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SASKATOON - A law banning the wearing of gang colours in Saskatchewan bars violates a person's right to freedom of expression, a judge ruled. (CP) MORE: Prohibiting gang colours unconstitutional

Drug dealers sentenced

EDMONTON - John Reginald Alcantara, Nicholas James Roberts, and Sean David Critch were found guilty earlier this year of conspiracy to traffic cocaine in 2005 and 2006. Alcantara, a full-patch member of the Hells Angels, was among the leaders of the conspiracy. It was alleged he controlled the purse strings of the operation, but there was no evidence he handled the drugs. (Edmonton Journal) MORE: Prison for cocaine conspiracy

'Agent 22' was divided man

WINNIPEG - He was a trusted associate of the Hells Angels, tasked with overseeing their puppet club’s substantial profits. But the lure of even greener pastures was enough to convince Zig Zag gang member Michael Satsatin to turn his back on the gang and accept a dangerous job as a secret police snitch. (Mike on Crime) PREVIOUS: Former Mountie swept up

Insider set up bust More arrests Project Divide arrests

Contempt charge

WINNIPEG - Christopher Brisson's silence has proven to be costly. The Winnipeg man was cited for contempt of court after refusing to testify earlier in the week against two longtime Hells Angels accused of violently attacking him. The move prompted prosecutors to drop charges against the gang associates. (Mike on Crime) PREVIOUS: Crown drops charges

Bikers backed coke ring

EDMONTON - Two Hells Angels from the Edmonton chapter allegedly partnered up with a Fort McMurray drug kingpin to ensure his cocaine-trafficking operation ran smoothly. The full-patch Hells Angels are Alan Peter Knapczyk, 35, and John Reginald Alcantara, 37, and the head of the Fort McMurray drug gang is Jeffrey Mark Caines, 36, who earlier pleaded guilty to trafficking cocaine, but is currently disputing certain parts of an agreed statement of facts. (Sun Media)

Arrests made

HAMILTON - A year-long OPP investigation resulted in the arrests of seven suspected bikers Tuesday and the seizure of more than $1 million worth of drugs, properties and vehicles. Authorities announced they’d rounded up the suspected Hells Angels members after a series of raids in Hamilton, Waterloo and Nanticoke in which officers seized $215,000 worth of drugs, residential and commercial properties, and vehicles and motorcycles worth a combined $875,000. The investigation, dubbed Project Manchester, was an OPP effort with support from the RCMP, Hamilton, Waterloo, Niagara, York and Halton Police Services. (CityNews)

Puppet biker clubs spreading

VANCOUVER - New biker clubs with links to the notorious Hells Angels are sprouting up all over BC, much to the concern of police specialists in outlaw motorcycle gangs. (Vancouver Sun)

Hells in Paradise

CABARETE - Up until last spring, when an international posse of cops possibly slowed down the Quebec Hells Angels’ various rackets as a result of a multi-year investigation labelled Operation SharQc, anyone obsessed with the biker gang’s various chapters need only head to Cabarete, on the impossibly beautiful North Coast of the Dominican Republic, to get up close and maybe even personal with their outlaw heroes. (Montreal Mirror)

10 years for dealer

EDMONTON - Beau Yakimishyn, 27, had pleaded guilty to trafficking earlier this month. Seventeen other people were charged during the same sweep, including two members of the Edmonton Hells Angels. (Edmonton Journal)

RCMP wants to punt agent

The Mounties are trying to cut one of their prized Hells Angels informants adrift for doing radio interviews about his new true crime book on his life as a rat. The informant, born Paul Joseph Derry, now lives in an undisclosed location somewhere in North America under a new identity after he agreed to testify about a Hells Angels contract killing in 2000. (Ottawa Citizen) PREVIOUS: RCMP could have stopped hit Treacherous by Paul Derry

Hells Angel gets prison

TORONTO - A Welland resident and member of the Hells Angels will spend the next seven years in jail for trafficking the "date-rape drug" and cocaine in the Toronto area. Zavisa Drecic, 45, of Buchner Road, was sentenced to eight years in prison in a Toronto courtroom. (St Catharines Standard)

Appeals court quashes challenge

BARRIE - Two members of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club have lost their challenge of Ottawa's anti-gang law in an appeals court ruling that upholds their conviction for extortion as well as the constitutionality of stiffer sentences for gangsters. (National Post) JUDGMENT: 2009 ONCA 0532 Court upholds 'anti-gang' law Angels' appeal gang law Hells Angels criminal organization, judge rules Hells Angels declared a criminal organization

Lawyer quick to appeal

MONTREAL - Louis Pasquin, 49, seemed to know he was just going through a formality. He was given a quick pat on the shoulder by his lawyer, Pierre Panaccio, who then dashed off to the Quebec Court of Appeal across the street to put the finishing touches to filing an appeal. That allowed Pasquin to leave the courthouse as a free man while he challenges the verdict. (Montreal Gazette) PREVIOUS: 56 months for lawyer Lawyer guilty of gangsterism Lawyer found guilty

