“The intricacies and sensitivity of the cooperation between the Dutch police, FSB and FBI are illustrated by the arrest of the most important Russian contact for the Dutch police. Sergei Mikhailov was arrested suddenly in December 2016 for 'high treason', according to Russian media.(
The first criminal the Dutch police and the Russians tried to track down, was the Russian hacker Evgeniy Bogachev/ It was not known until now that the Dutch police were on Bogachev's trail as early as 2009, because Russian criminal communication went via a Dutch internet provider.”(
“The cooperation with the FSB and FBI started in 2009 to apprehend cybercriminals. It is unique for Russians and Americans, who still meet in the Netherlands, to exchange information on this scale. Their relationship has been tense since the annexation of Crimea by Russia./