Police corruption in Aruba
Subject in True Crime
Police corruption in Aruba has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including On Purpose with Jay Shetty. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Beth HollowayMother of Natalee Holloway, former pediatric speech pathologist and travel-safety advocate
Holloway says van der Sloot's father was close friends with the chief of police, leaving no checks and balances.
“We found out that he was also really good friends with von der Straten, the chief of police”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty: BETH HOLLOWAY: The Heartbreaking Story of Natalee Holloway and Her Mother's 18-Year Fight For The Truth (Nov 9, 2026) · Listen from 49:15
Holloway says the investigation's failures came to look like corruption rather than mere incompetence.
“We were starting to think, okay, this is not just being inept or the inability to have the investigative tools. It was starting to feel like corruption”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty: BETH HOLLOWAY: The Heartbreaking Story of Natalee Holloway and Her Mother's 18-Year Fight For The Truth (Nov 9, 2026) · Listen from 48:38
Holloway describes the repeated arrests and releases of suspects as a show staged in response to media and public pressure.
“It was catch and release, catch and release, catch and release. I think it was almost just a show because the pressure of the media and the public”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty: BETH HOLLOWAY: The Heartbreaking Story of Natalee Holloway and Her Mother's 18-Year Fight For The Truth (Nov 9, 2026) · Listen from 46:42
Holloway argues that Aruba's dependence on tourism meant authorities would never allow a tourist murder to be acknowledged.
“So they would not want this to be a black mark on the island. To have a murder of a tourist on their island was not going to be good”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty: BETH HOLLOWAY: The Heartbreaking Story of Natalee Holloway and Her Mother's 18-Year Fight For The Truth (Nov 9, 2026) · Listen from 37:55
Podcasts
- On Purpose with Jay Shetty · 1 episode
Episodes
BETH HOLLOWAY: The Heartbreaking Story of Natalee Holloway and Her Mother's 18-Year Fight For The TruthOn Purpose with Jay Shetty · Nov 9, 2026 · 1 h 20 min
Beth Holloway tells Jay Shetty about her 18-year search for answers after her daughter Natalee disappeared in Aruba in 2005, and the faith that sustained her.