Patrick HaemersPatrick Haemers (2 November 1952 14 May 1993)was a Belgian criminal, who was head of the gang whichcarried out robberies of security vans, and kidnapped for-mer Belgian prime minister Paul Vanden Boeynants.The son of a nightclub owner, Haemers was tall with strik-ing looks, and became known for his hedonistic lifestyle.He became addicted to cocaine and was convicted ofrape. After serving a few years he was released, and wasinvolved in a money laundering scheme. His oendingto escalated until he was participating in armed robberiesof security vans that occurred so frequently that greatlyincreased security. He left the country for a time, but on14 January 1989 he was one of those who kidnapped for-mer Belgian prime minister Paul Vanden Boeynants, re-leasing Boeynants on 13 February 1989 for a reportedlyhuge ransom. Other members of the Haemers Gang wereKapllan Murat. Wanted in Belgium on several criminalcounts, and by this time having infant son, he ed to Brazilwith his girlfriend, but they were tracked down. He wasextradited back to Belgium. Suering severe withdrawalsymptoms in prison, and after a transfer prevented himjoining an escape with his accomplices, the by then 40year old was unable to cope with the prospect of servinga long sentence. He hanged himself on a 130 cm highradiator in a Belgian jail cell in 1993. He was at onetime considered a likely suspect as the so called 'giant'of the Brabant killers, but unlike the relatively small timerobberies of the Brabant gang, Haemerss oending wasalways aimed at high value rewards.12 1 TEXT AND IMAGE SOURCES, CONTRIBUTORS, AND LICENSES1 Text and image sources, contributors, and licenses1.1 Text PatrickHaemers Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Haemers?oldid=674227568Contributors: Edcolins, Welsh, Fram,SmackBot, Kittybrewster, Waacstats, Paul Do, Flemspar~enwiki, Good Olfactory, Addbot, Lightbot, LilHelpa, Jun Nijo, Full-date un-linking bot, Overagainst, RjwilmsiBot, EmausBot, Senator2029, EricEnfermero, Loose eel and Anonymous: 41.2 Images File:Crystal_Clear_app_Login_Manager_2.pngSource: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c2/Crystal_Clear_app_Login_Manager_2.png License: ? Contributors: ? Original artist: ? File:Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svgLicense: Public domain Contributors: ? Original artist: ? File:Question_book-new.svgSource: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/99/Question_book-new.svgLicense: Cc-by-sa-3.0Contributors:Created from scratch in Adobe Illustrator. Based on Image:Question book.png created by User:Equazcion Original artist:Tkgd2007 File:Standard_legirons_taiwan01.jpg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Standard_legirons_taiwan01.jpg License: CC-BY-SA-3.0 Contributors: Own work Original artist: User:Klaus with K1.3 Content license Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0