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History The reputation the Hells Angels is shrouded in mystery and controversy, due partially to the fact that various folk have been solely assigned to its founding, together with due partly towards very strict code of secrecy and should you wish to be construed to provide a practice of deliberate mythologizing by some members of the club. Members avoid last names, in spite oneself. His or her employ a first name, and, most likely, a nickname. Car without any colorful background and the confirmed links of several its members to organized crime, speculation and rumor about the club's background activities are rife. The Hells Angels were originally formed in 1948 in Fontana, California. by using a amalgamation of former members from different motorcycle clubs, for example the The Pissed Off Bastards of Bloomington. The name "Hells Angels" was regarded as are already inspired through common historical use, throughout The first world war and Wwii, to squadrons as well as other fighting groups by fierce, death-defying name. The Flying Tigers in China fielded three squadrons of aircraft, and the other squadron was named "Hell's Angels". The 1930 Howard Hughes film Hell's Angels displayed extraordinary and dangerous feats of aviation. Several military units used the name Hells Angels before the founding with the motorcycle club of the name, for example the U.S. Air Force 303rd USAAF Heavy Bombardment Group (H), a military unit formed noisy . a great deal of World War II, and also 11th Airborne Division. Some Hells Angels have got down to dispel the point that you will find any connection, in addition to the name, concerning the HAMC as well as historic military Hell's Angels.[citation needed] The group's official website clarifies of the fact that name was suggested on the founders of the club because of a friend of theirs, Arvid "Oley" Olsen, who was an affiliate of the Flying Tigers. No actual people in that squadron became members of the HAMC. Some within the early reputation of the HAMC shouldn't be clear, and accounts differ. Depending on Ralph 'Sonny' Barger, founder of the Oakland chapter, early chapters with the club were founded in San francisco bay area, Gardena, Fontana, along with other places independently of just one another, along with the members usually being unaware there were other Hells Angels clubs. Other sources advise that the Hells Angels in San francisco bay area were originally organized in 1953 by Rocky Graves, a Hells Angel member from San Bernardino ("Berdoo"). It indicates of the fact that "Frisco" Hells Angels were very much conscious of their forebearers. In line with another account, the Hells Angels club became a successor to "P.O.B.O.B." Motorcycle club, The "Frisco" Hells Angels were reorganized in 1955 with thirteen charter members; Frank Sadliek, who designed the very first death's head logo, served as President. The Oakland chapter, then headed by Barger, used a more impressive version for the patch nicknamed the "Barger Larger" which later was crowned club standard. The Hells Angels will often be depicted in a similar mythical fashion because James-Younger Gang, as current legends, or as free spirited and iconic of any era of brotherhood and loyalty. Others describe them in the form of violent criminal gang and a scourge on society. Insignia The patch worn by members of Hells Angels France The Hells Angels official website attributes the official "death's head" insignia design to Frank Sadilek, past president from the Sf Chapter. The colors and model of the early-style jacket emblem (earlier than 1953) were copied through the insignias of this 85th Fighter Squadron as well as the 552nd Medium Bomber Squadron. The Hells Angels start using a system of patches, the same as military medals. Even though specific term each patch is simply not publicly known, the patches identify specific or significant actions or beliefs regarding biker. The official colors for the Hells Angels are red lettering shown on a white backgroundence the club's nickname "The Red and White". These patches are worn on leather or denim jackets and vests. Red and white are also useful to display the quantity 81 on many patches, like in "Support 81, Route 81". The 8 and 1 symbolize the respective positions while in the alphabet of H with a. Many are as used by friends and supporters of one's club, as only full members are able to wear any Hells Angels imagery. The diamond-shaped one-percenter patch is likewise used, displaying '1%', in red for the white background along with a red merrowed border. The word one-percenter is said to be a solution to the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) investigate the Hollister incident, within the effect that 99% of motorcyclists were law-abiding citizens as well as the last 1% were outlaws. The AMA does not record of such a press release towards the press, and know this as story apocryphal. Most members wear a rectangular patch (again, white background with red letters and then a red merrowed border) identifying their respective chapter locations. Another similarly designed patch reads "Hells Angels". When applicable, people in the club wear a patch denoting their position or rank throughout the organization. The patch is rectangular, and, similarly to the patches described above, displays a white background