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The trial of a former chief of the Hells Angels in Europe is ready to start out in Madrid.
German nationwide Frank Hanebuth is being tried alongside 46 alleged worldwide collaborators for working a chapter of the motorbike membership on the Spanish resort island of Mallorca that was allegedly concerned in organized crime.
Spanish prosecutors are in search of a 13-year jail sentence for him on expenses of membership in a prison group, cash laundering and unlawful possession of firearms.
They’re additionally demanding a $6.Four million (4.2 million euro) advantageous for the cash laundering cost.
Different alleged main members are additionally charged with working a prostitution ring and drug trafficking and resist 38 years in jail.
In response to the prosecutor’s indictment, the Hells Angels carried out unlawful actions in Mallorca from 2009 to 2013 underneath Hanebuth’s management.
He allegedly appointed members who then carried out crimes together with extortion, pimping, buying unlawful firearms and theft in standard vacationer spots.
The accused didn’t restrict themselves to driving Harley-Davidsons.
One in every of Hanebuth’s fellow defendants has been cited as driving a Bentley at 200km/h in a 120km/h pace zone earlier than being pulled over by the police.
The trial is anticipated to final a number of weeks.
-AP
