A 17-year-old boy was seriously assaulted on a train between Arnhem and Ede last summer. After police published clear images of three suspected perpetrators, one suspect turned himself in and police said they had received enough information about the other two. The approach resembled the Game Over?! campaign, in which recognizable images of suspects in chat-trick cases were published; according to the latest figures, 74 of 100 suspects had been identified in that campaign.

Criminal-law professor Sven Brinkhoff and Lotte Houweling of privacy organization Bits of Freedom warned that publishing such images could violate suspects’ privacy, trigger vigilante action and cause lasting harm if someone was wrongly identified. They referred to the 2013 Eindhoven head-kicking case, when an online manhunt led to threats and harassment, including against an innocent namesake. On July 2, 2026, the Dutch House of Representatives adopted a PVV motion to expand the Game Over?! campaign, with 143 MPs supporting it.