While researching the illegal aspects of the Hell’s Angels, more documents than could be used were found from everything from the use and sale of drugs, specifically methamphetamine, to murder and everything between. Only one document was found on something good that the Hell’s Angels does.
Let’s start with the worst crime possible: murder. Amid the tightest security ever seen in a Danish court, six members and associates of the Hell’s Angels motorcycle gang went on trial in Copenhagen for the murder of the Bandidos’ co-founder in an airport shoot-out. The attack led to a war in which the two gangs blasted each other with machine guns, bombs, and anti-tank missiles.
MAG (Motorcyclists Action Group) is a U.K. -based political lobby committed to two-wheeled freedom. Lately, with membership falling and the new Labor government ignoring their arguments, MAG has taken to fund-raisers to keep the wheels rolling, MAG went into partnership with the English Chapter of the Hell’s Angels to produce a headline show called Magna Carts. The show promptly lost $68,000. Harsh words were spoken by MAG organizer Neil Liversedge as the situation deteriorated. However, the latest copy of MAG News carried an apology for any accusations made to besmirch the Hell’s Angels reputations. Unfortunately, this "apology" was set in such terms to portray the Angels as a bunch of cuddly cartoon characters.
There have been numerous occasions where the Hell’s Angels have been arrested for the use and the sale of methamphetamine; or more commonly known as speed. There have been a lot of times where the Hells Angels’ "pad" or home gets raided by police. Andrew Serwer of the Los Angeles Times states "William ‘Gunner’ Wolf was arrested on suspicion of possessing 748 tablets of the illegal drug Ecstasy, an amphetamine-like narcotic. He was jailed after detectives stopped his car. Shortly after the arrest, detectives searched Wolf’s home" (A9). This apparently happens all the time, or at least the police would like it to.
The Hells Angels that many remember as a motorcycle gang scandalized by drug and murder indictments and the shoot ‘n’ loot mentality has gradually accomplished remarkable feats, and they’ve done so completely unnoticed by everyone except those in law enforcement who monitor them. The Hells Angels has grown into a multi-billion dollar crime syndicate with no boundaries. They’re incorporated, their death’s head patch is copyrighted, they have expensive super-lawyers in retainer, and they’re very organized. Nearly all intelligence sources demand anonymity because the Angels’ counter-surveillance is so sophisticated. They’re one organization with no rules to restrain them in their information gathering says one source, who also complains that the Angels have unlimited funds, so they have the best technology, such as electronic eavesdropping (desert.net/tw).
The Angels are mainly into the drug business. They manufacture and transport 100 percent pure methamphetamine. They also make major money through prostitution. With so much money available, the Hells Angels have bought off cops and regulators, thereby evading prosecution. They invest their laundered money in legitimate businesses according to Anthony Tait, an undercover officer in the Hells Angels ranks for seven years (desert.net/tw).
Canadian police cal the Angels "organized crime" but say the criminal activity if not organized by any senior club officials. Instead, members take care of their own criminal business and are supposed to give a share of that income back to the club. "Drugs and violence. That’s what they’re all about", said Edmonton Police Det. Ron Robertson. Robertson is on the Canadian police force and have been monitoring the Angels activity in Canada. The Hells Angels stripper agencies have also placed dancers in northern bars, where the strippers give a share of their income back to the agencies. Police also say that the Angels are distributors of cocaine and big-money hydroponically grown marijuana (www.canoe.com).
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