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The raid is aimed at a money laundering network that is said to have cooperated with the Hells Angels. It is one of the largest operations of its kind in North Rhine-Westphalia.
During the investigations against “Hells Angels” in North Rhine-Westphalia, a police officer and two city employees were also targeted.
According to the public prosecutor's office, they are being investigated on suspicion that they passed on official information to third parties. WDR had previously reported.
The police had been on duty since early morning with over 1,000 people in North Rhine-Westphalia, other federal states and other European countries. It was one of the largest raids against the “Hells Angels” ever.
According to NRW Interior Minister Herbert Reul, the raid against the money laundering network was a “very effective blow against organized crime”. This success was preceded by long and intensive “backbreaking work,” the CDU politician told media representatives on the sidelines of a meeting in Münster.
According to the police, the proceedings are against 71 defendants and assets amounting to 48.6 million euros should be confiscated. Investigators arrested 14 people with arrest warrants.
Reul reported that in the case, high-ranking members of the “Hells Angels” worked together with a money laundering network that operates across Germany and Europe. “Some bring violence and intimidation, others the know-how to launder dirty money clean.” This illegal activity has now been effectively countered.
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