Gunsmith gets 8 years

MONTREAL - A former Hells Angels gunsmith was sentenced to eight years in prison on Monday after pleading guilty to five weapons-related charges. Michel Vezina, who was arrested last December, will become a Crown informant after prosecutors submitted an agreement signed by the 61-year-old. (CP)

Police bust puppet club

MONTREAL - Police shifted their ongoing organized-crime crackdown from the Hells Angels to one of its puppet clubs, conducting raids east of Montreal on a group called Devil's Child. (CTV) MORE: SQ nabs alleged dealers

Ousted biker took revenge

ANTIOCH - A man ousted from a motorcycle club shot and killed the club's founder in the parking lot of an Antioch convenience store to avenge a years-long grudge over finances and the slaying of the suspect's son. (San Francisco Chronicle)

Charges withdrawn

LONDON, Ont. - Mario Parente, 60, former president of the Outlaws motorcycle club who faced 17 charges and Luis Ferreira, 33, facing nine charges, walked out of the Middlesex County court house free men. (Hamilton Spectator) MORE: Lack of witness sets free bikers Big show never took place Project Retire's targets and results

Biker sting

DETROIT - An adviser to the mayor and two former police officers were among dozens of members and associates of a motorcycle gang charged with attempted murder, cocaine and steroid distribution and other crimes. (AP) MORE: 74 indicted DOJ press release Highwaymen MC

Guilty of trafficking painkillers

CALGARY - A pharmacist sold thousands of painkiller pills, first to pay off a gambling debt and then after he was threatened by the buyer. Bassam (Sam) Soufan, 36, was sentenced to an 18-month conditional sentence to be served in the community for trafficking 16,000 OxyContin pills between February and October 2007. (Calgary Herald)

Cazzetta among those charged

MONTREAL - When Salvatore Cazzetta was released from a federal penitentiary in 2004, he told parole officers that he had given up on the Rock Machine, a gang he founded. While that was true, what Cazzetta actually did was change gang colours and join the Hells Angels, formerly his sworn enemies. (Montreal Gazette)

MORE: Operation Machine targets drugs

Hells Angels sentenced

VANCOUVER - Justice Selwyn Romilly sentenced Ronaldo Lising to 30 months in prison for the gun crimes, pointing out that Lising was a proud Hells Angel member who had a penchant for firearms and violence. (Vancouver Sun)

2 Hells Angels get 1 more day in jail

'Unrepentant criminal'

Hells Angels not a criminal organization

Prosecutor should take the rap

Hells Angels share a laughs after jury acquits

Payment for 'lost' marijuana

'We are the Hells Angels'

Police agent knocked out at nightclub

Hells Angels, UN Gang meeting

Police agent says he collected cash

It's not a crime to be a Hells Angel

Don't prejudge Angels

Crown wants Hells Angels outlawed

Jury will decide

Jury selection underway

Blanket publication ban lifted

Video shows attack

Lawyer challenges memory

MONTREAL - Defence lawyer Carole Beaucage began her cross examination of informant Stéphane (Godasse) Gagné by challenging his memory. (Montreal Gazette) PREVIOUS: Killing and yard work Trial under tight security

RCMP sweep

QUEBEC CITY - Two members of the Hells Angels were among several people targeted across the province yesterday as the RCMP rounded up suspects in an alleged contraband tobacco ring. (Montreal Gazette)

TV mobster nabbed

MONTREAL - More than 50 people, including a former actor who played the role of a mobster in a popular television series about the Mafia, were arrested or sought on warrants in connection with a major cocaine trafficking ring with alleged links to the Hells Angels. (Montreal Gazette) PREVIOUS: Ottawa restaurateur Drug raid

20 years in US jail

SEATTLE - Metro Vancouver drug trafficker Rob Shannon was sentenced to 20 years in a US jail for his role as the leader of the transport division of an international smuggling ring. (Vancouver Sun) PREVIOUS: Trucker pleads guilty The hit that failed 'Old school gangster' Man pleads guilty Canadian pleads guilty

Not criminally responsible

SOREL - A man who drove a petrol tanker truck into a Hells Angels bunker last October has been found not criminally responsible because he was delusional and off his medication at the time. (CTV) PREVIOUS: I was held at gunpoint 'Mental evaluation' 3 suspects

Bunker torched Police investigating

Feds bust Mongols

LOS ANGELES - An undercover investigation that put federal agents inside the notorious Mongols motorcycle gang ended with arrests of dozens of members on warrants ranging from drug sales to murder and a move by the government to seize the group's name. (AP) MORE: Raid targets Mongols MC

14 years

SEATTLE - Leroy Carr came to the attention of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement after he called them in August 2007 about missing 31 kilos (68lbs) of cocaine he had stashed near a Boy Scout camp close to the border. (Vancouver Sun) MORE: Federal way man sentenced

Hells Angels founder sues HBO

LOS ANGELES - Hells Angels founder Sonny Barger filed a lawsuit last week against the pay cable network, the production company behind the project and its writer/executive producer Michael Tolkin claiming that the concept and the script for the show were developed with his collaboration. (Hollywood Reporter)

