AMSTERDAM — 2015 · Serial Murder

The Marengo case — organized-crime killings

SolvedSources: CLast updated: 14 October 2026

In a trial known in the Netherlands as 'Marengo' and considered one of the largest organized-crime cases in the country's history, 17 defendants were tried on numerous counts of murder and attempted murder. The victims included a businessman shot outside his home in front of his wife in 2015. The Amsterdam District Court ruled that the man at the head of the organization had run a criminal enterprise responsible for five killings and sentenced three defendants to life imprisonment. During the trial's course, a witness's brother, his lawyer, and a journalist who had supported him were also killed.

Date: 2015
Place: Netherlands, Amsterdam, NL
Category: Serial Murder
Case Status: Solved
Coordinates: 52.3702, 4.8952 ↗

Timeline of Events

2015The killing spree was set in motion
2018The organization's leader was arrested
2024Court ruling: life imprisonment for three defendants

Sources

Court Records
Contemporary Press Archive

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