State Bodyguard Service: People are overworked and live in a culture of fear

Employees of the DBB, which provides bodyguards for politicians and members of the royal family, complain of abuses and a culture of fear.  They went to the press anonymously because they say that their bosses do not take their complaints seriously and have even taken retaliatory measures.  Furthermore the service is structurally understaffed which increases the problems.  The Dutch police trade union NPB confirms the truth of the complaints. 

www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2016/04/22/te-hoge-werkdruk-en-angstcultuur-bij-staatsbeveiligers

Former deputy minister: Criminals have led to my resignation

Former deputy minister of security and justice, Fred Teeven, says that he had to resign his position because criminals had given information to journalists.  The issue which brought him down was that when he was a prosecutor, Teeven had concluded a financial agreement with a criminal.  It turned out that the money involved was far more than his superior, minister Ivo Opstelten, had reported to Parliament. Opstelten also resigned as a result of this issue.  Teeven maintains that the deal he made with the criminal was a very good one for the government.

www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/teeven-criminelen-hebben-mijn-val-veroorzaakt~a4292445/

Intelligence Service: 9-year-olds going to Syria may pose threat to Netherlands

The General Dutch Intelligence Service (AIVD) has changed its policy and now considers children from the age of 9 who go to Syria as a threat to such an extent that they are being registered.  They will now be counted among the jihadists who have left the Netherlands.  This is due to the fact that minors from the age of 9 years old are being taken by ISIS to military training camps for children.  They learn to use fire-arms and stabbing weapons.  They are also trained to carry out executions.  Girls from the age of 9 are being taught how they should assist their husbands in the armed struggle.  They are also required to wear a veil from that age.

 http://www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/aivd-syrieganger-vanaf-9-jaar-bedreiging-voor-nederland~a4294214/

Ede: Prohibition of Assembly after “Moroccan” riots

Mayor Cees van der Knaap of Ede has decreed a prohibition of Assembly in part of the town's Veldhuizen neighborhood. This after many cases of arson and vandalism by mainly Moroccan rioters in the past days in the neighborhood. The police will be entitled to preventive frisking of people it suspects. Earlier there were problems around New Years Eve.

www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1012/Nederland/article/detail/4294088/2016/05/03/Samenscholingsverbod-Ede-na-Marokkaanse-onlusten.dhtml

Dutch fighter planes not equipped to participate in bombing of IS in Syria

At the end of January the Dutch government decided after lengthy discussions that its F-16 fighter planes would participate in allied bombings of IS in Syria. It now turns out that the U.S which is heading the operations barely uses the Dutch planes because they can only communicate by radio and lack equipment to communicate via satellite

www.elsevier.nl/nederland/achtergrond/2016/05/nederlandse-f-16s-amper-ingezet-boven-syrie-301430/

Cyber-attacks from Russia and China hit record levels

The General Intelligence Service (AIVD) has reported that the Netherlands was the target of a record number of cyber-attacks last year.  Most of these came from Russia and China. They were aimed mainly at government agencies and at innovative Dutch companies. The AIVD says that the Netherlands is “naïve” when it comes to online security.

www.nltimes.nl/2016/04/21/netherlands-naive-as-cyber-attacks-from-russia-china-hit-record-levels/

Major problems expected at Amsterdam airport due to military police shortage

The military police has warned that passengers may face long lines at passport control in July and August at Amsterdam’s Schipol airport, due to a shortage of military police.  The director of military police staff has written to Deputy Justice Minister Dijkhoff that the military police is overloaded due to the additional border controls and the protection of vital institutions.  The management of Schipol Airport has also expressed its concern about the problem.

http://www.telegraaf.nl/reiskrant/25701597/__Puinhoop_dreigt_op_Schiphol__.html