Evert Constantijn Hingst (22 March 1969 – 31 October 2005) was a Dutch

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. He was murdered in

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, one day before he would talk to various media about the various investigations the Dutch Department of Justice was conducting after him. Among Hingst's clients were many noted

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, including Sam Klepper and

John Mieremet Johannes (John/Johnny) Mieremet (10 May 1960 – 2 November 2005) was a Dutch underworld figure associated with the Willem Endstra extortion and assassination. Born in Amsterdam, Mieremet was murdered at the age of 45, while conducting busines ...

, who was once shot in front of Hingst's office. After this assault, Mieremet has claimed that Hingst had tried to set him up and promised revenge. Mieremet was murdered several days later, on 2 November, in

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. Both he and Hingst were suspected of involvement in the

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and subsequent murder of real estate magnate Willem Endstra. Born in

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, Hingst was imprisoned for several weeks when, during a raid of his office in 2005, the police discovered three

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s and a large sum of cash. A suspect of

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, membership of a criminal organization and possession of firearms, Hingst gave up his profession as a lawyer in July, 2005. Hingst had previously been arrested on charges of

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of documents in 2004.

External links

Nu.nl coverage of Hingst's murder (Dutch)

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