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summary: "Henry Hans Holthuis served as a Dutch district attorney during the 1990s, holding a position of significant authority within the Netherlands' judicial system."
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Henry Hans Holthuis served as a Dutch district attorney during the 1990s, holding a position of significant authority within the Netherlands' judicial system. As a district attorney, Holthuis possessed substantial legal power and responsibility for prosecuting criminal cases, making his involvement in illicit activities particularly concerning given his role in upholding and enforcing Dutch law. His position placed him within the upper echelons of the Dutch legal establishment, where he would have had access to sensitive information, influence over legal proceedings, and the ability to shape investigative priorities within his jurisdiction.[^1]
Henry Hans Holthuis served as a Dutch district attorney during the 1990s, with responsibility for prosecuting criminal cases within the Netherlands' judicial system.[^1]
### Rolodex Affair and Bell Boys Investigation
Henry Hans Holthuis became embroiled in the [[Rolodex Investigation]] investigation of 1997-98, which exposed a sophisticated callboy service catering to Dutch justice officials and other influential figures. The investigation centered on the [[Bell Boys]] service operated by [[Karel Maasdam]] (alias 'Alex Privee'), which provided underage boys to high-profile clients throughout the Dutch establishment. Holthuis's private number was discovered in the rolodex of [[Professor Der Van Roon]] from the University of Amsterdam, who served as a reputable go-between for clients of Maasdam's service, facilitating connections between the prostitution operation and its elite clientele.[^1]
Former detective [[Leendert de Koter]] testified on March 5, 2014 before an examining magistrate in Utrecht that the [[Rijksrecherche]] supplied the names of [[Joris Demmink]] and of three chief prosecutors, which he gave as [[Jan Wolter Wabeke]], Henry Hans Holthuis and [[Wooldrik]], and that the suspicion against the four was repeated sexual abuse of minors. He did not elaborate on the prosecutors.[^2][^3] The Dutch government's summary of the [[Rolodex Investigation]] records that a witness named two chief prosecutors, not named in the summary, as having appeared on a rolodex of a brothel owner; that the rolodex was never found; and that the College of Procurators-General concluded in March and May 1999 that the two could not be regarded as suspects.[^4] The March 2014 ministerial letter gives August 1998 as the start of the Rolodex probe.[^5]
The investigation revealed that Professor Van Roon frequented the [[Festival Bar]], a boy brothel in Amsterdam, and maintained detailed records of his clients in his rolodex, which was provided to police by an informant. Alongside Holthuis, the rolodex contained the private numbers of at least two other Dutch district attorneys: [[Henk Wooldrik]] and [[Jan Wolter Wabeke]]. This discovery made clear that multiple high-ranking justice officials were simultaneously involved in patronizing child prostitution services while holding positions responsible for prosecuting such crimes.[^1]
According to information provided to the Dutch current affairs program EenVandaag by an alleged bookkeeper of Karel Maasdam named [[Richard Carl-Samson]], [[Warwick Spinks]] frequently pimped boys to both [[Joris Demmink]] and Henry Hans Holthuis. This connection directly linked Holthuis to one of the most notorious international child traffickers operating in Europe during the 1990s. Warwick Spinks, a British national who operated from Amsterdam, was known for his extensive involvement in child prostitution, pornography production, and trafficking across European borders, making his association with a sitting Dutch district attorney particularly alarming.[^1]
S. Dovey wrote that a rolodex held the private numbers of three district attorneys including Holthuis, Henk Wooldrik and Wabeke, and that the rolodex belonged to a university professor who served as an intermediary for clients of [[Karel Maasdam]]'s [[Bell Boys]] service, with Holthuis's number among those in it. Dovey also wrote that a man Dovey describes as Maasdam's bookkeeper told the Dutch current-affairs programme EenVandaag that [[Warwick Spinks]] frequently supplied boys to Demmink and Holthuis.[^6]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Dovey, S. (2023). Eye of the Chickenhawk. United States: Thehotstar.
[^1]: Dovey, S. (2023). Eye of the Chickenhawk. United States: Thehotstar.
[^2]: NOS, "Politie onderzocht Demmink in '97," March 5, 2014. https://nos.nl/artikel/619220-politie-onderzocht-demmink-in-97
[^3]: "Oud-hoofdofficier justitie Jan Wolter Wabeke uit Best genoemd in zedenzaak Joris Demmink," Omroep Brabant, March 5, 2014. https://www.omroepbrabant.nl/nieuws/1720283/oud-hoofdofficier-justitie-jan-wolter-wabeke-uit-best-genoemd-in-zedenzaak-joris-demmink
[^4]: "Samenvatting van de aanleiding, het verloop, de resultaten en de besluitvorming in het Rolodex-onderzoek," December 23, 2013. https://eerstekamer.nl/9370000/1/j4nvgs5kjg27kof_j9vvkfvj6b325az/vjigib8p5szh
[^5]: Tweede Kamer, Kamerstuk 33 750 VI, nr. 116, letter of March 27, 2014. https://www.eerstekamer.nl/behandeling/20140327/brief_regering/document3/f=/vjifeja4nlzk.pdf
[^6]: Dovey, S. *Eye of the Chickenhawk.* Thehotstar, 2023.