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  1. New milestone for comparisons with DNA database: “This is going to lead to breakthroughs”

    The Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI) is able to do more and more with minimal and complex trace evidence, and the ...

    News item | 01-07-2024 | 12:00

  2. Harm van Beek appointed Endowed Professor of Digital Forensics

    The Executive Board of the Open Universiteit has appointed Harm van Beek as Professor of Digital Forensics in the Faculty of ...

    News item | 19-06-2024 | 15:29

  3. NFI annual report: opportunities for digital transformation but also challenges in finances, personnel and accessibility of forensic data

    As a national knowledge institute with an executive role, the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI) contributes to a safe and just ...

    News item | 29-05-2024 | 13:00

  4. AI model trained to recognise fireworks more quickly after explosion

    Incidents involving heavy-duty fireworks occur daily. The fireworks are used in attacks on homes, out of a desire for destruction ...

    News item | 17-05-2024 | 00:00

  5. NFI and NRGD combine exams

    In order to be admitted as forensic experts, specialists in the field of DNA and Forensic Pathology now only have to sit one ...

    News item | 30-04-2024 | 12:00

  6. New discipline can reveal the identity of writers in the texts they write

    A victim found with a noose around his neck: he appears to have hanged himself. He was an accountant and had just transferred ...

    News item | 26-04-2024 | 12:00

  7. Visitors to Rijksmuseum Boerhaave solve murder case with the help of NFI experts

    A knife, a victim’s body and a lot of bloodstains. What happened in the conference hall at Rijksmuseum Boerhaave in Leiden? In ...

    News item | 08-04-2024 | 12:00

  8. Digital forensic platform Hansken wins European Public Sector Award

    A milestone for Hansken in Maastricht today: the digital forensic platform won first prize in the ‘Digital Transformation’ ...

    News item | 21-03-2024 | 15:30

  9. NFI anniversary year

    The Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI) is celebrating its 25th anniversary. In 1999, the Forensic Laboratory and the Laboratory ...

    News item | 06-03-2024 | 12:00

  10. Worldwide standard for forensic analysis laboratories

    The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is issuing an international standard for forensic science. The fifteen ...

    News item | 26-02-2024 | 12:00