Hells Angels have terrified holidaymakers in Majorca, with many tourists and locals saying they ‘live in fear’ of the gang.
The leader of the gang is German Frank Hanebuth, who first began terrorising the region in 2013, when he became president of the local Hells Angels chapter.
Now a decade on, Hanebuth and his gang have been accused of extortion – as he and his colleague were recently arrested after beating a local restaurant owner in Palma.
Hanebuth and his second in command were accused of demanding €10,000 from the restaurant owner, and grabbing his €7,000 gold chain.
But now Hanebuth is back on the streets, terrifying residents and tourists alike, with one German tourist telling Ultima Hora he fears the group will rule the entire area.
He said: ‘The Hell’s Angels want to rule the entire area and I get the feeling that all this is going to get worse. We knew it was going to happen again. We hope that a remedy is found.’
The gang receives most of its revenue from prostitution, according to prosecutors, by allegedly coercing women to work in brothels and making them undergo plastic surgery.
They’ve also moved into real estate and the drug trade to target foreigners – and the Majorca chapter of Hells Angels is mainly German, but also includes foreigners from the Dominican Republic and Britain.
One restaurant owner told Ultima Hora: ‘They come to a bar, consume and don’t pay. If you tell them something they threaten you, it is unbearable.’
And the business owner who was recently attacked told local media Hanebuth threatened him saying: ‘If you want to keep the shop open, you have to pay us 10,000 euros. If you don’t pay, you’ll get in a lot of trouble.
‘The damage, apart from the physical injuries , is very large. Our customers, the vast majority of whom are German vacationers and residents , are afraid to come to our restaurant. They are afraid that there could be further robberies and attacks.’
The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club was formed in the United States in 1948 and has some 5,000 members at about 350 branches – dubbed ‘chapters’ – around the world, where they wreak havoc on innocent people.
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