In the 1990s, Belgium was shaken by one of the most disturbing criminal cases in European history — the crimes of Marc Dutroux. Dutroux abducted, imprisoned, and abused multiple young girls, keeping some of them hidden in soundproof cells beneath his home. Several victims died while in captivity, crimes that continued for years despite Dutroux already being known to police and previously convicted of similar offenses. His ability to offend while under supervision exposed catastrophic failures wi