with red letters and then a red merrowed border. Some situations of one's titles used are President, Vp, Secretary, Treasurer, and Sergeant at Arms. This patch is normally worn across the 'club location' patch. Some members also wear a patch while using the initials "AFFA", which means "Angels Forever; Forever Angels", talking about their lifelong membership inside the biker club (i.e., "once a part, always a member"). The book Gangs, written by Tony Thompson (against the law correspondent for any Observer newspaper), states that Stephen Cunningham, a user of the Angels, sported a completely new patch after he recovered from aiming to set a bomb: two Nazi-style SS lightning bolts below the words 'Filthy Few'. Some law enforcement officials say that the patch is actually awarded to the people with committed, or are able to commit, murder for the club. Consistent with a study in the R. v. Bonner and Lindsay case in 2005 (see related section below), another patch, very similar to the 'Filthy Few' patch, is the 'Dequiallo' patch. This patch "signifies how the wearer has fought law enforcement officials on arrest". There's really no common convention of the spot where the patches are placed on your members' jacket/vest. In March 2007 the Hells Angels sued against Walt Disney Movies Group alleging that film entitled Wild Hogs used both the name and distinctive logo within the Hells Angels Motorcycle Corporation without permission. Membership The full requirements in the form of Hells Angel is the following: candidates need to be male, white, use a valid driver's license, have a very good working motorcycle and cannot manifest as a child molester or have utilized on be a law enforcement officer or prison guard. After a lengthy, phased process, a prospective member is first deemed a 'Hang-around', indicating that this person is invited to somewhat of a club events or even to meet club members at known gathering places. If the Hang-around is interested, he could be asked to become an 'Associate', a status that always lasts yearly or two. Towards the bottom of the particular stage, he's reclassified as 'Prospect', joining with some club activities, however is not having voting privileges, while he is evaluated for suitability as a general full member. The third phase, and highest membership status, is 'Full Membership' or 'Full-Patch'. The term Full-Patch means the complete four-piece crest, along with the 'Death's Head' logo, two rockers (top rocker: 'Hells Angels'; bottom rocker: State or Territory claimed) additionally, the rectangular 'MC' patch below the wing belonging to the Death's Head. Prospects can wear a very bottom rocker in the State or Territory name and also the rectangular 'MC' patch. To are a full member, the chance will have to be voted on through the other parts of the full club members. Leading up to votes being cast, a Prospect usually travels to every chapter in the sponsoring chapter's geographic jurisdiction (state/province/territory) and introduces himself to each Full-Patch. The process allows each voting member to generally be knowledgeable about the individual and then ask any queries or worry prior to the vote. Successful admission usually requires greater simple majority, but some clubs may reject a Prospect to get a single dissenting vote. Some type formal induction follows, wherein the outlook affirms his loyalty into the club and the members. A final logo patch (top Hells Angels rocker) will then be awarded around this initiation ceremony. The step of attaining full membership could be labelled as "being patched". Even after a member is patched-in the patches themselves remain the property or home of HAMC instead of the member. On leaving the Hells Angels, or being ejected, the doctor has to be returned towards club. Official chapters A Hells Angels wall mural in Southampton, UK, a well-known local landmark which could be seen by rail passengers to the London Waterloo to Weymouth south coast main line as they quite simply approach Southampton Central station. The HAMC acknowledges several hundred chapters spread over 29 countries. The most important official chapter outside of the U.S. was formed in New Zealand in 1961. Europe do not become the location of the Hells Angels until 1969, when two London chapters were formed once the Beatle George Harrison invited some members of the HAMC Frisco to London. A couple from London visited California, "prospected", and ultimately joined. Two charters were issued on July 30, 1969; one for "South London", and the second for "East London" but by 1973 both charters came together joined, simply called "London". The London Angels provided security from a quantity of UK Underground festivals including Phun City in 1970 organized by anarchist International Times writer and lead singer considering the The Deviants Mick Farren. They will awarded Farren an "approval patch" in 1970 to use on his first solo album Mona, which featured Steve Peregrin Took (who was credited as "Shagrat the Vagrant"). The 1980s and 1990s saw a huge expansion of one's club into Canada. A report on acknowledged chapters is located to the HAMC club's official internet site. Criminal activities National California This section might benefit from cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Please improve this provided you can. (October 2008) Altamont One major event