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 A large-scale operation on Wednesday involving over 700 police officers including special forces is still underway. Dozens of flats and shops in North Rhine-Westphalia in areas with a heavy Hells Angels presence have been searched. https://www.thelocal.de/20171018/700-police-officers-conduct-raids-across-nrw-over-hells-angels-ban Wed, 18 Oct 2017 12:29:56 +0200 700-police-officers-conduct-raids-across-nrw-over-hells-angels-ban Police in Cologne performed a raid on the clubhouse of the Hells Angels biker gang, using a specially modified armoured vehicle, and uncovered a stash of weapons and money. https://www.thelocal.de/20170601/police-storm-hells-angels-clubhouse-with-armoured-vehicle Thu, 01 Jun 2017 19:54:39 +0200 police-storm-hells-angels-clubhouse-with-armoured-vehicle 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 The funeral for murdered Hells Angels boss Aygün Mucuk on Wednesday is expected to draw hundreds of fellow biker gang members from inside and outside of Germany, putting police on alert. https://www.thelocal.de/20161012/hundreds-of-hells-angels-from-various-countries-to-mourn-dead-boss Wed, 12 Oct 2016 12:45:11 +0200 hundreds-of-hells-angels-from-various-countries-to-mourn-dead-boss Aygün Mucuk, a leader of a Hells Angels biker gang, was found with bullet wounds in his body in central Germany on Friday morning. https://www.thelocal.de/20161007/hells-angels-boss-murder-threatens-rise-in-gang-violence Fri, 07 Oct 2016 17:19:20 +0200 hells-angels-boss-murder-threatens-rise-in-gang-violence More than 900 German police, tax and customs investigators raided Berlin's biggest brothel, charging it is linked to the Hells Angels biker gang, and making six arrests, authorities said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160415/police-raid-berlin-mega-brothel-linked-to-hells-angels Fri, 15 Apr 2016 10:38:07 +0200 police-raid-berlin-mega-brothel-linked-to-hells-angels 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 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 Organized criminals are increasingly active in Germany, with the mafia as well as biker and international gangs making headway in the country, according to a government report. https://www.thelocal.de/20141002/organized-crime-on-the-rise-in-germany-mafia Thu, 02 Oct 2014 11:18:00 +0200 organized-crime-on-the-rise-in-germany-mafia Displaying the symbols of notorious motorcycle gangs the Hells Angels and the Bandidos is forbidden across Germany, but that ban has now extended to the internet. https://www.thelocal.de/20140723/hells-angels-logo-banned-on-internet-by-german-state Wed, 23 Jul 2014 10:10:00 +0200 hells-angels-logo-banned-on-internet-by-german-state Five people were injured in a shootout among a biker gang in Frankfurt am Main in the early hours of Thursday morning. https://www.thelocal.de/20140703/five-injured-in-frankfurt-biker-shootout Thu, 03 Jul 2014 15:50:00 +0200 five-injured-in-frankfurt-biker-shootout Berlin authorities have banned Hells Angels gang members from displaying the club's winged death head symbol in public. https://www.thelocal.de/20140530/berlin-bans-hells-angels-trademark Fri, 30 May 2014 11:45:00 +0200 berlin-bans-hells-angels-trademark Members of the Hells Angels gang are seen as violent and secretive, but according to one former member their lives are governed by strict rules - including no buses or alcohol. https://www.thelocal.de/20140505/the-secret-rules-of-the-hells-angels-revealed-by-former-member Mon, 05 May 2014 18:33:00 +0200 the-secret-rules-of-the-hells-angels-revealed-by-former-member The German-born, European head of the Hells Angels motorbike gang was arrested in raids carried out by Spanish police on Tuesday. Officers found him in his Majorcan villa. https://www.thelocal.de/20130724/51029 Wed, 24 Jul 2013 18:45:00 +0200 51029 A 40-man murder squad is investigating the death of a Hells Angels biker whose body was found on Tuesday by a woman out for a walk in southern Germany. The 49-year-old had been shot to death on Monday evening. https://www.thelocal.de/20121128/46439 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 11:31:00 +0100 46439 Police say they foiled a murderous revenge attack by one biker gang on another when they stopped three Scandinavia-based men heading for Germany equipped with explosives, detonators and bullet-proof vests. https://www.thelocal.de/20120801/44087 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 10:56:00 +0200 44087 Berlin police have warned that biker gangs could use more guns and explosives as they fight for survival after a crackdown by authorities. Police also fear that Scandinavian organised crime networks may get involved. https://www.thelocal.de/20120709/43645 Mon, 09 Jul 2012 13:56:00 +0200 43645