If the top ranking Hell's Angels in each area, which all members are of a criminal element, are taken away, then the money which gives power is no longer present. It seems as if every area in Canada and many in America have been raided and hit within the last year or so. The Toronto club house is still on appeal, the BC East End has been raided, Quebec high profile members are being tried, many raids in Ontario, and here in the US, like Sand Diego and South Carolina, and with the Hell's Angels connection to the Mexican drug trade being severed, and all of the public violence, and gang war expected, I wonder if they can last the year. Mmm, nope, in researching for this article I came across a recent bust of Hell's Angels and the Mafia being caught with illegal gambling and charged with conspiracy and criminal organization.
"Police charged six men with participating in a criminal organization, conspiracy and gambling offences. Among the accused is William “Billy” Miller, 49, of Toronto, a former chapter president of the Hells Angels.Also charged were: Martin Spruce, 45, of Vaughan; David Hair, 44, of London; Arno Thomsen, 45, of Toronto; Andrew Bielli, 48, of London; Shlomo Buchler, 40, of Toronto. Police consider Mr. Miller, Mr. Hair and Mr. Spruce to be leaders."
You could say gambling 'oh no', but I would say conspiracy and criminal organization, bye bye. With every major center of operation losing it's head members, conspiracy and 'criminal organization' charges and all of them being on trial at once, I doubt they will survive in Canada, which has the highest per capita of members. I would think they will be outlawed, and lose their hold in Canada then America, and no longer exist. Good riddance.
If you read this blog, you can see it is without a doubt that the Hell's Angels are a criminal enterprise, their crime is viewable to the entire public, to where it should be impossible not to convict them of such. Their "1%er" cover-up slogan is tragically skewed, and is more around 50% or more being convicted in Canada and the US, just the one's caught, and 100% convictable of conspiracy, because all of them are aware of everything that goes on.
So far in these busts, they've lost 2.5 million dollars, and the following:
"While the Hells Angels clubhouse in Niagara remains before the courts, items owned by individual members were forfeited to the Crown as proceeds of crime.
Chapter president Gerald Ward lost a $22,000 Harley Davidson motorcycle and $296,000 in cash.
His right-hand man Kenneth Wagner lost a $35,000 Harley, a $35,000 Dodge Ram pick up truck, his $220,000 residence and $150,000, of which $70,000 was found in a safe."
"The Attorney General has used the act to freeze other clubhouses in the province, like the Outlaws clubhouse in St. Catharines and clubhouses in London, Windsor, Sault Ste. Marie and Toronto. It's had crackhouses in Hamilton and more than 30 properties used for marijuana-grow properties, among others, forfeited by their owners."
I hope the cop rubbs his backside against the backseat passenger window of the squad car.
http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2013/04/05/numbers-game-following-the-money
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/02/05/glitzy-super-bowl-gala-turned-gang-takedown-rcmp-bust-illegal-gambling-ring-with-alleged-ties-to-hells-angels-mafia/
