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TomTom Sold Data to Cops, Who Set Up Speed Traps
TomTom Sold Data to Cops, Who Set Up Speed Traps
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May 7, 2011 7:00 PM CDT

TomTom Sold Data to Cops, Who Set Up Speed Traps

Company promises to improve data sharing rules

(Newser) - GPS maker TomTom is enduring a wave of negative publicity after data it collected on drivers ended up in the hands of Dutch police, who used it to set up speed traps, reports Consumer Reports . The company promises to improve its data-sharing polices and says this kind of thing won'...

18-Month-Old Soccer Ace Gets Pro Contract

YouTube video catches eye of local club

(Newser) - An 18-month-old Dutch toddler has won a pro contract after a video of him expertly kicking soccer balls into his toy box scored almost a million hits on YouTube. Baerke van der Meij was offered the symbolic contract by Venlose Voetbal Vereniging, the team his grandfather once played for, the...

Dutch Beastie Party Puts 500 Cops on Animal Welfare

Party joins political coalition to get cops for creatures

(Newser) - Dutch animals will soon be among the best-protected in the world, thanks to an unlikely alliance between a far-right political party and one that says it's in politics on behalf of animals. Under a government coalition agreement, 500 police officers who were due to lose their jobs because of budget...

Dutch Giant 'Too Big for Jail'
 Dutch Giant 'Too Big for Jail' 
Jan 28, 2011 8:42 AM CST

Dutch Giant 'Too Big for Jail'

7-foot, 500-pound con seeks release

(Newser) - A gargantuan Dutchman serving time for fraud is seeking early release because his cell just isn't big enough. The prisoner—who is 7 feet tall and weighs 500 pounds—says he can't sleep properly or use the cell's shower and toilet without extreme discomfort, the BBC reports. He is seeking...

Dutch Police Arrest 12 in Suspected Terror Plot

Somali men were raided in port city of Rotterdam

(Newser) - Dutch police have arrested 12 Somali men in the key port city of Rotterdam on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack. The men, aged 19 to 48, were detained yesterday on a tip from the intelligence services that they were planning an attack shortly in the Netherlands. There was no...

Netherlands Finds 1,975 Cases of Catholic Sex Abuse

Report concludes that church hasn't done enough to help victims

(Newser) - Almost 2,000 Netherlanders have come forward as victims of sex abuse at the hands of Catholic priests, an independent commission's report revealed today. That makes the Netherlands the second-biggest victim of Catholic sexual abuse, behind only Ireland, according to Reuters . The report also concluded that the Church had not...

Dutch Issue Warrant for Nazi Who Fled Prison in 1952

Klaas Faber, 88, is now living in Germany

(Newser) - The Netherlands has issued a European arrest warrant for Klaas Carel Faber, a convicted Nazi war criminal who escaped from prison nearly 60 years ago, the Telegraph reports. Faber, 88, was part of an SS unit that committed summary executions of Dutch civilians for being either Jewish or "anti-German"...

Belgium Charges 9 After Terror Raids

Authorities cite plot against unknown Belgian target

(Newser) - Authorities charged nine people today in a Belgian anti-terror court following yesterday's raids in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Belgium charged 7 for plotting an attack on an unknown target within the country; they include 6 Belgian-Moroccans and a “Russian of Chechen origin.”...

Greeks Nab Parcel Bomb Addressed to Sarkozy

Others addressed to various embassies; no al-Qaeda link seen

(Newser) - Greek police have intercepted several packages containing “explosive devices,” one of which was addressed to Nicolas Sarkozy, Reuters reports. One, addressed to the Mexican embassy, exploded at an Athens courier firm, slightly wounding an employee. Others addressed to the Dutch and Belgian embassies were detonated by police. Two...

