Van den Heuvel relieved with acquittal of trafficking in women

PHILIPSBURG – What bothered Bada Bing owner Jaap van den Heuvel most about his conviction in the Court in First Instance was the charge of trafficking in women. The appeals court acquitted Van den Heuvel, Lunteren NV, and Bada Bing manager Krijn van den Brug this week of trafficking in women. The relief for Van den Heuvel is enormous. “This has been hanging over my head for five years; I have children and this blemish of trafficking in women hurts very much,” he informed stmaartennews.com.

The conviction for other charges – forgery, tax fraud and bribery - still stand, but Van den Heuvel’s attorney Cor Merx filed for cassation at the Supreme Court on Friday. In this sense, the case is not over yet.

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