• Your freight arrives and drugs are found in the cargo.
  • Don’t let anyone near the truck or container and create a safe environment until the police arrive.
  • Call 911 and explain the situation.
  • If you report via 112, be sure to include the location and nature of the incident.
  • Properly record the cargo information and turn it over to the police.
  • When police arrive at the scene, the investigation begins. This will include questioning the employees directly involved.
  • Then contact Approach Weerbare Sierteeltsector to see how you can make the organization more resilient to criminal interference.
  • In your spare time or while working, someone comes to you and offers you money for “a job.
  • Never go into this; once you have said “yes,” it is difficult to say “no” afterward.
  • Cut off contact as soon as possible, say you are not interested and continue on your way.
  • Report the incident to your supervisor and to the police.
    When doing so, try to describe as best you can the profile of the person who approached you.
  • Note that recognizable clothing from your company can make you and your employees vulnerable. Do not wear work clothes after working hours.
  • Be alert if someone wants to help you financially because you are in debt or in divorce, for example.
  • Money is never free and always requires a quid pro quo. Criminals often know which individuals are not in good financial shape.
  • If you take money, it may turn out later that someone wants to use your services. Consider giving drivers a duty roster, opening the gate, looking away while loading cargo or lending them a company pass.
  • Since you’ve already tackled money, it’s hard to go back.
    Once you’ve said ‘yes,’ it’s hard to say ‘no’ after that
  • Cut off contact as soon as possible, indicate that you are not interested and continue on your way.
  • Report the incident to your supervisor and to the police.
    When doing so, try to describe as best you can the profile of the person who approached you.
  • If you have already participated once and “you want to get out,” also contact Police and ask how to handle this.

Note that recognizable clothing from your company can make you and your employees vulnerable. Do not wear your work clothes after work hours.

  • It is possible that the container was opened during transport to insert or remove prohibited substances.
  • Capture the situation by taking pictures
  • Record where the container is coming from and going to; who is the sender and receiver (waybill).
  • Check the container together with a colleague (four-eye principle) and call the police if you find prohibited substances. In case of suspicion or a suspicious situation, do not wait but call 911 immediately. Better once too much than too little.
  • As a business owner: then contact the Approach to Resilient Floriculture to see how you can make the organization more resilient to criminal interference.
  • Upon arrival of transport, there appears to be one or more stowaway(s) traveling with them.
  • Catch these people in a separate room.
  • Call 911 and have the police come to the scene. They will contact IND and COA, depending on the situation, regarding the reception of the people and the further handling of the situation.
  • Properly record the truck’s traveled route for evaluation and further investigation.
  • Then contact the Approach to Resilient Floriculture to see how you can make the organization more resilient to criminal interference.
  • An employee comes to you and tells you that he is being extorted by someone in his area to perform illegal acts.
  • Have a conversation with the employee and explain the different options:
    • The best option is to report it to police. Explain how this works if it is not clear and, if necessary, guide the employee through the steps that need to be taken. Police can provide various forms of protection.
    • If the employee does not want to file an official report, it is still a good idea to involve the police in the situation. They can best advise what to do and what next steps to take.
    • The employee may also make a report to an internal confidential advisor. This is not the same as reporting. A confidant cannot do anything about the situation, but can give tips and advice to the employee.
  • Establish contact with police to determine together how the employee can have the safest possible working and living environment.
  • Then contact the Approach to Resilient Floriculture to see how you can make the organization more resilient to criminal interference.
  • You have an important position within the company and you receive threatening emails, phone calls, or emails asking you to share sensitive company information.
  • This contact often starts out friendly, but can quickly turn if the need is not met.
  • Contact the police and in the event of an acute threat call 911 and explain the situation. The threatening situation must stop immediately for your own safety and that of your family and friends.
  • Try to figure out why they might have chosen you? Are you recognizable through your business attire or do you share a lot about your work via social media? Take steps to reduce that vulnerability; click here to see what steps you can take as a company.
  • Then contact the Approach to Resilient Floriculture to see how you can make the organization more resilient to criminal interference.
  • If this is the situation, there may be an exploitative situation. This must stop immediately.
  • Check if the employee is hired through a temp agency.
  • Report the situation to the NLA, the Dutch labor inspectorate; https://www.nlarbeidsinspectie.nl/melden.
  • The NLA can take up the cause and involve the appropriate parties. Reporting to the NLA is not done anonymously; they will contact you for more information.
  • If the employee is hired directly, try to find out to whom he/she issued his/her passport.
  • Contact police at 0900-88 44 and make a report about the situation. They will refer you to the appropriate team. If you want to report anonymously; call the number of Report Crime Anonymous: 0800-7000.

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  • Report Crime Anonymous 0800 7000
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