Johannes Mieremet was a Dutch underworld figure associated with the Willem Endstra extortion and assassination.
15 Facts About John Mieremet
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John Mieremet had survived several earlier assassination attempts; one in 2002, and another on 26 February 2005, when he was shot in the leg and stomach by two perpetrators on a motorcycle.
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John Mieremet was considered to be a regular business partner of Sam Klepper who was himself assassinated in October 2000.
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Just as Klepper, John Mieremet seemed to be invincible to the authorities' efforts.
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John Mieremet had invested millions of euros in real estate holdings in Amsterdam.
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John Mieremet belonged between the garbage where he was lying on Monday evening.
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The obviously gleeful statements probably relate to the fact that John Mieremet accused Hingst of being involved in the nearly-successful assassination attempt on his life in Amsterdam.
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On 26 February 2002, while leaving Hingst's office, who at the time was one of his lawyers, John Mieremet was targeted by a gunman and was seriously wounded.
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John Mieremet named Willem Endstra, who himself was assassinated in 2004, as "the banker to the underworld" and Willem Holleeder as the "guardian of the vault".
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John Mieremet accused Endstra of laundering millions for Willem van Boxtel, the president of the Amsterdam Hells Angels chapter.
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John Mieremet suspected Endstra along with Holleeder to be one of the instigators of the attempt on his life.
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John Mieremet stated that he gave Endstra 22 million euros in drug profits for him to launder, which Endstra instead stole.
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John Mieremet stated that he threatened Endstra's life and pointed a gun at him, which in turn led to the attempt on his own life.
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When he was killed, John Mieremet was busy working on a real estate project in Pattaya.
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John Mieremet's bodyguard managed to duck for cover just in time, avoiding being shot.