Netherlands: Gays try to exploit minors, get extorted by Moroccans The minors who extorted money from gays in the area of Bergen op Zoom in the Netherlands, apparently did so to dozens of victims. Five victims lodged complaints by the police, but according to the local branch of the gay interest organization COC, many of the victims don’t dare go to the police
Netherlands: ‘Moroccan-municipalities’ not committing to goals 14 of the 22 ‘Moroccan-municipalities’ don’t want to commit to clear goals on reducing the crime rate, dropout-rate and unemployment of Moroccan-Dutch youth. Outgoing minister Van Middelkoop (Integration) will now settle for the promise that the municipalities will ‘ensure a downwards trend in the over-representation of Moroccan-Dutch youth in school dropout, unemployment and crime [rates] within two and a half years.’ This article was prepared by the Islam in Europe blog – islamineurope.blogspot.com The state and the 22 municipalities – with many Moroccan-Dutch youth at risk – signed a declaration of intent in June 2009 to work together to deal with the problems.
UK: Attacks on Muslim girls These are the shocking injuries inflicted upon schoolgirl Sureyya Ozkaya during a brutal daylight assault near her Thornton Heath home. The 14-year-old’s hair was set on fire and her hands and feet were cut with glass during the attack in Grangewood Park, before her attackers smashed her head against a tree and left her bleeding in a bush.
Netherlands/Belgium: The link between crime and ethnicity In the Netherlands, half the Moroccan youth get in trouble with the police by the time they’re 22. A third of this group are repeat offenders with more than 5 incidents on their record, according to a new study published in the recent issue of the Tijdschrift voor Criminologie (Journal of Criminology).
Brussels: Killed the first Moroccan he saw The Brussels prosecutors asked the correctional court to intern (in a mental hospital) Allan D., in his thirties. the man stabbed a Moroccan stranger at the Brussels Zuid station on January 2, 2010.
Kosovo: Man seized, linked to North Carolina terror plot A Kosovar man was arrested overseas and faces charges of participation in a terror plot involving several suspects from North Carolina , federal authorities said Thursday. Bajram Asllani, 29, a resident of Mitrovica, Kosovo, is charged with providing material support to terrorists and conspiring to murder, kidnap, maim and injure people abroad, the Department of Justice said in a statement
Italy: Court rejects stiffer sentences for immigrants Italy’s constitutional court has rejected controversial legislation imposing stiffer penalties on illegal immigrants who commit crimes in Italy. A majority of court judges late on Thursday ruled it is unconstitutional to hand down prison sentences and fines three times more severe for illegal immigrants found guilty of crimes
Odense: Somalis vs. Arabs At least one shot was fired during a fight between a group of Somalis and Arabs in Vollsmose in Odense, Denmark
UK: Third of Muslim prisoners convert in jail Prisoners are converting to Islam to win benefits and gain the protection of powerful Muslim gangs inside jails, the Chief Inspector of Prisons has warned. Up to a third of Muslim prisoners adopted the religion while serving their sentence, a new report by inspectors has found.
Switzerland: Migration boss slams move to expel foreigners A rightwing-backed move to deport foreign criminals more readily has come under fire from the head of the Federal Migration Office who says it’s “disproportionate”. Director Alard du Bois-Reymond said in an interview published on Saturday that committing even relatively trivial crimes would be reason enough to expel up to four times as many foreigners as today