Frans Meijer

Dutch criminal convicted for the 1983 kidnapping of Freddy Heineken who escaped custody, lived for years in Paraguay and was later extradited back to the Netherlands.

Editorial standard

Convictions, acquittals, allegations, intelligence assessments and contextual graph links are kept distinct. Cross-border links are added only when supported by documented geography, cases or trafficking structures.

Background

Meijer was one of the five men who abducted Heineken and chauffeur Ab Doderer in Amsterdam.

Criminal network

He was responsible for feeding the two hostages during their captivity.

Major case

After surrendering, he escaped from psychiatric custody in 1985 and disappeared.

Legal outcome

Crime reporter Peter R. de Vries located him in Paraguay in 1994, and after years of extradition litigation he was returned to the Netherlands.

Graph role

His profile links the Heineken crew, Paraguay fugitive history and the later Dutch underworld-media relationship.

Network links

– Kidnapping of Freddy Heineken — kidnapper; convicted – Amsterdam — kidnapping location – Paraguay — fugitive residence / extradition

Direct people links

– Willem Holleeder — kidnapping accomplice – Cor van Hout — kidnapping accomplice – Jan Boellaard — kidnapping accomplice

Sources

– The Guardian. Heineken kidnapper on trial in Amsterdam over armed robbery plot (2019-01-09). https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/09/heineken-kidnapper-on-trial-in-amsterdam-over-armed-robbery – The Guardian. Time's up for man who kidnapped boss of Heineken (2001-05-25). https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/may/25/andrewosborn

Connected records

Documented network

Kidnapping of Freddy Heineken (event) appears in the canonical graph as kidnapper convicted, documented status, 90% confidence. This describes the stored relationship and should not be stretched into a broader claim that the current source record does not support.

Amsterdam (location) appears in the canonical graph as kidnapping location, documented status, 90% confidence. This describes the stored relationship and should not be stretched into a broader claim that the current source record does not support.

Paraguay (location) appears in the canonical graph as fugitive residence extradition, documented status, 90% confidence. This describes the stored relationship and should not be stretched into a broader claim that the current source record does not support.

Willem Holleeder (person) appears in the canonical graph as kidnapping accomplice, documented status, 90% confidence. This describes the stored relationship and should not be stretched into a broader claim that the current source record does not support.

Cor van Hout (person) appears in the canonical graph as kidnapping accomplice, documented status, 90% confidence. This describes the stored relationship and should not be stretched into a broader claim that the current source record does not support.

Jan Boellaard (person) appears in the canonical graph as kidnapping accomplice, documented status, 90% confidence. This describes the stored relationship and should not be stretched into a broader claim that the current source record does not support.

Timeline and case connections

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Date not specified in current profile sources — Kidnapping of Freddy Heineken. kidnapper; convicted

Status and record

The structured birth record lists 1953. The structured life-status field is alive. This is an administrative status and should change only when a current reliable source supports an update.

Evidence and editorial boundaries

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Source record

The current Master package attaches the following evidence sources to this profile: – Heineken kidnapper on trial in Amsterdam over armed robbery plot — The Guardian, Tier 2. – Time's up for man who kidnapped boss of Heineken — The Guardian, Tier 2.

Each source supports only the claims tied to it. Structured source references are retained so later audits can trace individual timeline and relationship records back to evidence.

Core graph context

Event relationships currently include Kidnapping of Freddy Heineken. These should be expanded as dated timeline entries only when the attached source package supports the chronology.