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Ed van Zalen appointed acting Vice-Chairman of OPCW Technical Working Group on forensics
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has asked Dr Ed van Zalen to take on the role of acting ...
NFI’s Zeno Geradts unanimously voted President-elect of the AAFS
During the last conference of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) – from February 19 to 24, 2018 in Seattle - ...
Netherlands’ largest ever familial DNA investigation
On Saturday 24 February a large-scale DNA investigation will be launched in an attempt to determine what happened to 11-year-old ...
DNA match in Milica van Doorn cold case
On Saturday 9 December North Holland Police arrested a 47 year-old man from Zaandam in connection with the rape and violent death ...
Peter van den Elzen appointed acting General Manager of NFI
Peter van den Elzen (b. 1952) has taken up his duties as acting General Manager of the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI). ...
The NFI delivers software to calculate evidential value
Together with European forensic institutes and universities, the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI) has developed software that ...
Breakthrough in cold cases involving prostitute murders
For the third time in the more than 30 cases where the DNA database was searched using the familial searching technique, a ...
CEO steps down to provide scope for the NFI
Reinout Woittiez has decided to step down as Chief Executive Officer of the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI).
Oldest DNA match in criminal case
In the DNA database for criminal cases, the oldest DNA match ever was found at the end of 2016. It concerns a match between a DNA ...
Dutch police and NFI can make grab marks on clothes visible
The Dutch police and the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI) are working together to make grab marks on clothes visible. The ...