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In recent weeks, criminal investigations were conducted by the National Criminal Investigation Department into the actions of a number of police officers surrounding the earlier arrest of several suspects.

During the recent New Year's Eve on Saba, an incident took place at a local hospitality establishment in which a KPCN police officer drew his service firearm.

On February 16, 2023 the Court of the First Instance in Bonaire, convicted two men of attempted manslaughter and open violence.

On February 8, 2023, Bonaire's Court of First Instance sentenced a Saba resident to seven (7) years in prison for attempted homicide

On Monday, September 5 and Thursday September 8, 2022, there will be a prosecutor of the Public Prosecutor's Office BES on St. Eustatius.

Mr. W.E. (Walter) Kupers has been named as the new Chief Prosecutor for Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba.

BONAIRE - On February 7, a customs official was arrested on suspicion of official corruption.

KRALENDIJK - On Tuesday, May 17, 2022, the Attorney General (PG) of Curaçao, Sint Maarten and Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Mr. Ton Maan, in the presence of colleagues and chain partners, opened the renovated building of the BES Public Prosecutor's Office at Bulevar Julio A. Abraham 2.

Customs BES (Customs), the Royal Marechaussee BES (KMar), the Caribbean Netherlands Police Force (KPCN), the Governors of the Public Entities and the Public Prosecutor's Office BES (OM) have formulated a new policy on how to act when it comes to the import and transport of airsoft/paintball weapons, airguns, crossbows and catapults.

The customs official arrested on the 7th of February was released on Wednesday the 16th of February by order of the BES Public Prosecutor's Office

Under the direction of the Public Prosecutor’s Office BES, the FIOD, the investigative body of the Tax Authority, also for the Dutch Caribbean, is carrying out criminal investigations on Bonaire on account of non-compliance with the BES tax legislation by a number of companies.

BONAIRE - Under the direction of the Public Prosecutor's Office BES, the National Criminal Investigation Department (Rijksrecherche) has for some time been conducting a criminal investigation into official corruption by a customs official of the Tax and Customs Administration of the Caribbean Netherlands.

SINT EUSTATIUS - Yesterday, Tuesday, October 5, 2021 a chief police officer was convicted by the Joint Court of Justice on St. Eustatius for human smuggling and forgery.

The providing more conscientious care for victims, especially those of sexual offences, was the focus of a seminar organized by the Office of the Attorney General

Under the supervision of the BES Public Prosecutor's Office, the Rijksrecherche has, for some time, been conducting a criminal investigation concerning fraud on Saba.

On Tuesday, April 20, the new Attorney General of the Public Prosecutor's Office of Curaçao, St. Maarten and Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba was sworn in.