Hell's Angels biker gangs shut down in Frankfurt

<p><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;"><h1 style="font-size: 14px; color: #003282; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px;"></h1><div class="clearing" style="clear: both; line-height: 0; display: block; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: initial none initial;"> </div><div style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: #003282; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: initial none initial;"><div class="picBoxDetailTop" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: #003282; float: left; width: 194px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: initial none initial;"><a href="http://www.dw-world.de/popups/popup_lupe/0,,15429845,00.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: #333333;" target="_blank"><img alt="German members of the Hell's Angels" border="0" src="http://www.dw-world.de/image/0,,15429691_1,00.jpg" style="float: left; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></a><div class="captionBox" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: #003282; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: initial none initial;"><em class="caption" style="display: block; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 8px; color: #555555; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.4em; font-style: normal; background-color: #f4f4f4;"><a href="http://www.dw-world.de/popups/popup_lupe/0,,15429845,00.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: #555555; font-size: 10px;" target="_blank">Displaying the Hell's Angels badges is now an offense</a></em></div></div><div class="detailTeaserBox" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: #003282; float: left; width: 374px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: initial none initial;"><h4 class="detailContentTeasertext" style="font-size: 12px; color: #333333; letter-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; line-height: 1.4em; display: block; margin: 0px;">Hell's Angels motorbike gangs have been outlawed from the German city of Frankfurt. State authorities banned the bikers after accusing of them of criminal activity and seizing control of the streets.</h4></div><div class="clearing" style="clear: both; line-height: 0; display: block; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: initial none initial;"> </div></div><div class="detailContent" style="padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; border: initial none initial;"><p style="font-size: 12px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #333333;"> </p><p style="font-size: 12px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #333333;">State authorities have banned the Hell's Angels motorbike gangs in Frankfurt, on the grounds that they were engaged in criminal activity.</p><p style="font-size: 12px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #333333;">Boris Rhein, interior minister for the state of Hesse, accused the gangs of running drug and prosecution rackets through which they had seized control of the streets.</p><p style="font-size: 12px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #333333;">"This is a clear signal that we won't allow a state within the state," said Rhein, adding that the gangs were disciplined by a vow of silence.</p><p style="font-size: 12px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #333333;">All assets of the outlawed Westend and Frankfurt chapters of the Hell's Angels were seized under the ban. Each chapter is believed that have around 90 members.</p><p style="font-size: 12px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #333333;">Two other Hell's Angels groups were banned in other parts of Germany in June and last year, although gangs in the rest of Germany remain legal.</p></div></span></p>

Hell's Angels biker gangs shut down in Frankfurt

  Displaying the Hell's Angels badges is now an offense Hell's Angels motorbike gangs have been outlawed from the German city of Fra...

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