in Hells Angels' history involved the December 6, 1969, Altamont Free Concert around the Altamont Speedway partially documented inside the 1970 film Gimme Shelter featuring Jefferson Airplane, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and also Rolling Stones. The Grateful Dead were also scheduled to execute but canceled from the last minute because of the ensuing circumstances at the venue. The Angels had been hired with the Rolling Stones as crowd to protect a fee that's asked include $500 worth of beer. The Angels parked their motorcycles at the stage to create a buffer from the stage and also millions of concertgoers. Crowd management confirmed to be difficult: many spectators were injured and four died. One was Meredith Hunter, two others were killed with a hit-and-run driver and the fourth died when the individual drowned in any puddle of water. Over the course of the time, the Hells Angels became increasingly agitated because crowd turned more aggressive. Denise Jewkes with the Ace of Cups, 6 months pregnant is without a doubt stage observing, was hit from the head by a clear chair beer bottle thrown out of your crowd and finished up from the hospital accompanied by a fractured skull. At the murder trial of Hells Angel Alan Passaro, a security guard testified he heard the Hells Angels being summoned across the loudspeakers in the event the helicopter bearing The Rolling Stones landed. Debate following on from the event was over choice . Hells Angels were to control to protect your complete concert or just with the Rolling Stones. Sam Cutler, the Stones' agent who had arranged to be charged the Hells Angels said their role was as bodyguards in to the Rolling Stones. Obvious denied through Hells Angels and more connected to the event. While in the opening act of Santana, the Hells Angels surged on the crowd numerous times to hold persons off stage. By the time period The Rolling Stones took stage, numerous incidents of violence had occurred both within the Hells Angels and internally with the crowd. A huge circus performer weighing over 350 pounds stripped naked and plunged over the crowd. Concert goers attempt to detain him. Several Hells Angels leaped of your stage and subdued the guy with fists and pool cues. A large group which can be between 4,000 and 5,000 had jammed on the very side of takes place, and most experimented with climb in it. The Angels used sawn-off pool cues so as to control the bunch. After one of the many Angels' tandem was knocked over, the Angels became especially aggressive, even toward the performers onstage. Marty Balin of Jefferson Airplane was knocked unconscious following an altercation by using an Angel on stage as welcomed in the documentary film Gimme Shelter. The Grateful Dead refused to perform i really hope Balin incident, and left the venue. A shoving match erupted near to the stage within a rendition in the song Under My Thumb. A concert patron known as Meredith Hunter produced a handgun.[neutrality is disputed] Hunter was stabbed to death. A Hells Angel member, Alan Passaro, was later acquitted of murder on grounds of self-defense. Following your concert and critical media attention given to the HAMC, Sonny Barger took a neighborhood California radio station to warrant the actions with the Hells Angels in order to present their side of one's story. He claimed that violence only started whenever the crowd began vandalizing the Hells Angels' motorcycles. Barger would later are convinced that Meredith fired an attempt which struck a Hells Angels member in what he known as "just a flesh wound." In 2005, searching for two year exhaustive cold-case renewal belonging to the file, the Alameda County District Attorney's office permanently closed possible. An enhanced and slowed up version on the original film footage was produced for any police, and after examining it Alameda County Sheriff's Sgt. Scott Dudek said Passaro, who died in 1985, was the one person to stab Hunter as well as managed it only after Hunter pointed a handgun at the stage the spot that the Stones were performing. Alan Passaro could be the only person that stabbed Meredith Hunter, Dudek said, adding that Passaro's lawyer confirmed his client was the only assailant. "Passaro acted using a knife to halt Meredith Hunter from shooting." Moreover, enhanced and slowed-down footage belonging to the film shows Hunter brandishing the handgun previous to Passaro stabs him. Nevada River Run Riot The River Run Riot occurred on April 27, 2002, around the Harrah's Casino & Hotel in Laughlin, Nevada. People in the Hells Angels as well as the Mongols motorcycle clubs fought the other relating to the casino floor. Because of that, Mongol Anthony Barrera, 43, was stabbed to death, and also Hells Angels, Jeramie Bell, 27, and Robert Tumelty, 50, were shot to death. On February 23, 2007 Hells Angels members James Hannigan and Rodney Cox were sentenced to 2 years in prison. Cox and Hannigan were captured on videotape confronting Mongols members around the casino. A Hells Angel member is generally clearly seen in the casino security videotape performing a front kick for the Mongol biker member, allowing the ensuing melee. However, just before this altercation, several incidents of harassment and provocation were noted inside the Clark County, Nevada Grand Jury hearings as having been perpetrated upon The Hells