10 March – Belgium bannedTikTok from all federal government work devices over cybersecurity, privacy, and misinformation concerns.[3]
5 May – Belgian authorities arrest an IraqiAl-Qaeda member and charge him with murder, terrorism, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, for his role in the deaths of at least 376 people and the wounding of over 2,300 others more than a decade ago in Iraq.[4]
18 December — Largest criminal trial in Belgian history begins in Brussels, with 125 defendants accused of drug trafficking, arms trafficking, kidnapping, extortion, forgery, and money laundering.[11][12]