Janus van Wesenbeeck modeled for Ferry Bouman from the Netflix series Undercover. In the book Drug lord Van Wesenbeeck tells the true story. In the Netherlands he is called the ‘Don of the South’. In 2011, Belgian justice named him the leader of the largest drug cartel in the Benelux.
For 3 years, Janus van Wesenbeeck (1961) was the target of a major undercover operation set up by the Belgian police. That police action forms the basis for the popular Netflix series Undercover with the Dutch actor Frank Lammers in the role of Ferry Bouman, a drug criminal staying at the campsite.
This biography tells the true story of Janus van Wesenbeeck for the first time. He spent his youth in the infamous Doolplein caravan camp in Eindhoven, eventually becoming one of the largest drug smugglers in the world. His organization managed Janus from a campsite in Lommel, a town on the border of the Netherlands and Belgium.
In addition, Drugsbaron offers a fascinating glimpse into the inaccessible world of caravan residents. How the poverty of the 1960s gave way to big money for some of them, thanks to hash smuggling. In this book, Janus ‘Ferry Bouman’ van Wesenbeeck tells how it all really came together. He doesn’t mince his words.
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