The Netherlands Forensic Institute (Dutch ''Nederlands Forensisch Instituut'') is the national

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institute of the

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, located in the

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quarter of

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. It is a agency of the Dutch

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and falls under the Directorate-General for the Administration of Justice and Law Enforcement.

History

On 30 July 1945, the government decided to set up a Justice Laboratory. Three years later, on 4 November 1948, the laboratory became a department of the

Ministry of Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...

. A similar institution was founded in 1951: ''Gerechtelijk Geneeskundig Laboratorium'' (Judicial Medical Laboratory), which was later renamed ''Laboratorium voor Gerechtelijke Pathologie'' Laboratory for Judicial Pathology which were located at the building in The Hague which was later used by Europol.

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Dr. Jan Zeldenrust was the first director of this laboratory. On 1 November 1999, the two laboratories merged into the ''Nederlands Forensisch Instituut'' (Netherlands Forensic Institute). The laboratory was based in

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until October 2004, when it moved to the

quarter of

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Netherlands Forensic Institute
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