Crime dynamics Crime in Belgium

1 crime dynamics

1.1 crime , racial tension
1.2 terrorism , crime
1.3 crime , politics

crime dynamics
crime , racial tension

a study based on data 1999 concluded minors of non-european nationality overrepresented in crime statistics. while 4.4% of belgian population has non-european nationality, 19% of prosecuted cases, , 24% of cases presented in youth court involved non-european nationals.

belgium suffers foreign criminals targeting on account of fact perceived soft touch due relatively low crime rate. according british criminal colin blaney in autobiography undesirables, english organized jewelry theft group known wide awake firm has operated in belgium , became involved in violent incidents outlaw biker gangs.

terrorism , crime

besides general safety issues in boroughs, brussels reportedly serves hub terrorists, reported various sources such interpol, , local newspapers such het nieuwsblad. in same boroughs pose safety problems (e.g. sint-jans-molenbeek, schaarbeek, ...) there radicalisation. remains limited in scale, occurrence of belgian nationals directly linked international terrorism hovering around 0.1-1 per million inhabitants last decade.

the 2 tunisian nationals assassinated commander massoud in afghanistan had fake belgian passports, , moroccan islamic combatant group (groupe islamique combattant marocain, or gicm) has links in belgium - there arrests in brussels , antwerp of individuals involved in madrid bombing. result, stringent measures taken against passport , other official documents forging.

belgium has seen hate crimes against visible minorities recently, including hans van themsche case, patrick mombaerts case or other acts of racist violence.

crime , politics

much reported in newspapers mayor moureaux of molenbeeks s failed attempts @ revitalizing brussels municipality. example withdrawal of bbdo in june 2011 town. in open letter addressed moureaux, ten employees of american advertising agency cited on 150 attacks on staff locals principal reason departure. result, serious questions raised governance, security, , administration of mayor moureaux.

this played in wider context of left-right wing political discord lining belgium s flemish-walloons language conflict. case became emblematic of perceived walloon socialist plotting let neighbourhoods degrade (by inviting immigrants , offering them social security) create socialist-voting poor constituents. walloon side thought showed how flemish media, controlled openly nationalist families, push right-wing , xenophobic agenda.