Angels. People in the Mongols accosted a vendor's table selling Hells Angels trademarked items, had surrounded a Hells Angel and demanded he remove club clothing. Plus, nine witnesses claimed your struggle began every time a Mongol kicked a part in the Hells Angels. No matter what which minor physical incident can probably be said to receive "caused the melee", it is usually clear how the Hells Angels had get to confront the Mongols concerning their actions. Attorneys to your group claim that they were defending themselves from another panic initiated by Mongols. Charges were dismissed against 36 other Hells Angels originally named inside indictment. Los angeles Roberta Shalaby assault On January 28, 2007 women named Roberta Shalaby is discovered badly beaten for the sidewalk right out of the Hells Angels' clubhouse in at 77 East Third Street from the East Village, Manhattan. The resulting investigation because of the NYPD has long been criticized via the group because of its intensity. Police officers were refused usage of the Hells Angels clubhouse and responded by closing away from the area, starting sniper positions, and sending in armored personnel carriers. After receiving a warrant, the police searched the club-house and arrested one Hells Angel who had previously been later released. The group says it will have zero experience of the beating of Roberta Shalaby. Five video cameras cover the entrance towards Los angeles chapter's East 3rd Street club house, although the NY HAMC maintains nobody knows how Shalaby was beaten nearly to death at their front door. The members were later exonerated and then the club will now be suing the location of New York for damages in their clubhouse. Washington Michael Walsh murder, racketeering In 2001 Hells Angels Rodney Lee Rollness and Joshua Binder murdered Michael "Santa" Walsh, who had allegedly falsely claimed being a part of the Hells Angels. Paul Foster, hoping to join the Hells Angels, aided on the murder by luring Walsh with a party at his house and helping face mask the crime. West Coast leader Richard "Smilin' Rick" Fable, having Rollness and Binder, were also found guilty of various racketeering offenses. Canada Main article: 2009 Vancouver gang war The Vancouver Sun newspaper reports that Canada has more Hells Angels members per capita than virtually any country, just like U.S., and then there are chapters in about 20 states. Mr. Ral Mnard (Montral, PQ) testified in Parliament the fact that the Hells Angels had 38 chapters in Canada in 1995-1997. The Hells Angels established their first Canadian chapters within the province of Quebec within the seventies. The Outlaws plus some affiliated independent clubs could keep Angels from assuming a dominant position in Ontario, Canada's most populous province, till the nineties, while the Grim Reapers of Alberta, Los Bravos in Manitoba, and several other independent clubs throughout the prairies formed a loose alliance that kept the Hells Angels from assuming dominance around the prairie provinces so that the late nineties. By 1997, within the leadership of Walter "Nurget" Stadnick, the Hells Angels took over as the dominant club not in BC and Quebec, but all over Canada, with chapters in at the very least seven of ten provinces as well as two of one's three territories. Lindsay and Bonner trial In 2002 Crown Prosecutor Graeme Williams sought to own Hells Angels formally declared a "criminal organization" by making use of the anti-gang legislation (Bill C-24) to a new justice within Hells Angels and of their members, Stephen (Tiger) Lindsay and Raymond (Razor) Bonner. The prosecution team launched a 3 year investigation while using objective of collecting evidence with the trial. At the actual final outcome belonging to the trial in June 2005, Ontario Justice Michelle Fuerst ruled that Lindsay and Bonner had committed extortion in association with a criminal organization with used the Hells Angels' reputation to provide a weapon. Quebec Main article: Quebec Biker war Main article: Lennoxville massacre The Quebec Biker war between Hells Angels together with the Rock Machine that began in 1994 and continued until late 2002 claimed in excess of 150 lives, including some innocent bystanders. Maurice (aka Mom Boucher ) Boucher was the actual with the Quebec chapters and second-in-command of one's Canadian Nomad chapter, an instalment without a fixed geographic base. In May 2002 Boucher received a computerized life sentence, with out risk of parole for Quarter of a century, after conviction two counts of first-degree murder for the killings of two Canadian prison guards, ambushed enroute home. On The 15th April 2009, operation SharQc was conducted from the provincial police officers sret du Qubec. Operation SharQc The tough shell of secrecy that protected the Hells Angels for several years finally cracked throughout an investigation with ended in the arrests of virtually every an affiliate the gang in Quebec. On your 15th April 2009, operation SharQc was conducted by provincial police force sret du Qubec. It does not take biggest strike around the HAMC in Canada's background probably in every of HAMC's history. In all of 177 strikes were conducted because of the police, 123 members were arrested, charges were mostly for first-degree murder, attempted murder, gangsterism or drug trafficking. Police officers seized $5 million