Bomb jokers should be made to pay

People who make jokes about having bombs should have to pay the entire cost of the ensuing security operation, says Dutch anti-terrorism coordinator Tjibbe Joustra in today’s AD. The fines currently handed out do not reflect the cost of, for example, evacuating an entire airport pier, Joustra said.

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