THE HAGUE - Extra investments that the Netherlands has made in recent years in law enforcement in Curaçao, Aruba, and Sint Maarten are partly canceled out because the countries themselves invest too little money. This is evident from a periodic report sent by the Dutch Minister of Justice and Security Yesilgöz-Zegerius to the House of Representatives. The minister speaks of an "imbalance" and "skewed growth".
With investments in the Criminal Investigation Cooperation Team (RST), the Public Prosecutions Department, the Joint Court of Justice, and border services such as the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee (KMar) and Coast Guard, the Netherlands has particularly wanted to give the fight against cross-border crime and subversion. The fact that the countries fail, The Hague has to watch passively, because – as Yesilgöz-Zegerius notes – they are autonomous.