Dutch Police offered largest Newspaper deal to silence report on Immigrant Crime
May 1, 2017 17:00 2 minute read Benjamin de Wolf
Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf reported that the Dutch National Police tried to stop them from writing about the errors made during an investigation on immigrant crime statistics, bu offering them a deal. Using the WOB (freedom of information act) sources requested an investigation of the statistics, and the police so far have not been able to produce them. First, the police told the newspaper the information did not exist, but later on corrected themselves by stating the statistics would interfere with ongoing investigations.
Dutch Police offered largest Newspaper deal to silence report on Immigrant Crime
If De Telegraaf, which is the biggest newspaper in The Netherlands, would withhold the information, they would receive information on refugee pick-pockets from designated ‘safe countries’ and statistics on rejected asylum seekers who refuse to leave the country. The cherry on top would be an “exclusive interview” with Chief of Police Erik Akerboom on these topics.