in cash, many kilograms of cocaine, marijuana and hashish, and many pills. The operation could, someday lead up to the closing of 22 unsolved murders. Operation SharQc involved a full-patch an affiliate the gang turning informant, an exceptionally rare occurrence in Quebec. Ontario Project Tandem Raids In September 2006, after an 18 month Investigation conducted by numerous police officers agencies, 500 officers and 21 tactical teams raided property connected to the Hells Angels chapters in Ontario. At the least 27 members were arrested ones 15 were members of the Hells Angels. Property seized was worth much more than 1 million dollars and included $470,000 in cash, $300,000 in vehicles and $140,000 in motorcycles. Through the raids, drugs for example cocaine and ecstasy were seized; the overall street valuation on drugs seized was beyond 3 million dollars. Project Develop In April 2007, to another 18 month investigation, 32 Club Houses were raided in Ontario, New Brunswick and Bc. The Hells Angels Clubhouse on 498 Eastern Avenue in Toronto was raided through Biker Enforcement Unit from the OPP and members of the Toronto Police Service on April 4, 2007, at a minimum 15 people in the Hells Angels were detained and faced with a drug and weapons offenses from the Eastern Avenue Clubhouse raid. Depending on police, Project Develop seized some 500 litres of GHB worth approximately $996,000, nine kilograms of cocaine, two kilograms of hashish and oxycodone and Viagra pills. Police also seized $21,000 of cash. Project Develop also seized 67 rifles, five handguns, three pairs of brass knuckles and also a police baton. Bc Project E-Pandora Investigations In late 2004 to 2005 the culmination of investigations in to the actions of one's motorcycle club produced charges against 18 people including members of the Hells Angels and other associates from the gang. Background In July 2003, you offered to give police information. He was crowned the police agent around whom lots of the E-Pandora investigation ensued. Charges arose from project E-Pandora, a considerable police investigation, into your alleged criminal activities of your East End Charter with the Hells Angels (the "EEHA"). Evidence in this situation included intercepted private communications including telephone and audio recordings, physical surveillance, and expert evidence. The truth would eventually be dubbed the trial of R. v. Giles to see 3 charged individuals appear prior to the Top court of Bc (SCBC). 72 appearances would span from 14 May, 2007 until 20 February, 2008 and, by order of Madam Justice MacKenzie, add a publication ban on related trials. Ruling On March 27, 2008, the SCBC Justice MacKenzie ruled against prosecutors who had tried to convict a Hells Angels person in possession to the advantage of a criminal organization. Although two associates within the Hells Angels, David Roger Revell, 43, and Richard Andrew Rempel, 24, were found guilty of possession for trafficking, Justice MacKenzie determined that in the acquittal in the only Hells Angel member being tried, David Francis Giles, for a control of having cocaine for the purpose of trafficking, an extra charge against him (count two) of possessing it for that benefit of a criminal organization wanted to fail as well. In summary, Revell and Rempel were found guilty but Giles is discovered not guilty on either count. Also, Revell and Rempel were found not liable relating to the handle of possessing cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. In her acquittal of Giles, Justice MacKenzie said she found the evidence against him was "weak" and intercepted communications were "unreliable" as they quite simply were challenging hear. She further stated that the Crown prosecutors had never demonstrate beyond an inexpensive doubt the group was lifetime the "benefit of, inside the direction of maybe association that has a criminal organization, to wit: the East End charter with the Hells Angels". Manitoba The Hells Angels' expansion into Manitoba began accompanied by a relationship with Los Bravos, a local motorcycle club. In 2000 Los Bravos were "patched over," to become full-fledged Hells Angels chapter. These investigations in the last a couple of years have already been executed with the following charges. Project Defense On February 15, 2006 the Manitoba Integrated Organized Crime Task Force, having over 150 cops from your RCMP, Winnipeg Police Service and Brandon Police Service, made numerous arrests and conducted searches within the investigation of Project Defense. Thirteen everyone was indicted even on a variety of charges, including drug trafficking, extortion, proceeds of crime, and arranged crime related offences. Only 3 were members of the Hells Angels. Project Defense was initiated in November 2004 and tailored to top level people in drug trafficking cells in the province of Manitoba, including members of the Manitoba Hells Angels. All through the investigation police made numerous seizures that totaled of greater than seven kilograms of cocaine and three kilograms of methamphetamine from drug traffickers in the Manitoba Hells Angels organization in addition to other drug trafficking cells. Arrest warrants were issued for thirteen individuals and 12 search warrants were authorized for locations in Winnipeg and area. This long-term covert investigation was initiated through the