Amsterdam Police Warn of Rise in Crime Involving People Who Have “Nothing to Lose”
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Algemeen Dagblad
The shopping streets in Amsterdam's city center are struggling with an increasing number of and increasingly violent thieves. The perpetrators, often young asylum seekers or unemployed migrant workers, threaten, intimidate, vandalize, and sometimes attack, including with weapons. Shopkeepers and security guards are raising the alarm. The police recognize the pattern.
In recent years, the police have observed an increase in incidents in Amsterdam's city center involving people who ‘feel they have little to nothing left to lose’. The police report this following a report by Het Parool. "This manifests itself in disruptive behavior, but also in shoplifting, threats, intimidation, and violence," the police wrote in a written response.
Shopkeepers in Amsterdam's city center are deeply concerned about a growing group of violent thieves. The nuisance is increasing in streets such as the Kalverstraat, Nieuwendijk, Leidsestraat, Heiligeweg, Damrak, and Rokin. According to business owners, the perpetrators are often young asylum seekers, including Syrian boys, and unemployed migrant workers from Romania and Bulgaria. In a report in *Het Parool*, business owners speak at length abou…
Amsterdam police warn of rise in crime involving people who have “nothing to lose”
Police in Amsterdam say they have seen a growing number of incidents in the city center in recent years involving two main categories of behavior: public nuisance and criminal activity, including shoplifting and violent or threatening conduct. Authorities attribute the trend to individuals who, in their words, feel they have "little to nothing left to lose."
Bang, a piece of truth about The Dear City of Love and Hope and a whole lot of love, or whatever they call themselves in Amsterdam, on the front page (yes, really!) of Het Parool: ‘Groups of boys not only steal, but also rob, threaten, and assault’: alarm about increasingly violent thieves in Amsterdam’s city center. And what kind of "boys" these are is simply stated. "Of course, we always had shoplifting, but in the past the thieves, for exampl…
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