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Figure 3.7 Number of cases registered with the Public Prosecution Service (2005-2010)
Number
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Year
191
Number of cases/suspects
registered with the
Public Prosecution Service
During the period displayed, a total of 2595 cases were registered with the Public Prosecution Service.
The annual number of registered cases varies between 383 in 2007 and 501 in 2005. A marked increase
can be seen in the years 2009 and 2010 in relation to the three preceding years. 435 According to the Public
Prosecution Service, this recent increase is the result of a more intensive approach to tackling child
pornography that the Public Prosecution Service has been taking since 2009. 436
Cases registered in each district court public prosecutor’s office
Figure 3.8 displays the district court public prosecutor’s offices at which the cases were registered over
the total period from 2005 up to and including 2010. 437
Figure 3.8 Cases registered in each district court public prosecutor’s office (total 2005-2010)
32%
5%
5%
7%
7%
11%
7%
10%
8%
8%
The Hague Utrecht
Den Bosch Amsterdam
Roerdam Leeuwarden
Arnhem Zwolle
Breda Other district court public prosecutor’s oces (10)
435 These figures differ to a limited extent from the figures that were published in the Public Prosecution
Service 2010 Annual Report. The differences are probably the result of different reference dates and
possibly other marginal selection criteria. The figures in the Public Prosecution Service 2010 Annual
Report are not based solely on Article 240b, but are also based on classifications (verbal information
from the Public Prosecution Service, May 2011).
436 Public Prosecution Service, 2009.
437 Please refer to Appendix 4, Table B4.6 for the table containing the complete summary of this data
(including detailed information with regard to the other ten district court public prosecutor’s offices).