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Every week, a European courtroom. You've never heard these stories. Courtside Europe tells the true crime stories behind Europe's most dramatic court cases — in English. From the first ISIS returnee to attack European soil, to trafficking victims prosecuted by the state that was supposed to protect them. These are the cases that shaped a continent. Two hosts. One case. The full story from crime to verdict. New episodes every Friday.

Episodes

  1. Apr 14

    The Road to Chevaline

    A family was executed on a forest road in the French Alps. A four-year-old survived by hiding under her mothers body for eight hours. Thirteen years later, the case remains unsolved.

    5 min

  2. Apr 14

    The Middlemen

    A family in Monaco ran a global bribery machine for blue-chip corporations. Rolls-Royce paid 671 million pounds to avoid prosecution. The executives who couldnt pay went to prison.

    4 min

  3. Apr 14

    The Christmas Raid

    On Christmas night 2017, Georgian special forces raided a house and shot a 19-year-old in his bed. The European Court found the state violated his right to life — not by killing him, but by making sure the truth could never be found.

    4 min

  4. Apr 14

    The Liquidator

    The largest trial in Dutch history. A drug lord who ordered murders from prison. A journalist assassinated on an Amsterdam street. And a life sentence delivered in a bunker.

    5 min

  5. Apr 14

    Eighty-Two Seconds

    At quarter to four on a Saturday afternoon in Brussels, a man walked into the Jewish Museum of Belgium carrying two bags. Eighty-two seconds later, four people were dead. The man was Mehdi Nemmouche — the first European citizen to travel to Syria, join ISIS, and return home to kill. Before the museum, he had been a torturer of Western hostages. The journalists he tortured would later testify against him in court.

    7 min
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Every week, a European courtroom. You've never heard these stories. Courtside Europe tells the true crime stories behind Europe's most dramatic court cases — in English. From the first ISIS returnee to attack European soil, to trafficking victims prosecuted by the state that was supposed to protect them. These are the cases that shaped a continent. Two hosts. One case. The full story from crime to verdict. New episodes every Friday.

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  • Creator
    Crimes From Europe
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    5
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Crimes From Europe
  • Show Website
    Courtside Europe