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The additional budget for the International Forensic Institute (RBFO) for this year has already been exhausted after four months. As a result, the police and the Public Prosecution Service will have to be more selective in what they have investigated by the RBFO.
This was reported by the Minister of Justice and Security in a letter to the House of Representatives. The RBFO has a fixed budget per year. In addition, an extra 3 million euros are provided for the RBFO to commission external experts to conduct investigations. The advantage of this is that the police and the Public Prosecution Service do not have to search for other forensic experts themselves but can assign the RBFO to do the work.
Last year, the so-called 'one-stop-shop' fund of 3 million euros became available for the first time. It was not fully utilized at that time, but this year it has been depleted in a short time.
Insufficient Capacity
According to the minister, there is an increasing need for forensic research. Often, questions from criminal investigations are also more complex and expensive. Last autumn, it became clear that the RBFO has insufficient capacity to examine blood samples from drivers caught using drugs. The number of samples exceeds expectations.
DNA Kinship Investigation
DNA kinship investigation has been allowed since April 2012. In that year, the first investigation took place immediately in the search for the rapist and murderer of the 16-year-old Frisian girl Marianne Vaatstra. Since then, various successes have been achieved.