4th arrest made

MONTREAL - A fourth man has been arrested in the theft of nearly a tonne of commercial explosives later found in the hands of men believed to be linked to the Hells Angels. (Montreal Gazette) PREVIOUS: Explosives seized Explosives found

Ex-president jailed

TORONTO - The former president of the Simcoe County chapter of the Hells Angels, who swears he has turned his life around, was nonetheless sentenced to 2-1/2 years in prison today for trafficking in 8,340 ecstasy pills for the benefit of a criminal organization. (Toronto Star)

Ex-wife arrested

QUEBEC CITY -Jacqueline Benoit is suspected of helping Gallant commit two murders. Gerald Gallant pleaded guilty to 27 murders that happened as far back as 1978. (CTV)

11th suspect arrested

Biker hitman confesses to 27 murders

Operation Baladeur underway

Informer helps police solve gangland slayings

Life in prison for biker hit man

4 plead guilty

CHARLESTON - Four members or associates of the Pagans Motorcycle Club pleaded guilty to various charges in federal court, becoming the first of the 55 defendants named in a sweeping, 44-count indictment to admit criminal wrongdoing. The indictment accuses gang members of using violence and intimidation to control a criminal network that stretched from West Virginia to as far as New Jersey and Florida. The gang used a small governing body called the "Mother Club," whose members each oversaw a particular region, to maintain control over the Pagans MC and other affiliated motorcycle clubs. (Charleston Gazette)

No longer 'rolls with the club'

VANCOUVER - Rocco Dipopolo insisted to The Sun that he no longer "rolls with the club," despite the fact that his brother Damiano is a full-patch member of the Kelowna chapter and a former East End member. Dipopolo, who owns property in Vancouver and Kelowna, registered Maximum Core Cardio Studio Ltd. last May 23, according to BC government records. Three days later, the company applied to Vancouver City Hall for approval to open a gym in an old A&B Sound store at 3435 E Hastings St., a few blocks from Dipopolo's Cambridge Street house. (Vancouver Sun)

Murder plot thickens

WINNIPEG - Denis Jerome Labossiere was arrested at Winnipeg’s Stony Mountain Institution on allegations he discussed plans with a fellow inmate to kill the three alleged targets. (Mike on Crime)

Murder plot

New charges

Triple murder linked to crime underworld

Weapons linked to Jerome found

RCMP arrest three suspects

Court papers shed light on Labossiere slayings

'Polite' surrender

The Bartlesville police were quickly able to establish that he was Christopher Ablett, 37, an alleged member of the Mongols Motorcycle Club sought in San Francisco on charges that he killed Mark "Papa" Guardado, the head of the Hells Angels' "Frisco" chapter. (San Francisco Chronicle)

Pipe bombing linked to rival biker gangs

3 bombs explode at home of Mongols leader

Leader gunned down

Hells Angel shot

Hells Angels leader gunned down

Hells Angel shot dead in fight

Shorter terms for dealers

KELOWNA - The judge handed Richard Andrew Rempel, 25, a four-year term and gave David Roger Revell, 44, five years in prison. But the judge also gave Rempel 39 months credit for more than 500 days served in pre-trial custody, effectively reducing his sentence to nine months. (Vancouver Sun) PREVIOUS: Silence nets Hells Angels short jail terms

Too dangerous to be freed

KINGSTON - The corrections system has given up on Gregory Wooley. The 36-year-old, reputed to be a killer for the Hells Angels, was denied statutory release after the National Parole Board ruled he was too high a risk to "kill or cause serious harm to another person" before his sentence ends on Dec. 26, 2009. (Montreal Gazette) PREVIOUS: Syndicate

Hells Angels from Toronto held in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS - Authorities say Robin Melvin Moulton, a fugitive Hells Angels motorcycle club member from Canada is being held on an immigration violation while awaiting extradition from Nevada to Toronto on cocaine trafficking and firearms charges. (AP)

New trial ordered

WINNIPEG - Manitoba's highest court has ordered that a new trial be held for Ernie Dew, the former Manitoba Hells Angels president sentenced to 13 years in prison on drug charges. In a 40-page decision the Manitoba Court of Appeal ruled Dew was denied his right to a fair trial. (Sun Media)

Patch carries a lot of weight

In December 1999, years of diplomatic efforts and arm-twisting by the Angels in Ontario paid off. In a ceremony in Sorel, Que., nearly all of Ontario's 13 outlaw motorcycle gangs buried their own colours for the winged death's head of the Angels. (St. Catharines Standard)

Reign is over

Drugs lead to downfall of Hells Angels

Guilty of criminal organization charge

Hells Angels trafficked drugs

'Thank you'

WHITBY - Two senior Hells Angels quietly said "thank you" to a jury after they were acquitted yesterday of hiring a hit man to kill a fellow biker. (Toronto Star)

'We're not criminals'

Didn't plot hit, Angel insists

Snitch asked for help

Witness objected to vest on deceased

Bizarre twist

Bikers suspected 'a rat'

Perfect 'hitman'

