7 March 2005

AMSTERDAM — Police officers in the southern Dutch town of Brunssum leaped into action at the weekend to prevent what must be one of the most terrifying crimes women face today: being bundled into a van by strangers and driven away.

When a passer-by saw a bare-footed woman being held by a man in the Limburg town, the police responded imediately. According to the report the woman's hands were tied behind her back and her "abductor" had his hand over her mouth. Two other men were standing around, apparently waiting at a nearby van.

A team of 20 officers took up the pursuit and tracked the van to the city of Heerlen. The three male occupants, aged 36, 39 and 58 and all from Heerlen, were arrested.

But based on testimony from the men and their "victim", the police established no crime had taken place. The "kidnapping", RTL Nieuws reported on Sunday, was a sexual role-playing fantasy, in which the woman was a voluntary participant.
 
[Copyright Expatica News 2005]

Subject: Dutch news