Manitoba Integrated Organized Crime Task Force, which was established in the spring of 2004 when a was signed relating to the Winnipeg Police Service, the RCMP, the Brandon Police Service as well as the Province of Manitoba. The mandate from the task force were disrupt and dismantle organized crime inside the province of Manitoba. Project Drill On December 12, 2007 Project Drill came to an end, with Winnipeg Police raiding the Hells Angels clubhouse on Scotia Street. Project Drill started the prior evening with arrests in Thompson and continued at night and breakfast in Winnipeg and St. Pierre-Jolys. In Project Drill, police seized vehicles, approximately $70,000 cash, firearms, marijuana, Hells Angel related documents/property along with offence related property. At the time of December 12, 14 citizens were in custody and four were being sought. Police stated it was the other time the chapter president was the target inside a police sting ever since the gang build shop with the city in 2001. Hells Angels prospect member Al LeBras was arrested at his Barber Street home in Wednesday's raids. The recently amended Criminal Property Forfeiture Act affords the province the strength to seize the proceeds of crime. Police have exercised similar authority against Hells Angels members in other Canadian cities. Project Divide On December 2, 2009 Project Divide culminated with 26 arrests, and 8 arrest warrants still outstanding following a year long investigation. The investigation and arrests targeted alleged drug-trafficking and related activities with the Zig Zag Crew - a puppet club of your Hells Angels Winnipeg chapter. Joint investigations Other joint investigations include: Project Develop, some pot 18-month investigation with Ontario, New Brunswick, and Bc In January 2006, Project Husky, a two-year investigation involving police forces in Ontario, Quebec and Alberta, led to the arrest of twenty-seven suspects, including five full-patch Angels from across Eastern and Central Canada Project Koker, 23-month investigation in Edmonton and Calgary Project Halo, a three-year investigation with the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Team of this RCMP, into alleged criminal activity together with the Nanaimo chapter. The investigation culminated in the search warrant being executed on December 12, 2003. On November 9, 2007 a seizure order was executed, under Section 467.12(1) of one's Criminal Code, within the clubhouse by plenty of heavily armed RCMP officers. Scandinavia A gang war over drugs and turf concerning the Hells Angels together with the Bandidos, referred to as "Great Nordic Biker War", raged from 1994 until 1997 and ran across Norway, Sweden, Denmark and even parts of Finland and Estonia. Towards the end within the war, machine guns, hand grenades, rocket launchers and car bombs had been used as weapons, resulting in 11 murders, 74 attempted murders, and 96 wounded people in the involved motorcycle clubs. This led to fierce response from police arrest and legislators, primarily in Denmark. A law was passed that banned motorcycle clubs from owning or renting property for a club activities. Legal requirements has subsequently been repealed on constitutional grounds. In 2007, a Hells Angels-supported gang named Altid Klar-81 ("Altid Klar" is Danish for "Always Ready" and 81 is symbolic of the letters HA) was formed in Denmark to combat immigrant street gangs with a feud in the lucrative illegal hash market. AK81 is recruiting more speedily as opposed to the mainstream Hells Angels as members are certainly not was required to own a bicycle or wear a patch, and racial tensions are running high in the different parts of Denmark. On August 14, 2008, Osman Nuri Dogan, a 19-year-old ethnic Turk, was shot and killed by an AK81 member in Tingbjerg. Later that year, on October 8, there was a shoot-out between AK81 members together with a selection of immigrants in Nrrebro, Copenhagen, through which one man was injured. Netherlands The Hells Angels control eat the drug trade from the Netherlands, and are generally included in prostitution. The Dutch police have stated which the Hells Angels smuggle cocaine straight into the country through terrorist organizations and drug cartels in Curaao and Colombia, along with deal in ecstasy and illegal firearms. In October 2005, the Dutch police raided Hells Angels' clubhouses in Amsterdam, Haarlem, IJmuiden, Harlingen, Kampen and Rotterdam along with a availablility of houses. Belgian police also raided two locations on the border. Police seized a grenade launcher, a flame thrower, hand grenades, 20 hand guns, a product pistol and 70,000 (US$103 285) in cash. Many different Hells Angels members were later imprisoned on charges of international trafficking of cocaine and ecstasy, the and distribution of marijuana, money laundering and murder, after an investigation that lasted at least a year. In 2006 two Dutch newspapers reported of the fact that Amsterdam whorehouse Yab Yum had always been controlled by your Dutch Hells Angels, who had absorbed looking for campaign of threats and blackmailing. Baltimore council of Amsterdam revoked the license of Yab Yum in December 2007. After a subsequent trial the city's attorney repeated these allegations and therefore the brothel's attorney denied them. The brothel was closed in January 2008. Australia On 18 June 2007, a Hells