Guilty plea

WINNIPEG - James Heickert, 46, was sentenced to seven years after he admitted in a Winnipeg courtroom he planned to take out a hit on his own brother, Sean, after Sean Heickert defected to a rival drug-trafficking network. (Toronto Star)

Associate charged

Documents reveal Thompson's turf war

Biker charged with conspiracy

Police listened as plot hatched

Gang leader shot dead

Rare move

Biker boss gets 36-year term

PHILADELPHIA - Four years out of prison, John Napoli took a "scruffy, disorganized" outlaw biker gang and turned it into a well-organized $6 million crystal-meth-trafficking organization. (Philadelphia Daily News) MORE: Breed leader gets 36 years

Hells Angels plotted to kill Mick

Mick Jagger, the Rolling Stones singer was the target of an assassination attempt which only failed because the boat the would-be killers were using was swamped in a storm. (Telegraph UK) MORE: BBC Radio 4: The FBI at 100 Jagger murder plot

Ailing biker gets break

PHILADELPHIA - US District Judge Harvey Bartle III sentenced Frederick "Panhead" Freehoff, 51, to a 15-year prison sentence and a lifetime on supervised release, instead of 22 to 27 years in prison, which included a 20-year mandatory minimum, under federal advisory sentencing guidelines. (Philadelphia Daily News) PREVIOUS: Police nab, Fuzzy, Chains, Scary Movie, Tommy Trash, Etc.

Bikers' secrets

OSHAWA - If the walls could talk, they'd be in a witness protection program. The squatty, red-and-white Hells Angels clubhouse at 487 Ortono Ave in Oshawa, was once one of the toughest-to-enter addresses in the Greater Toronto Area, until heavily armed police barged in and seized it in September 2006. (Toronto Star) PREVIOUS: Inside the clubhouse Province seizes clubhouse

Attempted murder nets 5 years

SASKATOON - A Saskatoon man who last month dragged a woman more than 30 metres with his truck, then went to a man's house and shot him three times, was sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison. (Saskatoon Star Phoenix)

Biker jailed over fatal crash

PENTICTON - Aaron Lardner, 35, was convicted of criminal negligence causing death and impaired driving causing death in the crash that killed his passenger, 22-year-old Lindsay Paulson. (CanWest) PREVIOUS: Biker found guilty in fatal crash

Biker nabbed

WINNIPEG - William (Billy) Bowden, 32, was transported back to Winnipeg, where he was charged with manslaughter in the stabbing death of 24-year old Jeffrey Engen in a downtown cabaret last November. (Vancouver Sun) PREVIOUS: Police tracked girlfriend to catch fugitive biker Trial to focus on nightclub violence RCMP arrest Bowden in BC

Lawyer argues Hells Angels are not a criminal organization

REGINA - A charge against a member of the Regina chapter of the Hells Angels fell apart because authorities couldn't prove the notorious motorcycle club is actually a criminal organization, says the man's lawyer. (CanWest) MORE: Withdrawal of charge won't affect other cases: prosecutor

Cocaine-trafficking case collapses

BURLINGTON - The Crown has dropped its case against four men charged in a massive cocaine trafficking ring allegedly linked to organized crime because the investigating RCMP drug officers were on sick leave. (Hamilton Spectator) PREVIOUS: RCMP faces new charges

'Merchant of misery' gets 10 years

WINNIPEG - Winnipeg drug kingpin Jose Neves was handed a 10-year prison sentence Tuesday - but not before an angry judge dished out a verbal tongue-lashing. Queen's Bench Justice Don Bryk told Neves he was a greedy liar who preys on the misfortunes of others. (Winnipeg Free Press) PREVIOUS: 'Merchant of misery'

Hells Angel may be in Canada

Phoenix Deputy US Marshal Eric Brown said Paul Merle Eischeid crossed into Canada sometime after 2003 and is believed to have found shelter from Hells Angels chapters across Canada, including in Winnipeg. (Winnipeg Free Press) PREVIOUS: US Marshals Most Wanted

Biker charged for wearing 'colours'

MOOSE JAW - A member of the Hells Angels was charged by Moose Jaw police for wearing gang colours in a licensed establishment on Saturday afternoon. The charge was laid under The Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act. (Regina Leader-Post) PREVIOUS: Moose Jaw's $400K traffic stop

10 years

WINNIPEG - The vice-president of the Kelowna Hells Angels has admitted to arranging a major cocaine deal that was caught by police surveillance inside a Winnipeg fast-food restaurant and at a Calgary pig roast. Lester Jones, 36, was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to traffic cocaine.. (Winnipeg Free Press)

1st Project Drill target pleads guilty

Hells Angel brother vs. brother

8 years

Tough road ahead

Another gangster arrested in RCMP sting

Hells Angel member tried to have brother killed

Crackdown on bikers spreads into BC

Arrests in raids on Hells Angels

Winnipeg club house hit in police raids

Cross country 'Project Drill' raids

Seized firepower shocking to police

Rapper turns away SWAT team

Gang leader shot dead in Thompson

Pilot couldn't resist dream

WINNIPEG - Whether it was a plane, a train or an automobile, Joel Maguet wasn't very picky when it came to dreaming up innovative schemes on how to peddle drugs across Canada. (Free Press) PREVIOUS: Plane used to deliver drugs Dead pilot accused of two biker murders Perspective: Drugs, bikers and death

