Logo

13 Facts About Willem Endstra

1.

Willem Alexander Arnold Peter Minne Endstra was a Dutch real estate trader.

2.

Willem Endstra lived like a man in fear of his life as his expensive penthouse overlooking the Seaport Marina where the North Sea Canal flowed into the North Sea was encased in bulletproof glass while his BMW 540i proteq automobile likewise had bulletproof windows.

3.

Willem Endstra had a team of 12 bodyguards around him at all times to protect him from being kidnapped or murdered.

4.

In 1992, Willem Endstra was investigated for allegedly using his business for laundering the profits of a criminal gang dealing in ecstasy.

5.

Mieremet stated that Willem Endstra was the "banker to the underworld" who laundered millions via his real estate holdings and Holleeder was the "guardian of the bank vault".

6.

Mieremet stated that he had threatened to kill Willem Endstra and pointed a gun at him in a meeting in his office, which was the reason why Enstra had hired someone to kill him.

7.

The allegations that Willem Endstra had stolen from Mieremet led to concerns in the underworld that he might have stolen from other gangsters whom he laundered money for.

8.

In early 2004, Willem Endstra was said to have offered one million euros to Boxtel to kill Holleeder.

9.

Two days later, Willem Endstra appeared on the television program Business Class to deny the money laundering allegations.

10.

Willem Endstra died later that day in a hospital.

11.

Willem Endstra Holleeder was convicted of ordering the killing in July 2019.

12.

Some time later it became public knowledge that Willem Endstra had tried to plot Holleeder's murder by hiring some Hells Angels.

13.

Also it became apparent that Willem Endstra had likely been extorted by Holleeder since 2002.