BRUSSELS — Earlier this month, four handcuffed defendants in an armed robbery and kidnapping case were led into a courtroom in the immense neo-Baroque courthouse — the Palace of Justice — here in the Belgian capital.

Australia humiliated India in the one-off Twenty20 international, bowling out the tourists for 74 in Melbourne before winning by nine wickets. The ICC World Twenty20 champions gave an unedifying display of batting on a sluggish wicket and looked set to...