Judge upholds charges against Breed biker gang members

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. - Fifteen Breed outlaw motorcycle gang members will face trial in Bucks County Court on a myriad of drug charges, a district justice ruled yesterday after a preliminary hearing that lasted three days under heavy security from sheriff’s deputies. (Trentonian)

Guilty in stabbing death

PRINCE ALBERT - A penitentiary inmate has been found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of a Hells Angels contract killer turned police informer. Christopher Robert Cluney, 33, held Amie Simard in a cell on July 18, 2003, while another inmate, Alvin Vern Starblanket, stabbed him more than 150 times. (CanWest)

Cluney takes the stand

Witness changes his story

Crown tries to link Cluney to murder

Accused killer with Hells Angels leader

Hells Angels link suggested at murder trial

Starblanket gets life sentence

2 charged with 2003 prison murder

Inmate's death raises alarm over prison violence

Drug trade attracts Hells Angels

KELOWNA - Having a Hells Angels chapter in Kelowna is a sign of Kelowna's thriving drug trade, says an expert on the biker gang. Julian Sher says the bikers are smart businessmen. "They go where they know the drug trade is flourishing or where they can make it flourish." (Province)

Residents want rid of crack shacks

Kelowna cracks down on crackheads

Trickle-down effect used by crime networks

Hells Angels not welcome

CHBC Video: Hells Angels open new chapter

Hells Angels open new chapter in BC city

Hells Angel busted

9 years

TORONTO - Gerald (Skinny) Ward was found guilty of directing the commission of a criminal offence for the benefit of a criminal organization. (CP)

'An uninterrupted life of crime'

A 'life of crime'

Guilty of drug trafficking

Witness labelled a liar

Guilty in date-rape drug bust

Rock Machine recruiting in GTA

Rock Machine

11 years

Gang run like a business

Patch allows members to 'intimidate, extort'

Bikers had secret police documents

Bikers admit selling drugs

Not the same old gang

Rock Machine threw party

Hells Angel sues strip club

Blogger leaked order to raid

Bikers won't get back bling

Angels in court

Biker 'rat' opposed giving tour to media

Lawyer shocked by possible biker raid leak

Arrested biker ordered deported in 1999

Incongruity thy name is Hells Angels

Angels in court

OPP praise informant's help in Hells' raids

Angel spied for cops in BC

Club rules: No wives and no murders

Bad time to be a biker

Ex-biker guilty in slaying

Associate pleads guilty to manslaughter

Biker's son snubbed by military

Biker gets 6 years

Ailing biker

Biker verdict causes uproar

Logo battle

Hells Angel charged

2 plead guilty

VANCOUVER - Two members of the East End Hells Angels pleaded guilty Monday to cocaine trafficking and conspiring to produce methamphetamine. (Vancouver Sun)

Bail denied

3 years

Hells Angel caught in raid, again

Hells Angel member arrested

Lawrence Dean Bergstrom

Hells Angel sought after raid

Man acquitted on appeal

Kidnapping, extortion trial

Ex-wife loses lawsuit

Jailed for refusing to testify

RCMP bag bikers in cocaine bust

Nanaimo Angles post bail

Hells Angels must be tackled

BC wants ban on gang colours

Slain associate sought RCMP protection

Six years

BC wins court victory

2009 BCCA 124

Police remove signs

BC Civil Forfeiture Act

Province wins court battle

And justice for all . . . to not see

Acquittal in key test of anti-gang law

Hells Angel pleads with a judge not to lift ban

Hells Angel asks court to keep press ban

Hells Angels on trial

Defence lawyer denies accused was drug czar

Prosecutor alleges joint venture

3 accused were in business for Hells Angels

Judge grills Crown during trial

E-mail flurry followed cocaine loss

Flurry of messages sent

The 'power of the patch' in court

Ban lifted on secret trial

Hells Angel pal pleads guilty

Acquittal stands

Court upholds Hells Angel's acquittal

Missing Hells Angel

Crown urges stiff term

Another clean sweep for BC bikers

Secret signals

Hells Angel in jail

6 years

Details of drug sting unveiled

Guilty plea

Smuggling operation busted

'Family man' accused

Local arrests

Feds break up 'BC Bud' ring

Abbotsford man arrested

Stakes huge for public on anti-gang law

Tapes reveal Hells Angels plot

Hells Angel's Legacy sparks fight

Hells Angel dies on flight to Maui

Wife seeks 'hidden riches'

3 alleged associates plead guilty

18 months of house arrest

Bike gangsters

Clubhouse Langley, BC

'Uneventful'

Untouchable no more

The real scoop

2 raids on one house in Kelowna

RCMP bust 'Angels' grow operation

Hells Angels victory

Hells Angels lose round in court

Government selling pimped-out rides

Seizure of clubhouse

Clubhouse seized

Province seizes Angels clubhouse

Nanaimo Hells Angels clubhouse

Police seize Nanaimo biker lair

Province grabs Hells Angels clubhouse

Safety of police considered

Judge upholds secrecy surrounding raid

Pot case ends with jail terms

Six year probe shines light on gangs

Judge pulls plug on Hydro defence

No Charter violation, court says

R. v. Terezakis 2007 BCCA 384

Hells Angels associate in court

City surprised hotel owned by Hells Angel

Disingenuous or Dumb?

