Border control fails

- The police have far too few opportunities to address human trafficking. Criminals who drive large numbers of strangers to the Netherlands, can not be well controlled because regulation gets in the way. On that draw police unions ANPV and NPB the bell.

With current high influx of asylum seekers cops have their hands full tracking down the traffickers. To tackle these, controlling more and more agents in the border region. But often they should not look in trunks and armored vans. This is only allowed if there is a suspicion. Thats according to the cops difficult hard, making doors remain closed or much bureaucracy is needed.

'That it is difficult to look in trunks and vans, has been for years,' says Hans Schoones, vice president of the ANPV. But according to him, impedes these regulations are currently all the research, especially now with so many traffickers come.

Albert Springer, director of the NPB, noted that the rules have been rendered more stringent by lawsuits that have been made. Evidence does not last more if the suspicion is not well substantiated in court. 'In the past it was sometimes said 'I think I smell something strange, I want to look back.' There you do not come away with it. '

Report by SP MP Kooiman himself agents who get frustrated about. They map the case to Minister Van der Steur (Security and Justice). She wants the minister quickly examine how the cops could be given the right to be able to look back.