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- Ullens trial: prosecution advocate affirms premeditation is established
- Investigation launched into Verhofstadt in Belgium, OLAF also investigating
- Money laundering by compensation in Charleroi: 15 raids, two arrests
- Daussoulx farmer protest 2024: nearly €100,000 in damage, acquittals sought
- Corpse discovered in car boot in Menin, vehicle owner reported missing
- Drug network via Brussels dismantled, 21 arrests in Belgium and France
- Ullens trial in Nivelles: contradictory testimonies about victim Myriam Lechien
- Ullens trial: finance manager describes overstated fortune and permanent family tensions
- Death of Wassim (3 years old) in Habay: 84 injuries and signs of strangulation revealed at trial
- Tyméo case: dealer arrested in Charleroi for drug sales to Bryan Brigou
- 17-year-old arrested after killing mother and sister with axe in Denderleeuw
- Shooting in Marchienne-au-Pont: man wounded by gunfire, shooter at large
- Man found dead in Arlon railway station car park, several arrests made
- Man killed in knife attack in Antwerp during violent robbery; second man wounded
- Two stabbed at Giants' Procession in Borgerhout, one between life and death
- Theft of railway cables in Brussels: five convicted to four years' imprisonment
- Violent robbery at Spar in Beaumont: man with 17 previous convictions tried
- Machete brawl and fort Chabrol in Glimes: suspended six-month sentence for a Walloon man from Brabant
- Fraudulent crowdfunding for Grégory Lenoci: nearly €100,000 raised via a phantom non-profit association
- Violent ex-husband in Charleroi: one year in prison sought for assault, harassment and threats
- Limburg ranks second: 10 arrests after drugs operation, prosecutor calls for larger police zones
- Influencer Medart risks punishment after showing identifiable attackers on TikTok, says lawyer
- Man escaped from Zelzate psychiatric centre sought, danger to others
- 61-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of murdering partner in house fire in Roeselare
- Assize trial in Waardamme child murder: Chris V. explains motive behind deaths of Maud and Ona
- Cocaine seizures at Antwerp port fall to historic lows in 2024: 44 tonnes intercepted
- Ullens trial in Nivelles: Baroness's family refutes portrait drawn by defence
- Operation Atlas Nexus: 157 tonnes of drugs seized, 490 coordinated arrests led from Liège
- Tens of thousands of euros embezzled at FGTB Métal Liège-Luxembourg, audit expanded
- Possible early release of Bakkali, 13-November logistics coordinator: Darmanin alerts Verlinden
- Murder trial in Arlon: Mohammed Taoussi tried for the death of his son Wassim, 3 years old
- Assize trial: Nicolas Ullens tried for murder of baroness in Lasne
- Romanian suspect (28) arrested after pursuit at 218 km/h and crash on E34 near Vosselaar
- High-speed chase in Flémalle: driver under influence of alcohol and drugs referred to Liège prosecutor
- Ullens trial in Nivelles: Nicolas judged for the murder of his stepmother in Lasne
- Brussels opens its 19th anti-drug hotspot on Rue Gray in Ixelles
- Cyberattack strikes Belgian table tennis federation: 66,852 members affected
- Ten years in prison sought in Liège for rape and sexual abuse of his daughter
- Family assaulted in Mons after birthday celebration: four defendants before the court
- Alcohol and cocaine evening in Huy: theft and knife threats before correctional court
- Bakkali heading towards conditional release in Belgium: November 13 victims express outrage
- Recordings of Lenoci from prison: insults and threats towards his partner
- 13 November attacks: Mohamed Bakkali could be released early in Belgium
- Possible release of Bakkali, logistics operative in 13 November attacks: victims' anger
- Drug trafficking trial in Matonge: 46 defendants, €6.2 million claimed
- Matonge trial in Brussels: 46 defendants charged with drug trafficking at Ixelles gallery
- Murder at Peterbos park: Wail Sarouyenne Fallaoui found guilty in Brussels
- Radicalised Breivik fan (22) from Opwijk absent again at appeal hearing
- Officer slaps handcuffed woman in Nivelles: judicial and internal investigation opened
- Cocaine and cannabis trafficking in Liège: up to six years' imprisonment for two defendants
- Police officer slaps handcuffed woman in Nivelles: mayor demands explanations
- Officer slaps handcuffed woman in Nivelles: internal investigation opened
- Knife attack in the Carré district in Liège: 45-year-old man arrested for attempted murder
- Man beaten in Florennes on suspicion of paedophilia; three assailants arrested
- Fake horse passports used in Europe-wide trafficking ring, two arrested
- Attempted theft from Bpost ATM in Dinant after excessive alcohol consumption: judgment on 8 October
- Hannut: convicted of violence against his ex-sister-in-law, he contests and demands acquittal
- Fatal stabbing in Willebroek: 34-year-old held for murder of David (30)
- Search notice issued for Smail Ouennas, dangerous psychiatric escapee near Lille
- International horse fraud: three Belgian suspects arrested, over 1,000 horses checked