Trial of six men accused of murdering Sinopoli, 30, and seven other men connected to the Greater Toronto Area chapter of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club

Murdered Bandidos biker Paul Sinopoli lived modestly in a basement apartment in his parents' home in Jackson's Point, a mass murder trial heard."He certainly didn't appear to be living a lavish lifestyle," Det. Tom Dingwall of Durham Regional Police testified today."It was a very plain room for the most part," Dingwall said in the trial of six men accused of murdering Sinopoli, 30, and seven other men connected to the Greater Toronto Area chapter of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club, nicknamed "The No Surrender Crew."Sinopoli's bullet-riddled body was found in an abandoned sport utility vehicle on the morning of April 8, 2006, left near the hamlet of Shedden.No guns, drug paraphernalia or items of much value were found in Sinopoli's room, court heard.There were scattered papers related to his position...

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Leading member of the Hells Angels support group AK81, who was run down in Copenhagen

Police have found two cars involved in the hit and run of a leading member of the Hells Angels support group AK81, who was run down in Copenhagen on Sunday.Two cars and a motorbike linked to weekend gang crime incidents have been found by police in various city locationsEsben Hertz, 26, was apparently forced from his Ford Mondeo on Jagtvej Road in the Nørrebro district before being intentionally run over by a black Renault Scenic twice. Hertz is said to be in a good condition after suffering a broken arm and undergoing hip surgery.Hertz is a close friend of Jørn Jønke Nielsen, the spokesman for the Hells Angels biker gang, and has been referred to as Nielsen’s bodyguard by various media.The Renault car used by the two perpetrators was found on nearby Tagensvej Road, while Hertz’s Ford was...

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Suspected outlaw motorcycle gang member Paul Cameron Stainer charged with possession of a dangerous drug in the form of methylamphetamines.

Suspected outlaw motorcycle gang member Paul Cameron Stainer was granted bail and will re-appear in court on June 10.The 36-year-old New Zealander appeared in Maroochydore District Court today charged with possession of a dangerous drug in the form of methylamphetamines.He was one of at least 15 people arrested on Wednesday charged with a total of 35 drug-related charges in a large police operation which allegedly netted more than $250,000 in illicit drugs and more than $500,000 in cash.Restraint orders were also placed on more than $2.5 million worth of property and assets.Another man arrested in Wednesday’s raids, William Fredericis Barker, 45, was charged with dealing with proceeds of crime worth more than $100,000 and possession of a substance,...

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Sylvain Boulanger,signed a contract that will see him paid a total of $2.9-million over the course of the agreement

Sylvain Boulanger, 45, a retired member of the gang's Sherbrooke chapter who decided to begin giving evidence to investigators with the Regional Integrated Squads, signed a contract that will see him paid a total of $2.9-million over the course of the agreement, The Montreal Gazette has learned. It is believed to be the largest contract awarded to an informant in Quebec.Details of Mr. Boulanger's 19-page contract came from a source familiar with the Operation SharQc investigation and were confirmed through similar sources.Madeleine Giauque, the lead prosecutor in Operation SharQc was unavailable for comment Wednesday.Mr. Boulanger was recruited by police in 2006 and agreed to officially co-operate with investigators by June 12, 2006. The contract was signed on Sept. 21, 2007, and Mr. Boulanger...

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Rebels bikie gang were the target of 49 raids

Rebels bikie gang were the target of 49 raids across Australia on Thursday, with 27 people arrested on drug and weapons charges. Police swooped on homes in Western Australia, Queensland, South Australia and the ACT is a series of coordinated dawn raids. Nearly 250 officers were involved in rounding up the Rebels members and their "associates". Some of those arrested will face court on Friday. Police seized drugs, including methlyamphetamine, heroin and cocaine, banned weapons, cash, child pornography and stolen vehicles. They also found a large amount of gold "suspected of having been stolen". "The success of this operation is attributable to the high level of cooperation between jurisdictions and information received from members of the public," Detective Superintendent Des Bray of the Crime...