Latest Weapon in War on Crime: DNA Spray

Mist contains markers designed to identify would-be crooks

(Newser) - In the Netherlands' port city of Rotterdam, crime is way down, thanks to ... a little scientific innovation. Hoping to reel in the number of robberies, police began dishing out DNA spray to beleaguered restaurants and jewelry stores. The spray, which emits a mist laced with synthetic DNA markers unique to...

Caribbean Gains 2 Countries as Dutch Antilles Disbanded

Curacao, St. Maarten gain autonomy

(Newser) - The world lost one country but gained two new ones yesterday as the Netherlands Antilles officially ceased to exist. People on the Caribbean islands of Curacao and St. Maarten woke to find themselves in autonomous countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Reuters reports. Three smaller islands that had been...

Dutch Close to Burka Ban in Right-Wing Party Deal

Immigration would also be cut in half in coalition government pact

(Newser) - The usually über-tolerant Dutch will likely soon make the Netherlands the latest European nation to ban the burka. The ban—as well as a deal to cut immigration in half—is part of a pact to form a new minority coalition government that will include the right-wing Party for...

Cops Pull Delta Pilot From Plane, Say He Was Drunk

Dutch authorities stop him from taking off

(Newser) - Dutch police stopped a US pilot from taking off with a plane full of passengers because they say he was drunk. Authorities said they were tipped off that the 52-year-old Delta pilot might have had a few before attempting to fly, and stopped him before takeoff. He had a 0....

It's Time Parents Accept Teen Sex

The Dutch do, with good results

(Newser) - When it comes to teen sex, "we need to be paying attention to the Netherlands," writes Tracy Clark-Flory on Salon . Unlike American parents who typically demonize pre-marital sex, Dutch parents commonly allow their teenagers—male and female alike—to have sleepovers with significant others, a new study finds....

2 Arrested After Boarding United Flight With Mock Bomb

Yemeni nationals believed to be carrying out 'dry run'

(Newser) - Dutch police are questioning two Yemeni nationals suspected of carrying out a "dry run" for a terrorist attack. The men were held after arriving in Amsterdam on a United Airlines flight that departed from Chicago. Ahmed Mohamed Nasser al Soofi was first stopped as he boarded a flight from...

Olympian to Teach Orangutans How to Swing

Animals in Netherlands zoo lose their knack for trees

(Newser) - A zoo in the Netherlands has hired an Olympic gymnast to teach its orangutans how to swing from tree branches. The zoo's previous orangutan enclosure didn't have trees, and now that their quarters have been upgraded, they seem to have forgotten how to swing from branch to branch, reports APP....

Mom Stashed 4 Babies in Suitcases

Dutch woman admit she killed newborns

(Newser) - A 25-year-old Dutch woman has admitted she gave birth to four babies, then put them in suitcases that she stored in her parents' house. The woman was arrested after a neighbor contacted police because he "thought it was strange she had some suspicious pregnancies," CNN reports. The woman...

Court OKs Girl's Global Solo Sail

Dekker, 14, was made Dutch ward for protection

(Newser) - A Dutch court has given the go-ahead for a 14-year-old girl to sail alone around the world just weeks after an American teenager attempting the same goal had to be rescued at sea. Laura Dekker's plan ignited a storm of controversy about the risks younger and younger children face as...

Church Cries Foul on Dutch Soccer Mass

Pastor suspended after praying for Holland to beat Spain

(Newser) - A Dutch priest is in hot water for praying— in vain —that the Netherlands would defeat Spain at a Mass celebrated the day of the World Cup final, reports the BBC . Paul Vlaar decorated his church in the team color, orange; wore orange and white vestments; and played along...

Cops Probe Van der Sloot Links to Thai Sex Trade: Enquirer

Murder suspect allegedly brought girls to Holland for prostitution

(Newser) - Thai authorities are investigating allegations that Joran Van der Sloot tried to get involved in human trafficking, reports the National Enquirer . Van Der Sloot, 22, allegedly posed as a model scout while living in Bangkok, where a Dutch journalist set up a sting and busted him. "He promised they'd...

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