Fred Westerbeke

Deputy Commissioner for International Affairs F.K.G. (Fred) Westerbeke oversees all international and European strategies and engagement of the Netherlands Police. He is a member of the Dutch National Police Leadership since 2025. Westerbeke is a highly experienced law enforcement professional who has been active within the Dutch Public Prosecution Service and Netherlands Police in various management positions and on a wide range of topics. Between 2020 and 2025, he was the Chief Constable of the Rotterdam Police, the city and world port where he started his career as a police officer in 1984. Until 2020, Westerbeke served as Chief Public Prosecutor of the National Public Prosecution Service for nearly six years, during which he was responsible for international investigations on terrorism and organized crime. As Chief Public Prosecutor, Westerbeke coordinated the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) that was established in August 2014 to investigate the downing of flight MH17. The JIT compr