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Netherlands: new crime laws

01 March 1992

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Banks and other Dutch financial institutions will become obliged to report "unusual financial transactions" above dfl. 25,000 to the Ministry of Justice. This has been laid down in a bill which also gives several examples of such transactions: depositing large sums of money in small denominations or foreign currency, presenting the money uncounted or in a shoe- box or suitcase, and the repeated depositing of money in a bank where one has no account. The reporting obligation is considered an essential element of the battle against the drugs trade and other serious crimes. Customers are expected to identify themselves for all transactions exceeding dfl. 25,000. Ten extra officers of the CRI will be assigned to monitor these transactions. This Dutch bill is more rigid than the EC-guidelines: where the EC asks for voluntary cooperation of banks the Dutch government makes the reporting mandatory. Also the EC only proposes to monitor transactions over 15,000 ECU, which is approx. dfl. 35,000.

Bill proposed on group criminality

The Dutch Ministry of Justice wants to penalize the presence of individuals at public order disturbances, such as squatting actions and riots. It will become an offense to "be consciously present near a public order disturbance by not leaving the area and being on the site on purpose." The bill is inspired by the virtual demolition of a train by a group of soccer hooligans and the acquittal on appeal of squatters who inflicted heavy damage during an eviction in Groningen in 1990.

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