Son of Hells Angels boss still 'guilty

Hells Angel petition not valid, Ottawa says

Hells Angel says people are rude to him

Hells Angel challenges organized crime law

Winning the PR war

Missing man 'probably' not dead

Bulletin Board firm linked to Hells Angel

45 Hells Angels

Losing the war on bikers

Angels' BC holdings are extensive

Behind the patch: Angels ABCs

Hells Angels member jailed

Hells Angels face sentencing

Court backs RCMP

Biker gets jail for punching Mountie

Fired, Re-Hired

Border guard partied with Hells Angels

Hells Angels set up new base

Hells Angels case rests on million dollar mole

Mounties' informant out of control

Man taped secret talks with Hells Angels

Informant admits assault on accused

Mounties' informant out of control

RCMP agents committed crimes with immunity

No-fault crime laws undermine justice system

Police agree to pay $1M to Angels informer

Angels trial hears cries of man being beaten

Hells Angel guilty of trafficking...again

Meth dropped off at city deli

Exotic nightclub fights for survival

Book says taxman targeting BC's rich Angels

BC police outline raids against Hells Angels

Police raid two BC Hells Angels clubhouses

RCMP port probe findings a PR win for Angels

Hells Angels use billboard for image campaign

Two Angels sentenced to four years

RCMP Press Release

East Van Hells Angels president gets 4 years

BC Hells Angels handed four-year sentences

Hells Angles declared criminal organization

BC Hells Angels claim they are 'nice guys'

Hells Angels' trial delayed

Dead man was associate of Hells Angels

Trio charged with Abbotsford arsons

Three face arson charges over torched pubs

Police visit Hells Angel's clubhouse

Hells Angels' guilty pleas hailed by police

Third suspect to go to trial

Delta officer on stand in 'Angels trial'

They’re no Angels

Hells Angel gets 6 years for Ladner incident

Six-year sentence for Hell's Angels prospect

Angels' prospect found guilty on seven counts

Hells Angel guilty; Police respond

Judge refuses criminal label for Angels

Suspect involved in Hells Angels raid acquitted

Hells Angels ruling has impact on Delta case

BC's Hells Angels: Rich and Powerful

BC police forces stun Hells Angels

Police raid BC Hells Angels clubhouses

Hells Angels chief's son pleads guilty

Hells Angels arrest in extortion case

Rival biker gang war looming in BC: Police

18 charged in Hells Angels bust

Cops & Angels

Hells Angel arrested after battle with cops

Police fear club linked to Hells Angels

Biker clubs deny links to Hells Angels

Hells Angels expand their empire in BC

Bikers 'stunned' by YVR gun bust

Biker bust reveals truth

Member of Hells Angels arrested at airport

Hells Angel sentenced

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Hells Angels used snowmobiles, boats and even a corrupt American postal worker to smuggle high-powered guns across the Canada-US border. Andrew Janz was sentenced to seven years and four months in prison under a joint recommendation from Crown and defence lawyers. (Winnipeg Free Press)

Hells Angel, ex-cop charged

Hells Angel, former policeman arrested

Court documents reveal details

Defense lawyers seek funding

Charges stayed against alleged Winnipeg bikers

Manitoba expanding Hells Angels gang case Proceedings begin in Manitoba biker mega-trial

Hells Angels a tough target, trial told

Crown argues biker gang is organized crime

First Project Defence trial opens

Maurice 'Mom' Boucher

No more charges for Mom

Informant paid $2.9M

Hells Angels tobacco trafficking targeted

Bail

Hells Angels could wait

6 years left to serve

Canadian confesses properties are from crime

Hells Angel among smuggling ring arrests

Arrest made

MONTREAL - A Hells Angel wanted for murder, drug trafficking and gangsterism was arrested by SQ officers Wednesday at a Longueuil shopping mall. Bernard Plourde, 46, a member of the Trois Rivieres Hells chapter, was apprehended by SQ officers at Place Longueuil at around 1pm. (Montreal Gazette)

Mom's son to be released

Bail granted

Hells Angels flexed muscles in businesses

Gang trials will be the hard part

Who will step into the big boys shoes

Massive police raids

City police arrest 17

Hells Angel arrested

Unescorted leave after 5 life sentences

Hells Angel's parole revoked

Hells Angels' Kingpin strikes out with SCC

Two Hells Angels bosses sentenced to 20 years

Devil 'n Angels

Police probing prison biker murder

Hells Angels drug ring smashed

Hells Angels were flying in coke from BC

Hells Angels resurface in Quebec

Police keep heat on Quebec bike gangs

Highway to Hell

Hells Angels underling gets 15 years in prison

Operation SharQc

Witness against lawyer 'lies like he breathes'

