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Justice & InstitutionsJustice / crime

A sound technician, a contract killing and a death in his cell: what do we actually know?

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Two years suspended for a Walloon Brabant student: what does the CSAM ruling reveal?

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Justice & InstitutionsBrussels · pre-trial detention

How does a man charged with murder in Brussels walk free on a paperwork error?

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Justice & InstitutionsJUSTICE

Hainaut assize jury convicts Paolo Falzone of seven murders

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Justice & InstitutionsPrisons and heat

Belgian prisons move heat precautions into focus as another hot spell tests overcrowded wings

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Justice & InstitutionsFestival safety

What does Rock Werchter’s drug-and-knife tally say about festival safety near Leuven?

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Justice & InstitutionsUpdated 1 July 2026, 12:00 UTC

Nonceveux resident suspected of trying to set employer’s home on fire in Liège case

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Justice & InstitutionsBrugge public safety

Why did police release images after a prisoner escaped from AZ Sint-Jan hospital in Brugge?

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Justice & InstitutionsBelgian Politics

Brussels cash seizure puts drug money laundering back on Belgium’s federal agenda

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Justice & InstitutionsUpdated 17 June 2026

Brussels court gives one-year prison term for arson of three police vehicles in Ixelles

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Justice & InstitutionsLiège Assizes

What is the Liège assizes court hearing in the Alexandra Périlleux case?

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Suffolk County court gives Rex Heuermann life terms for Gilgo Beach murders

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