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Netherlands: Informers fund

01 September 1994

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The Ministry of Justice has a secret fund of dfl 1.5 million annually to buy information from criminals. A confidential circular issued earlier this year sets out that in principle, the justice department can spend up to dfl 100,000 for a valuable tip that solves a major narcotics case. In exceptional cases, amounts far above 100,000 guilders may be paid. Civil servants say the 1.5 million is an "open-ended" budget, and they estimate that last year "much more" was spent.

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