A specialist Dutch police unit has arrested 41 convicted criminals over the past two months who had been evading outstanding prison sentences totalling 38 years. The team, known as EVA (Executie Vonnissen Afgestraft), is operated by The Hague police and focuses specifically on tracking down offenders who have fled their sentences for crimes ranging from sexual offences and fraud to violence and drug violations. Among those detained were a 46-year-old woman who had been avoiding a six-year sentence for money laundering, and two men who will be extradited to Poland to serve sentences for assault and traffic-related offences respectively.