https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed On Tuesday morning, officers in three German states raided properties belonging to “Osmanen Germania” - a Turkish nationalist biker gang with suspected links to Turkey’s President. https://www.thelocal.de/20180313/police-swoop-on-turkish-biker-gang-in-nationwide-raids Tue, 13 Mar 2018 15:43:51 +0100 police-swoop-on-turkish-biker-gang-in-nationwide-raids After a pet chihuahua went missing from the cabin of a truck in Leipzig at the start of May, 154 Hells Angels have offered to help find the dog, German media report. https://www.thelocal.de/20170524/hells-angels-prowl-streets-of-leipzig-in-hunt-for-kidnapped-chihuahua Wed, 24 May 2017 11:16:01 +0200 hells-angels-prowl-streets-of-leipzig-in-hunt-for-kidnapped-chihuahua Dozens of bikers from the notorious Russian nationalist club known as the Night Wolves crossed into Germany Sunday to celebrate the Soviet Union's World War II victory over the Nazis. https://www.thelocal.de/20160509/putins-biker-buddies-back-in-berlin-for-war-anniversary Mon, 09 May 2016 10:26:43 +0200 putins-biker-buddies-back-in-berlin-for-war-anniversary Police are hunting for unknown gunmen who shot and seriously wounded two men in broad daylight in central Frankfurt on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160506/police-hunt-gunmen-after-2-seriously-hurt-in-frankfurt-shooting Fri, 06 May 2016 10:20:08 +0200 police-hunt-gunmen-after-2-seriously-hurt-in-frankfurt-shooting Many motorbike lovers wheeled out their metal steeds for the first time this year in the sunny weather on the weekend – but for some the trip ended fatally. https://www.thelocal.de/20160404/nine-bikers-killed-in-deadly-spring-weekend Mon, 04 Apr 2016 10:42:35 +0200 nine-bikers-killed-in-deadly-spring-weekend One of Germany's most notorious streets became the scene of a violent shootout on Monday evening when a member of a biker gang was attacked by gunmen outside a bar. https://www.thelocal.de/20151229/shootout-on-reeperbahn-leaves-biker-badly-wounded Tue, 29 Dec 2015 12:33:57 +0100 shootout-on-reeperbahn-leaves-biker-badly-wounded A Spanish judge freed on bail Monday a German suspected of being a top leader of the Hells Angels biker gang on money-laundering and prostitution-related charges, a judicial source said. https://www.thelocal.de/20150728/alleged-german-hells-angels-boss-bailed-in-spain Tue, 28 Jul 2015 10:08:54 +0200 alleged-german-hells-angels-boss-bailed-in-spain A biker gang in Cologne decided to save themselves a trip on Sunday night by having a mass brawl right in front of a hospital. https://www.thelocal.de/20150519/biker-brawl-breaks-out-at-cologne-hospital Tue, 19 May 2015 14:00:32 +0200 biker-brawl-breaks-out-at-cologne-hospital Members of the Night Wolves Russian biker gang, reputed to be close to President Vladimir Putin, commemorated the end of the Second World War in Berlin on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150508/putins-biker-cavalcade-reaches-berlin Fri, 08 May 2015 17:05:54 +0200 putins-biker-cavalcade-reaches-berlin Police raided biker group Satudarah's clubhouses and the homes of members across Germany on Tuesday after Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere banned the group. https://www.thelocal.de/20150224/police-raid-biker-clubhouses-members-homes Tue, 24 Feb 2015 10:50:18 +0100 police-raid-biker-clubhouses-members-homes A street battle between the Hells Angels and Bandidos biker gangs in Düsseldorf on New Year's Eve left a passer-by gravely wounded by a bullet in the chest. https://www.thelocal.de/20150107/passer-by-wounded-in-biker-shootout-hells-angels-bandidos-duesseldorf Wed, 07 Jan 2015 09:50:00 +0100 passer-by-wounded-in-biker-shootout-hells-angels-bandidos-duesseldorf Ten bikers and an accomplice appeared in a Berlin court under heavy police protection on Tuesday, accused of shooting a man in front of a betting shop's security cameras in a case where the police fell short. https://www.thelocal.de/20141104/hells-angels-murder-trial-reveals-police-slip-ups Tue, 04 Nov 2014 11:31:00 +0100 hells-angels-murder-trial-reveals-police-slip-ups A German court has jailed a top Hells Angel for more than four years for a series of crimes including human trafficking and grievous bodily harm. His testimony sparked raids across the country and a hunt for a body cemented into a building. https://www.thelocal.de/20120614/43159 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 19:16:00 +0200 43159 Representatives across all major parties in the newly-elected state parliament of Berlin have spoken out in favour of banning the Hells Angels, a motorcycle gang linked with organized crime, in the German capital. https://www.thelocal.de/20111011/38129 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:39:00 +0200 38129 Investigators are deciding what charges to bring against Hannover’s Hells Angels boss, after his two German Shepherds brutally attacked a number of people. https://www.thelocal.de/20110911/37513 Sun, 11 Sep 2011 12:06:00 +0200 37513 Police in the Czech Republic have arrested the German boss of the feared Bandido biker gang suspected of involvement in the kidnapping and murder of banker’s wife Maria Bögerl, media reported Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20110429/34705 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 15:43:00 +0200 34705 A member of the Hells Angels biker gang was sentenced to nine years in prison by a Koblenz court Monday for killing a police officer. https://www.thelocal.de/20110228/33399 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:47:00 +0100 33399 A member of the Bandidos motorcycle gang reportedly prevented youths who severely beat a man in the Berlin U-Bahn metro from attacking his co-worker. Other witnesses of the assault, however, stood by doing nothing. https://www.thelocal.de/20110218/33199 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 13:34:00 +0100 33199 Police in the German state of Hesse conducted raids on Friday morning for an investigation focusing on the alleged collusion of several high-level law enforcement officials with the Hells Angels biker gang. https://www.thelocal.de/20101210/31729 Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:22:00 +0100 31729 As authorities increase pressure on German biker gangs amid an escalating turf war, the two main groups - the Hells Angels and the Bandidos - have forged a truce, a media report said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100525/27403 Tue, 25 May 2010 13:20:00 +0200 27403