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According to the World Bank, The Netherlands are the 23rd country in the world with the lowest organized crime:

https://tcdata360.worldbank.org/indicators/h3031de56?indicat...

They are tied with Switzerland with the 27th lowest homicide rate in the world:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intention...

Fair enough, but that's also a function of the fact that NL is a huge transshipment point and the gangs here try very hard to lay low to avoid attracting attention to their activities.

Meanwhile, a dutch fruitcompany (https://www.bd.nl/bommelerwaard/fruithandel-de-groot-doelwit...) and its employees are attacked regularly because a load of drugs was caught in transit.

I'm afraid there is a tendency to underreport crime in Netherlands. Mainly because the police and legal system seem not to be very effective. So, the statistics can be misleading.

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