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class="ab cb"><div class="ci bh fz ga gb gc"><p id="ac04" class="pw-post-body-paragraph oa ob hd oc b hx od oe of ia og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo op oq or os ot ou ov gw bk">Recently, there was news of a burglary in an Indian’s house, here in the Netherlands.</p><p id="dbbd" class="pw-post-body-paragraph oa ob hd oc b hx od oe of ia og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo op oq or os ot ou ov gw bk">The family was out one evening attending a Diwali event, held by the Indian communities here. After the event, they returned to a ransacked house, all their jewelry and valuables gone, worth a few thousand Euros.</p><p id="5cf1" class="pw-post-body-paragraph oa ob hd oc b hx od oe of ia og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo op oq or os ot ou ov gw bk">The thieves must have been watching them closely because the family hadn’t left their house for quite some time other than for groceries or a quick errand.</p><p id="79b5" class="pw-post-body-paragraph oa ob hd oc b hx od oe of ia og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo op oq or os ot ou ov gw bk">In recent times, <a class="af nz" href="https://nltimes.nl/2024/03/01/people-feel-unsafe-netherlands" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">crimes in the Netherlands</a> have increased greatly, especially burglaries, and burglars are targeting Indian households because we are known to keep gold in the house. Our 24-carat or 22-carat gold is more valuable than the 10–12-carat gold (the highest I have seen here is 18-carat) usually found here.</p><p id="289a" class="pw-post-body-paragraph oa ob hd oc b hx od oe of ia og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo op oq or os ot ou ov gw bk">And no matter where you hide the gold, the thieves can find that out because they come with metal detectors. So, of course, we are an easy target. The consensus of the Indians here who have been robbed is that the police don’t help much.</p><p id="f4e4" class="pw-post-body-paragraph oa ob hd oc b hx od oe of ia og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo op oq or os ot ou ov gw bk">Naturally, many people asked why they didn’t have an alarm system. 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