Angels member fired 6 shots at passers-by who attempted to help the member's girlfriend, killing Brendan Keilar and critically wounding two others. On May 12, 2008, Christopher Wayne Hudson pleaded guilty to the murder of Keilar and also other offences committed in the shooting. See 2007 Melbourne CBD shootings. Members of one's Comancheros and Hells Angels were regarded as associated with a clash at Sydney Airport on Sunday, March 22, 2009. The clash produced one man, Hells Angels associate Anthony Zervas, being beaten to death and police estimated as many as 15 men were mixed up in violence. Police documents detail the brawl resulting from a Comanchero gang member along with a Hells Angel due to being on precisely the same flight from Melbourne. Four suspects were arrested caused by the altercation. Because of the heightening violence, New South Wales Premier Nathan Rees announced their state police anti-gang squad might possibly be boosted to 125 members from 50. On the evening of March 29, 2009, Hells Angels member Peter Zervas, the brother on the man killed through the Sydney Airport Brawl weekly earlier, was shot and injured as they left his car outside his home. Germany In March 2006, a gaggle of Hells Angels raided a Bandidos clubhouse in Stuhr where they assaulted and robbed five Bandidos members. Three ingested jail sentences and the other eleven were offered suspended sentences along at the trial which took place in Hannover on December 16, 2008. On June 11 2008, two Bandidos members were convicted and sentenced someone's imprisonment for that murder associated with a Hells Angels member in Ibbenbren. Reports say they drove to his Harley-Davidson shop and shot him there on May 23, 2007. After a first day of an associated lawsuit on December 17, 2007, riots between two gangs together with the police were reported. Spain Spanish police conducted several raids around the club on April 21, 2009, arresting 22 members in Barcelona, Valencia, Mlaga, Madrid and Las Palmas. A couple of them were people in the club's Italian chapters. The Hells Angels arrested were arrested for drugs and weapons trafficking, and extortion. The authorities seized military-style weapons and ammunition, bulletproof vests, a kilo of cocaine, neo-Nazi literature and 200,000 in cash while in the searches of 30 properties. One suspect also attempted to work with a firearm against police when he had been arrested. It has been component to an investigation towards the club, labeled Valkiria, which began in October 2007 in addition to produced eight arrests in December 2007. Prior to this, the only real operation with the club in Spain was held in March 1996. United Kingdom In August 2007 a Hells Angels member, Gerry Tobin, was shot dead on the M40 motorway by members of an adversary motorcycle gang, the Outlaws. Those responsible received life sentences in November 2008. Tobin was coming back home to London, where he worked like a Harley service manager, with the Bulldog Bash. In January 2008, there were a brawl between about 30 Hells Angels and Outlaws at Birmingham Air-port. Police recovered various weapons including Knuckledusters, hammers and also a meat cleaver. Seven Outlaw members and five Hells Angels faced trial hence. 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Thompson ^ History Channel episode, Hell's Angels ^ History Documentary Hell's Angels Time Index approximately 00.05 minutes on the program ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/this_world/3311057.stm BBC ^ Gangs; An outing in the heart on the British Underworld, Tony Thompson (journalist) (2004) ISBN 0-340-83053-0 ^ Lindsey, Tom (November 2005), "A Brief Good reputation for "Outlaw" Motorcycle Clubs", International Journal of Motorcycle Studies, http://ijms.nova.edu/November2005/IJMS_Artcl.Dulaney.html, "The Life story caused something of an tumult around the country (Yates), and certain authors have asserted of the fact that AMA subsequently released a press statement disclaiming involvement while in the Hollister event, praoclaiming that 99% of motorcyclists are perfect, decent, law-abiding citizens, which the AMA ranks of motorcycle clubs were unable involved in the debacle (e.g., Reynolds, Thompson). However, the American Motorcyclist Association doesn't have any record of ever releasing similar to statement. Tom Lindsay, the AMA Public Information Director, states 'We [the American Motorcyclist Association] acknowledge how the term ne-percenter is definitely (and likely will still be) due to the American Motorcyclist Association, but we've been struggling to attribute its original use in an AMA official or published statemento it's apocryphal.'"聽 ^ HAMC Overview Document, Presentation of the Hell's Angel's Motorcycle Club (HAMC) In Canada ^ 'Litigation against movie release' (March 8, 2006) where they rule., HAMC vs Disney world ^ Vancouver Sun June 10, 2005 Behind the Patch: Angels ABCs: by Neal Hall: ^ NDIC Document, US Department of Justice Directory OMG HA ^ A Wayward Angel: An entire Story with the Hells Angels by George Wethern and Vincent Colnett ^ Rock Scully, David Dalton, "Living while using Dead: 2 decades over the Bus with Garcia and also Grateful Dead",Cooper Square Publ Inc, 2001 ISBN 0815411634, 9780815411635 ^ http://www.hellsangelslondon.com/history.php HAMC London Web-site ^ Hells Angels MC World ^ IMDB, Gimmer Shelter (1970), accessed February 28, 2007 ^ Sol Stern, Ramparts Magazine March, 1970 ^ Capital Times, April 20, 1970 Page 3 ^ Sol Stern Ramparts Magazine March 1970 ^ a b The main city, April 20 1970 ^ "PASSINGS: He done anything about edgy films (Baird Bryant obituary)", The L . a . 