cure as scientists track how brain cells die
Scientists working at UCL in London and KU Leuven in Belgium believe they have made a major step forward in the fight to slow down - or stop - the progression of Alzheimer’s disease in the brain
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