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Inadmissibility of Public Prosecution Office

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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Netherlands
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December 17 2009

On 7 October 2009, the Amsterdam District Court declared the Public Prosecution Office (Openbaar Ministerie) inadmissible in the prosecution of 16 suspects in a drugs-related case

State liability for foreign seizure of assets

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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Netherlands
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December 17 2009

On 18 September 2009, the Netherlands Supreme Court held that the State of the Netherlands (the "State") was liable for an unlawful governmental action in a criminal case, particularly in relation to the confiscation of proceeds of crime

Strengthening the multidisciplinary approach in the fight against organised crime

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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Netherlands
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December 17 2009

On 2 November 2009, the Minister of Justice and the Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Affairs ("Ministers") presented their views to Parliament on how to take decisive action against organised and financialeconomic crime and how to eliminate problem areas that might occur during the exchange of information between the authorities involved

New bill: stronger position of the examining magistrate

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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Netherlands
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December 17 2009

A new bill entitled "Strengthening the position of the examining magistrate" (Wet versterking positie rechter-commissaris) has recently been submitted to the Dutch Parliament by the Dutch Minister of Justice

Wiretap statistics

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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Netherlands
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December 17 2009

In September 2009, the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament (Tweede Kamer; the "Second Chamber") referred questions to the Dutch Minister of Justice (the "Minister") regarding the information he provided on wiretapping statistics for the second half of 2007

A new financial penalty regime for companies and management

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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Netherlands
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July 3 2009

On 23 June 2009, the "fourth tranche" of the General Administrative Law Act (Algemene wet bestuursrecht) was adopted by the Dutch Parliament

Guideline on Investigation and Prosecution of Bankruptcy Fraud

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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Netherlands
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July 3 2009

On 1 March 2009, the Guideline on Investigation and Prosecution of Bankruptcy Fraud (Aanwijzing opsporing en vervolging faillissementsfraude; the "Guideline") entered into force

Safeguarding attorney-client privilege: tapping conversations between clients and their lawyers

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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Netherlands
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July 3 2009

In September 2008, at the annual convention of the Netherlands Bar Association (Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten), the chairman of the Board of Procurators General discussed the relationship between the Public Prosecution Service and the Bar in relation to the tapping of telephone conversations between lawyers and their clients

Guideline on the confiscation of proceeds from crime

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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Netherlands
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July 3 2009

On 1 March 2009, the new Dutch Guideline on the Confiscation of Proceeds from Crime (the "Guideline") entered into force, replacing the former 2005 Guideline