Defence won't call witnesses

Police surveillance video kicks off trafficking trial

Judge blisters cops for illegal taping

Police raids nets Hells Angels lawyer

Find a job after leaving prison, biker told

Associate gets 2 life sentences

2 life sentences

Guilty verdict

Hells Angels conspired to jam justice system

Trial begins 11 years after shooting

Prison guard recalls attack that killed colleague

Hells Angel charged in prison guard's death

Hells Angel arrested in murder of 2 guards

Day parole

LAVAL - During a National Parole Board hearing held at the Federal Training Centre in Laval Friday, Rejean Lessard said he is far removed from the life he led in the early 1980s when he was president of the Hells Angels' Montreal chapter and helped orchestrate the slaughter now known as the Lennoxville Purge. (CanWest)

Jury convicts biker

Takin' care of Canadians outlaw biker business

West End Gang turned down

Gerald (Gerry) Matticks

Crimes pays

Hit man rolls over on gang suspect

Police raids target drug traffickers in Quebec

Hells Angels members face firearm charges

Hells Angel denies crime connection

Sweep of Angels resulted in charges

Prosecutor: Biker wanted to be feared

Informer testifies on biker's bombings

Rejean 'Zig-Zag' Lessard

Bikers' freedom within sight

Deal with the devil gave gangsters too much

Mole helps police net suspected gang members

Clash of the titans

Quebec Hells Angels bunker raided

Police attack motorcycle gangs' PR efforts

Hells Angels heading to jail

RCMP: Investigation results in arrests

Lawyer says Ontario Hells Angels have jobs

Biker cleared in slaying

Police arrest suspected Hells Angels

Cops arrest dozens in biker club sweep

Uneasy riders

Parole board frees 'Apache' Trudeau

Yves (Apache) Trudeau

Takin' care of Canadians outlaw biker business

Hells Angels 'Apache' Trudeau on sex charges

Sentenced to life

ALBANY - Richard (Rick) Vallée, a longtime member of the Hells Angels, now has a lifetime membership in the Bighouse Crew. The former founding member of the biker gang's Quebec-based Nomads chapter was sentenced to life in prison in Albany, NY, as a result of his conviction for murdering Lee Carter, a police informant, in 1993. (Montreal Gazette) PREVIOUS: Life for killing informant Hells Angel gets life Angel with bloody hands Hells Angel fugitive extradited

Indiana man in biker shooting case

PIERRE, SD - A judge erred by having closed meetings with defense attorneys and allowing secret defense testing of evidence from a shooting spree by motorcycle gang members last summer, state lawyers argue. The flap, which is expected to be decided by the high court in January, arose in a case involving Chad Wilson, 32, a member of the Hells Angels chapter in San Diego, and John Midmore, 34, prospect of the Hells Angels chapter in British Columbia. (AP)

Ex-Pink Poodle bouncer slain

SAN JOSE - Gary Costanza was a bit player in a highly publicized San Jose strip club homicide nine years ago, a bouncer at the Pink Poodle who was convicted of pointing out a man who was then allegedly pummeled to death for mouthing off about the Hells Angels. (Mercury News) PREVIOUS: Anatomy of a murder Hells Angels win suit

Former Hells Angels member gets 14 years

SAN DIEGO - A former high-ranking member of the San Diego Hells Angels was sentenced Friday to 14 years in federal prison for his part in a conspiracy to murder rival motorcycle gang members and distribute drugs. (San Diego Union Tribune)

Hells Angels in court

SAN FRANCISCO - A Hells Angels motorcycle club member and one of his associates made their first appearance Wednesday in federal court in San Francisco on charges of possessing and distributing methamphetamine. (San Francisco Chronicle) PREVIOUS: Hells Angels headquarters, clubs raided FBI Searching for Hell's Angels leader Agencies prepare for Hells Angels

Cody cops tell of Hells Angels tactics

CODY, Wyo. - Security was tight last week during the Hells Angels World Run and police were active and aggressive in their enforcement efforts for good reason, local law enforcement leaders said Tuesday. (Billings Gazette) PREVIOUS: Hells Angels leave Cody Police, locals differ on enforcement practice Hells Angels appear in court

Hells Angels acquitted

SIOUX FALLS - After deliberating over most of three days jurors acquitted two Hells Angels bikers of attempted murder for a 2006 gunfight that injured rival Outlaws Motorcycle Club members. (AP) PREVIOUS: Indiana man indicted Biker violence erupts Sturgis 66th Anniversary

Hells Angels charged after fight at Windsor strip club

WINDSOR - A national Hells Angels meeting was cut short for four men after they got into a brawl outside a Windsor strip club early Saturday. (Detroit Free Press) PREVIOUS: Police wary as 500 Hells Angels meet in Windsor Bikers, police gather in Windsor

Worlds collide at funeral

WOODBRIDGE, Ont. - More than 200 outlaw bikers gathered before the outstretched arms of a large statue of Jesus Christ yesterday for the funeral of a popular young enforcer with the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club. (National Post)

