{"id":5926,"date":"2019-02-06T10:00:16","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T10:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=5926"},"modified":"2019-02-01T13:28:36","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T13:28:36","slug":"holleeder-family-the-dutch-godfather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/holleeder-family-the-dutch-godfather\/","title":{"rendered":"Holleeder Family- The Dutch Godfather?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just finished reading the book “Judas” about a notorious\u00a0Dutch criminal and it left me speechless! It covered the infamous Heineken\u00a0ontvoering<\/em> or kidnapping, the “underworld” of criminals in the Netherlands, and one family’s life in the middle of it all.<\/p>\n

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Personal Photograph<\/p><\/div>\n

Who are the Holleeders?<\/h3>\n

The Holleder family is known first and foremost by the oldest brother, Wim Holleeder. His name became very popular in 1983 when Wim together with his friend and brother-in-law Cor van Hout, kidnapped Freddy Heineken, CEO of the brewery, and his driver. Freddy and the driver, Ab Doderer, were held for three weeks in a hidden location in Amsterdam until the\u00a0losgeld<\/em> or ransom of 35 million Guilders (almost \u20ac16 million) was paid.\u00a0 Wim and Cor escaped to France where they were later arrested and imprisoned before being extradited to the Netherlands. Two other people involved were also arrested and served their sentence. There are both a Dutch and an American film of the kidnapping based on the book written by famous Dutch journalist Peter R. de Vries (the same journalist helping the family of Nicky Verstappen<\/a>).<\/p>\n