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		</div><h6><span style="color: #080000;"><strong>Dutch police take profiling to the next level</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #080000;"><strong>Officers confiscate expensive-looking clothes and watches from &#8216;people who do not look like they can afford them&#8217; in Dutch city of Rotterdam</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #080000;"><strong>The controversial measure profiles young people and target areas in the city</strong></span></h6>
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<h6><span style="color: #080000;"><strong>The controversial measure will see agents approach criminal suspects, in a bid to reduce crime allegedly by targeting gangs</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #080000;"><strong>Officers will ask young people with items &#8216;deemed out of their reach&#8217; to prove how they got their expensive merchandise</strong></span></h6>
<h6><strong><span style="color: #080000;">If they cannot, police can confiscate the items in according to the new policy</span></strong></h6>
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<h6 class="mol-para-with-font"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-288794" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Luxury-watches-2.jpg" alt="Luxury watches 2.jpg" width="800" height="450" /> <strong>We rarely take clothes from a suspect, more often we might take a Rolex which young people see as a status symbol,&#8217; &#8211; Rotterdam police chief</strong></h6>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Police in the Dutch city of Rotterdam will start confiscating clothes and jewelery from young gangsters.<br />
The trial scheme will see trained agents approach criminal suspects and ask them to prove how they got their expensive merchandise. If they cannot, police can confiscate the items.<br />
The idea is the brainchild of no-nonsense police chief Frank Paauw and specifically targets drug gangs in the west of the city.</p>
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<h6 class="imageCaption"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-288795" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Rotterdam-2.jpg" alt="Rotterdam 2.jpg" width="724" height="483" /><strong>Police in the Dutch city of Rotterdam [photo], will start confiscating clothes and jewelery from young gangsters, by implementing a policy of profiling<br />
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Chief Paauw told Dutch newspaper <a class="" href="https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/1495189/politie-pakt-dure-jas-en-horloge-af" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">De Telegraaf</a>: &#8216;Some young people now walk around with jackets costing 1,800 euros. They do not have any income, so the question is how they got them.<br />
&#8216;These young people have no income, sometimes even debts from a previous conviction, but also wear an outfit that exceeds 1,500 euros. It undermines the law and sends a false signal to locals. Taking away is therefore important&#8217;</p>
<h6><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-288803" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Youth-fashion-in-Rotterdam-3.png" alt="Youth fashion in Rotterdam 3.png" width="660" height="451" />Dutch fashion police will ask young people to provide proof of affordability if they feel items are beyond the scope of young people</strong></h6>
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<strong>We do the same with the &#8220;big players&#8221; who see their expensive automobiles confiscated on similar grounds after a verdict by a judge.&#8217;</strong></h6>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">He added: &#8216;We rarely take clothes from a suspect, more often we might take a Rolex which young people see as a status symbol.&#8217;<br />
A spokesperson for the city&#8217;s police department said: &#8216;The policy is targeted at a gang which is very, very well known by police officers and people that live there.<br />
&#8216;Should a member be arrested for a crime like drug dealing we want to see if we can confiscate an expensive watch, coat or whatever if we think it was bought with the profits of those crimes.<br />
&#8216;We do the same with the &#8220;big players&#8221; who see their Ferraris confiscated on similar grounds after a verdict by a judge.&#8217;</p>
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<h6 class="container-3zJLP vertical-2XJd5"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-288797" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Porsche-in-Rotterdam.jpg" alt="Porsche in Rotterdam.jpg" width="640" height="640" /><strong>Rotterdam police chief announced they will target youngsters making a s[lash in their city with expensive items</strong></h6>
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When is profiling a good thing? Rottterdam cops confiscate expensive-looking clothes and watches from people who do not look like they can afford them in controversial bid to reduce crime