One Hell of a sendoff

Hundreds of bikers gather at funeral

Slaying of Hells Angel not likely to spark biker war: expert

Arrest made in fatal Hells Angels shooting

A Brief Overview Of The Hells Angels

Ottawa Hells Angels linked heist

OTTAWA - Three months after as much as $35 million was stolen from a Securicor truck outside of Montreal, Quebec police have linked the heist to the Ottawa-based Ontario Nomads chapter of the Hells Angels. The Sept. 7 holdup is the largest of its kind in Canadian history. (Ottawa Citizen)

Hell's Angels drug debt paid

KENORA, Ont. - The second police officer involved in the undercover operation that produced a murder confession from James Kakegamic said one of the reasons Kakegamic’s drug debt to the Hell’s Angels was paid was to ensure officer safety. (Kenora Daily Miner)

Biker boss gets life in prison

TOLEDO - James "Frank" Wheeler, the former leader of the Outlaw motorcycle club who prosecutors said oversaw a highly organized operation that sold drugs and engaged in violence with rival gangs, was sentenced yesterday to life in prison. (Toledo Blade)

Hells Angels arrested in drug raids

Police are claiming a partial but significant victory over the Hells Angels and their lucrative drug trade. After a two-year investigation dubbed "Operation Dante," heavily armed tactical units swept into areas of Eastern Ontario and western Quebec on Monday. (CTV)

Hells Angels gets 7-1/2 years

SEATTLE - In a Seattle courtroom packed with club members and other supporters, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Lasnik said Richard "Smilin' Rick" Fabel, 50, headed a criminal enterprise that "preyed on vulnerable people." (Seattle Times)

"Enforcer" for Hells Angels sent to prison

Jury convicts 3 of 4

Witnesses are 'rats'

Hells Angels' trial begins

State Hells Angels trial under way

Hells Angels leaders on trial

Final three Hells Angels sentenced

LAS VEGAS - The final three Hells Angels motorcycle club members were sentenced Thursday in a state criminal case stemming from a deadly brawl with rival Mongols members in a Nevada casino almost five years ago. (AP)

Hells Angels ride it out

Hells Angels get sweetheart deal

Six of 42 Hells Angels facing prison

Hells Angels trial postponed in Las Vegas

Judge strikes word of witness in Angels trial

Hells Angels lawyers confront key witness

Happy 60th Anniversary

Hells Angels' solidarity showing cracks

Former Hells Angels chapter president testifies

11 Hells Angels Start Trial for Biker Brawl

Bikers brawl in casino, three killed

Laughlin deaths extend 20-year 'power play'

Security video captures melee between gangs

Hells Angels to Stand Trial in Las Vegas

2 plead guilty to crimes during Hells Angels run

Informer links top Hells Angel to murder plot

State trial to follow federal trial in biker brawl

11 bikies charged with murder

SYDNEY, AU - Murder charges have been laid against all of the 11 Comanchero bikies accused of being involved in the fatal brawl at Sydney Airport five months ago. (ABC)

Court bungle 'put lives at risk'

Real and present danger

Bikie drug link to top company

Visy distances itself

Shoot on sight

United in protest

Bikie expert warns of relentless violence

US heat falls on fallen Hells Angels

NSW bikie laws rushed through Lower House

'Useless' bikie bans drive clubs underground

Bikie lawyer committed suicide

3rd Hells Angel charged

Bikie chief charged

Bikies rally to oppose laws

Raid uncovers cache of weapons

Secret meeting to avoid violence

Sydney bloodbath

Bomb found outside house

'Come on boys, let's go'

Bikie brawl watched by security men

Gang boss weeps for murdered brother

Bikies seek peace talks

Police double gang squad size

Hells Angel killed in airport attack

Bikie war terrorises travellers

Deadly brawl

Terror thrives on crime world links

Rebel biker linked to rocket launcher theft

Man arrested over supplying weapons

Flag hidden from Biker mourners

Biker gangs wage violent turf war

Silent enforcer

Hells Angels implicated in murder mystery

Death dealers

Life for 7

BIRMINGHAM - Seven members of the Outlaws motorcycle gang were sentenced to life in prison at Birmingham crown court today for the murder of Hells Angel Gerry Tobin. (Guardian UK)

The fatal bullet

Planned execution

Guilty plea

Man pleads guilty to biker murder

Angels flock to biker's funeral

Video: Funeral of a murdered biker

In pictures: Bikers funeral

4th arrested in UK biker slaying

4th arrest made

Arrests made over murder of biker

3 held over M40 biker death

Last image of slain biker

Biker and the Bible

No Angels

Something violent in Denmark

COPENHAGEN - Picturesque Copenhagen, renowned for its fairy-tale palaces and Little Mermaid, has for more than a year been the scene of a full-blown gang war that the government admits it is powerless to end. (AFP)

Biker brawl

Shoot out at biker bar

Gang war spills over

Bodyguard shot

Stein Bagger

Bodyguard gets off lightly

Bandidos leader gets 9 years

Leader arrested In car bombings

Hells Angels kicked out of Iceland

Escalating biker violence

Biker turf war escalating

Part 2: Defending their territory