*** Jack Rosga, the former national president of the Outlaws motorcycle club, gets twenty years in prison following his conviction last December on racketeering charges. Federal judge Henry Hudon told Rosga: "You declared war on the Hells Angels . . . and it is for that, sir, you are being sentenced."
*** Hells Angels allegedly has a corrupt influence within the construction industry in Victoria, Australia.
*** In Sydney, NSW Australia the Hells Angels allegedly paid out $6 million to former rival Bandidos in order to keep the peace after raiding its membership:
NSW Gang Squad police have learned that the recruitment of 60 Bandidos members from three of its Sydney chapters in February, including the entire Bandidos Parramatta branch, cost the Hells Angels $6 million. That would translate to $100,000 for every Bandido adopting the flying skull logo of the Hells Angels.
*** Raids target Hells Angels associates in Winnipeg, MB Canada.
*** The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is looking for 19 fugitive Hells Angels members and associates who are variously wanted on murder, drug trafficking and gangsterism charges, and posted their names and photos online.
*** A man in Mesa, AZ has been arrested for allegedly providing assistance to a fugitive Hells Angels member wanted on racketeering, murder, kidnapping and drug charges.
