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One police officer was killed and two others were injured during a house arrest in the Walloon city of Charleroi on Monday morning, reports RTBF.

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A major police operation that involved 2,700 officers across the world resulted in 132 arrests in connection with the ‘Ndranghetamafia mafia - including more than a dozen in Belgium.

Illustration picture shows Brussels South Airport, in Charleroi, Tuesday 24 March 2020. ( BELGA PHOTO VIRGINIE LEFOUR)
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Investigators are carrying out a full-scale reconstruction of the events on the night of 24 February 2018 at Charleroi airport in an attempt to fully understand what happened to Josef Chovanec and

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The Court of Audit has issued a rather scathing review of Brussels Mobility, the agency that manages transport policy and infrastructure in the capital-region.

Federal Administrative Police director-general Andre Desenfants pictured during a session of the Commission for Interior Affairs of the federal parliament in Brussels, Wednesday 23 September 2020, regarding the Chovanec case. ( BELGA PHOTO LAURIE DIEFFEMBACQ)
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The Belgian interior and justice ministers have decided to punish André Desenfants, the second highest ranking officer in the federal police, in the ongoing investigation into the death of Slovak

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There are no reliable figures regarding brutality, racism and discrimination by the police in Belgium, nor are police forces transparent when it comes to these issues.

General commissioner of the Federal Police Marc De Mesmaeker pictured during a session of the joint justice and interior affairs commissions of the federal parliament in Brussels, Tuesday 01 September 2020, regarding the Chovanec case. ( BELGA PHOTO BENOIT DOPPAGNE)
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The family of Jozef Chovanec, the Slovak passenger who died in February 2018 after being detained in a police cell at Charleroi airport, said on Wednesday that they were stunned by the statements

Illustration picture shows a police van in front of the Charleroi Airport (BELGA PHOTO OLIVIER PAPEGNIES)
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The P Committee, the external monitoring body for the police, has released its first conclusions in the case pertaining to the arrest and subsequent death of the Slovak national Jozef Chovanec in

The victim's family - from left to right - the father Mohammed, the brother Ayoub and the mother Fatima pictured at a press conference of the parents of Mehdi Bouda, a 17-year-old boy who died after he was ran over by a police car in August 2019 in the city centre of Brussels, Thursday 08 October 2020. (BELGA PHOTO LAURIE DIEFFEMBACQ)
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The family of 17-year-old Mehdi Bouda, who died after he was hit by a police car in central Brussels in August 2019, have announced that they intend to keep fighting their case after the Brussels

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