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Retrieved 2008-12-16.聽 ^ BBCMMIX Biker gangs 'had airport battle' Books and newspaper articles Perhaps some of the most notorious and colorful account with the Hells Angels was developed by Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson. Published in 1966, Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga with the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs, was expanded from an original 1965 article for those Nation after he spent annually in close quarters with group. Thompson, Hunter S. Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga belonging to the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs. New York: Random House, 1966; Ballantine Books, 1996 (ISBN 0-345-41008-4) Barger, Sonny; Zimmerman, Keith; and Zimmerman, Kent Hell's Angels: The and Times during the Sonny Barger and therefore the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club. HarperCollins (ISBN 0060937548) Jameson, Michael (2000), "Motorcycle club's origins clouded in wartime history, but every side recognize the first thing: Today's Hells Angels aren't monks", Missoulian (Missoula, Montana: Lee Enterprises), archived through the original on 26 April 2006, http://web.archive.org/web/20060426221912/http://www.missoulian.com/specials/hellsangels/ha02.html聽 Langton, Jerry Fallen Angel: The Unlikely Rise of Walter Stadnick in your Canadian Hells Angels. John Wiley & Sons Canada Ltd. (ISBN 0-470-83710-1) The Assimilation: Bikers United About the Hells Angels by Edward Winterhalder and Wil De Clercq - ECW Press 2008 (ISBN 1-5502-2824-2) Winterhalder, Edward, Out In Bad Standings: Inside of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club - The Making of an international Dynasty,Blockhead City Press, 2005/Seven Locks Press, 2007 (ISBN 0-9771-7470-0) Sher, Julian and Marsden, William The queue to Hell聽: The way the Biker Gangs are Conquering Canada, Random House, 2004 (ISBN 0676975992) Sher, Julian and Marsden, William Angels of Death; Within the Bikers' Global Crime Empire, Knopf Canada, 2006 (ISBN 0676977308) Cherry, Paul The Biker Trials: Decreasing the Hells Angels, ECW Press, 2005 (ISBN 155022638X) Lavigne, Yves Hell's Angels: Tending to Business, Ballantine Books, 1994 (ISBN 9994961950) Lavigne, Yves Hell's Angels: In the Abyss, HarperTorch, 1997 (ISBN 0061011045) Lavigne, Yves Hell's Angels at War, Harper-Collins, 2000 (ISBN 0006385648) Police claim a victory over bikers in Thunder Bay CBC News, Thursday, 19 January 2006 http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/04/11/biker-war-sher.html?ref=rss Storm thwarted Mick Jagger murder attempt Telegraph, UK, Sunday, 2 March 2008 Wagner, Dennis (Jan. 23, 2005), "Hells Angels: The government infiltration", The Arizona Republic, http://www.azcentral.com/specials/special42/articles/0123hellsangels23.html聽 External links Hells Angels at the Open Directory Project Official Hells Angels website listing many chartered local chapters, with links FBI report on Hell's Angels out of the 1960s and 1970s. v聽聽d聽聽e Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs Clubs Bandidos聽 The Breed聽 Brother Speed聽 Comanchero聽 Devils Diciples聽 Diablos聽 The Finks聽 Free Souls聽 Grim Reapers聽 Gypsy Joker聽 Hells Angels聽 Highwaymen聽 Iron Horsemen聽 Mongols聽 Outlaws聽 Pagans聽 Rebels聽 Sons of Silence聽 Vagos聽 Warlocks (Pennsylvania聽 Florida) Individuals Sonny Barger聽 Maurice Boucher聽 Harry Joseph Bowman聽 Ruben Cavazos聽 Ion Croitoru聽 Paul Eischeid聽 Mark Guardado聽 Jan Krogh Jensen聽 Michael Ljunggren聽 Thomas Mller聽 Jrn Nielsen聽 Alan Passaro聽 Martin Schippert聽 Jim Tinndahn聽 Yves "Apache" Trudeau聽 Alex Vella聽 Edward Winterhalder聽 Chuck Zito Related events Altamont Free Concert聽 Great Nordic Biker War聽 Hollister Riot聽 Lennoxville Massacre聽 Milperra Massacre聽 Operation Black Rain聽 Quebec Biker War聽 River Run Riot聽 Shedden Massacre Other List of outlaw motorcycle clubs聽 AK81聽 Notorious聽 Sons of Anarchy Categories: 1948 establishments Hells Angels Outlaw motorcycle clubs Organized crime groups Gangs in the United States Gangs in Arizona Gangs in California Gangs in Colorado Gangs in Illinois Gangs in Chicago, Illinois Gangs in Maryland Gangs in Massachusetts Gangs in Nebraska Gangs in Nevada Gangs in New Jersey Gangs in New Mexico Gangs in Los angeles Gangs in Chicago Gangs in Oregon Gangs in Ohio Gangs in Pennsylvania Gangs in Washington (U.S. state) Gangs in Canada Gangs in Toronto Gangs in Vancouver Gangs around australia Gangs in Belgium Gangs in Brazil Gangs in Denmark Gangs in England Gangs in France Gangs in Germany Gangs in Italy Gangs during the Netherlands Gangs in Norway Gangs in New Zealand Gangs on holiday Gangs in SwedenHidden categories: All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from August 2008 Articles needing cleanup from October 2008 All pages needing cleanup All articles with minor POV problems Articles with minor POV problems from January 2010 My group is China Crafts Suppliers writer, reports some information about slide gate valves , welding cast steel. 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