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They were released when Heineken's family paid, against police advice, a ransom of 35 million Dutch guilders (~US$18 million) on 30 November of that year. The kidnappers— Cor van Hout , Willem Holleeder , Jan Boellaard [ nl ] , Frans Meijer [ nl ] , and Martin Erkamps [ nl ] —were all eventually caught [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and served prison terms.
During the abduction, Van Hout collaborated with Willem Holleeder, Frans Meijer, Martin Erkamps and Jan Boellaard. The five men abducted Freddy Heineken and his driver Ab Doderer in front of Heineken's office on 9 November 1983, after which they held the two men for a period of three weeks in a Quonset hut in Westpoort, a part of Amsterdam, demanding a 35 million guilders ransom for Heineken.
A film of the kidnapping, De Heineken Ontvoering, with Rutger Hauer playing Freddy Heineken, was released in October 2011. A second film, Kidnapping Mr. Heineken , based on De Vries' book about the kidnapping, was produced by Informant Media in 2013 based on the scenario written by William Brookfield.
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Willem Frederik Holleeder (born 29 May 1958) is a Dutch gangster, outlaw biker and convicted criminal. He is nicknamed De Neus (The Nose) because of the size of his nose.. In 1983, Holleeder was sentenced to eleven years' imprisonment for his involvement in the kidnapping of Heineken president Freddy Heineken for a 35-million-gulden (approximately €16 million, or US$19.5 million) ransom.
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