Fraud in Dutch Internet Banking Triples in One Year

Fraud in Dutch internet banking has more than tripled from 2010 when it was almost 10 million Euro to 35 million Euro in 2011. In 2009, it was only 1.9 million Euro. These findings were published by the Dutch Central Bank (DNB).

www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/5133/Media-technologie/article/detail/3254188/2012/05/11/Fraude-internetbankieren-verdrievoudigd.dhtml

Website Collapses due to Complaints about Matriculation Exams

The National Action Committee of Students (LAKS) has put up an internet site where high school students can post their complaints about the matriculation exams which started yesterday. On the first day, the site collapsed as the server could not handle the amount of complaints. On Monday night, the number of complaints had reach 3,175. But the number is expected to increase after the site reopens.

www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2686/Binnenland/article/detail/3255533/2012/05/14/Server-website-examenklacht-nl-ingestort.dhtml

Wilders Accuses Prime Minister Rutte of Intimidation

Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders considers a remark by Prime Minister Mark Rutte during failed negotiations to save the government, as intimidating. Rutte said that he wanted to break the Freedom Party until its last seat. Rutte admitted on a TV program that he had said this during a moment of anger. Wilders reacted that such an intimidating remark was unworthy of a Prime Minister. He added that Rutte is destroying the Netherlands with an “irresponsible austerity program for 2013 that will lead to unemployment, reduce purchasing power and economic growth and deliver the Netherlands to the wolves of Brussels."

www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2012/05/12/wilders-beschuldigt-rutte-van-bedreiging-en-intimidatie/

Dutch Town Plays German Anthem on National Memorial Day

It has now become known that for a number of years on National Memorial Day, 4 May, the German anthem is played at the official commemoration for the dead on the island of Schiermonnikoog. Last week, a judge forbade the mayor of the town of Vorden to commemorate German soldiers on National Memorial Day by visiting their graves. The judge said that commemoration of German soldiers cannot be done on 4 May and not together with the victims of the Nazi regime. A small Dutch Jewish organization, the Federation Jewish Netherlands had asked the judge to do so and will now investigate at how many other Memorial Day commemorations the German occupiers are commemorated. The 100,000 murdered Dutch Jews are by far the largest group of victims of the German occupation in the Netherlands.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2012/05/08/joodse-organisatie-wil-herdenken-duitsers-op-4-mei-verbieden/

Amsterdam Police Strike Announced for this Afternoon

The police trade unions NPB, ACP, VMHP, APV and ANPV have announced that today between 12:00 and 18:00, the Amsterdam police will hold a general strike. All police bureaus will be closed, although a skeleton force will be available for emergencies. Further actions have been announced in view of the dispute with the government about a new labor agreement.

www.powned.tv/nieuws/binnenland/2012/05/politie_amsterdam_staakt_morge.html

 

Major Misconduct by Police Heads toward Traumatized Agents

The Dutch Police neglect employees who have psychological problems and are at home due to them. Efforts are made to force them to resign, or alternatively, to fire them in doubtful ways. Police agents complain about abuse of power, intimidation, pestering and manipulation. Many agents who suffer from post-traumatic stress disturbance do not get any assistance from the police and have to pay their medical costs themselves. According to the trade unions, at least 40 agents are involved in legal battles against the police. One of their demands is recognition of post-traumatic stress disturbance as a professional disease.
www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/12081045/___Agenten_met_trauma_gepest___.html

On National Liberation Day, Muslims ask for Release of Murderer

On National Liberation Day, 4 May, twenty radical Muslims of the Sharia4Belgium group demonstrated before the high security prison in Vught. They asked for the liberation of Mohammed Bouyeri, who was sentenced to life in prison for the cruel murder of mediamaker Theo van Gogh in 2004. They said that the Dutch were feasting while many innocent “brothers” are in jail. At the end of last year, the same group disrupted a debate about the modernization of Islam in Amsterdam.

www.elsevier.nl/web/Nieuws/Nederland/337963/Moslims-voeren-actie-voor-vrijlating-Mohammed-Bouyeri.htm