Bram Moszkowicz
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Abraham Maarten Moszkowicz (b. June 26, 1960, Maastricht
Maastricht
Maastricht is situated on both sides of the Meuse river in the south-eastern part of the Netherlands, on the Belgian border and near the German border...

) is a Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 lawyer. Bram Moszkowicz is the son of Berthe Bessant and lawyer Max Moszkowicz
Max Moszkowicz
Max Moszkowicz sr. is a Dutch lawyer of Jewish descent.Moszkowicz became well known in the Netherlands for defending the godfather of the Amsterdam underworld Klaas Bruinsma and the Heineken kidnappers Cor van Hout and Willem Holleeder.He is the father of Bram Moszkowicz, who is also a top...

. Moszkowicz is of Jewish descent from his father's side .

Moszkowicz resigned as lawyer for Willem Holleeder
Willem Holleeder
Willem Frederik Holleeder is perhaps one of the best known Dutch criminals. In 2007 he was sentenced to nine years in prison for several counts of extortion, including the extortion of Willem Endstra, who was murdered in 2004 after falling-out with Holleeder. He is currently serving his sentence...

.
He was the lawyer of the Dutch politician Geert Wilders
Geert Wilders
Geert Wilders is a Dutch right-wing politician and leader of the Party for Freedom , the third-largest political party in the Netherlands. He is the Parliamentary group leader of his party in the Dutch House of Representatives...

 in his trial
Trial of Geert Wilders
A trial of Dutch politician Geert Wilders took place in the Netherlands in 2010–2011. Wilders was accused of criminally insulting religious and ethnic groups and inciting hatred and discrimination...

.

Clients and controversies

Moszkowicz had and has many famous and infamous people among his clientele, such as Cor van Hout who was murdered in 2003, the Suriname army leader Desi Bouterse
Dési Bouterse
Desiré Delano "Dési" Bouterse is the 9th and current President of Suriname.As an army officer, he was the de facto leader of Suriname through most of the 1980s, serving as Chairman of the National Military Council...

, diva Patty Brard
Patty Brard
Patty Brard is a famous Indo entertainer. She is a TV personality and a singer notable as a member of the girl group Luv'...

, real estate magnate Willem Endstra
Willem Endstra
Willem Alexander Arnold Peter Minne Endstra was a Dutch real estate trader.Endstra started his own business, Convoy Vastgoed BV, in 1987 after having worked in his parents' real estate business and studying law at the Vrije Universiteit.In 1992 Endstra was investigated for allegedly using his...

, top criminal Willem Holleeder
Willem Holleeder
Willem Frederik Holleeder is perhaps one of the best known Dutch criminals. In 2007 he was sentenced to nine years in prison for several counts of extortion, including the extortion of Willem Endstra, who was murdered in 2004 after falling-out with Holleeder. He is currently serving his sentence...

, politician Geert Wilders
Geert Wilders
Geert Wilders is a Dutch right-wing politician and leader of the Party for Freedom , the third-largest political party in the Netherlands. He is the Parliamentary group leader of his party in the Dutch House of Representatives...

, soccer player Robin van Persie
Robin van Persie
Robin van Persie is a Dutch footballer who plays as a striker for Arsenal and the Dutch national team. He is a youth product of Feyenoord. Having joined Arsenal in 2004, Van Persie became the club captain on 16 August 2011...

 and recently the American-Dutch "Drug rehabilitation guru" and ex-TV presenter Keith Bakker.

Other clients and cases:
  • The former friend of Talitha van Zon, on woman trafficking.
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