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30 bikers fought inside a terminal building in January 2008

30 bikers fought inside a terminal building in January 2008, Birmingham Crown Court was told. The prosecution said onlookers were left frightened and distressed following the battle between members of the Hells Angels and Outlaws gangs. Twelve men deny charges of riot and an alternative charge of violent disorder. Timothy Raggatt QC said the weapons were recovered after the violence during the evening of 20 January. He told the court the two groups had a long-standing rivalry. "In the course of what happened, a variety or, in some cases quite alarming, weapons were used. "There were knives produced, there was certainly a machete produced and there were various blunt instruments," he said. He said a number of people involved were injured, although no members of the public were hurt. Seven of...

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Arrested Ricky John Perceval, a key Bikie leader, in south-west Sydney and recovered huge money and drug stash.

Arrested Ricky John Perceval, a key Bikie leader, in south-west Sydney and recovered huge money and drug stash. A horrific murder at Sydney Airport late last month stirred the police into action. A 29-year-old Anthony Zervas was bludgeoned to death by up to 20 men as travellers and families watched on in horror at Qantas's T3 terminal.The attack on March 22 was the latest chapter in an ongoing war between bikie gangs the Hells Angels and the Commancheros. While the man killed at the airport was from the Hells Angels, Perceval, now arrested following a tip-off from public, is said to belong to the Commancheros. Police from Strike Force Raptor, discovered $205,000 in cash, 450 grams of the drug 'ice', cocaine, cannabis, a Taser, seven registered...

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Members of Notorious bikie gang attacked jailed Bandido Abdul Bagdadi

Five guards have been injured in a brawl between jailed bikies in Sydney's Parklea prison.News Limited reports members of Notorious bikie gang attacked jailed Bandido Abdul Bagdadi during a morning muster on Friday.One prison guard suffered a broken finger while others suffered cuts and bruises and required hospital treatment.News Limited reports the attack was premeditated .. with inmates using makeshift weapons including sharpened toothbrushes.Bagdadi knew he was going to be attacked and wore three layers of clothing as protection, he suffered only minor injuries.Last week up to 80 bikie inmates were transferred between Sydney jails in a bid to avoid the ongoing feudi...

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Comanchero City Crew president, Mahmoud "Mick" Hawi, yesterday said the level of violence in the airport attack was "extreme".

Comanchero City Crew president, Mahmoud "Mick" Hawi, yesterday said the level of violence in the airport attack was "extreme". About 150 statements have been made to police from people who witnessed the incident, the court was told.One witness on the aircraft that was carrying some of the bikies allegedly involved described watching Hawi make a gesture to the Hells Angels Sydney Chapter president, Derek Wainohu, who was seated several rows ahead of him."[A] witness observed [Hawi] call out something to Derek Wainohu," the document stated."[They] observed Wainohu turn around and [Hawi] then put his left hand up to his face and pull the skin under his eye down slightly with his finger to reveal the pink of his eye … He then pointed to his eyeball with another finger on the same hand."The document...

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Comanchero member was arrested at his Hurstville home last night and charged with supplying a commercial quantity of cocaine

Comanchero member was arrested at his Hurstville home last night and charged with supplying a commercial quantity of cocaine. He will face Sutherland Local Court today.Police also uncovered an amphetamine factory in a Batemans Bay house that was allegedly linked to the Rebels. Three people, two men and a woman, were arrested at the house and were being questioned.Simultaneous raids were also carried out on homes and businesses in Taren Point, Sutherland, Arncliffe, Oatley, Hurlstone Park, Dulwich Hill and Leppington in a search for drugs and firearms. The Taren Point raid was on the Cronulla Chapter of the Rebels club while the Sutherland raid was on a tattoo shop, police said.As investigations into a fatal brawl at Sydney Airport continued, the Hells Angel member who was shot eight times...

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Armed police arrested six people to break up what they said was a cocaine and amphetamine syndicate linked to the Comanchero and Rebels bikie

Armed police arrested six people to break up what they said was a cocaine and amphetamine syndicate linked to the Comanchero and Rebels bikie clubs. Eight properties in Sydney and the South Coast, including the Taren Point clubhouse of the Rebels Cronulla chapter, were raided simultaneously.Two men linked to the Rebels, aged 22 and 23, were arrested at a St Peters McDonald's. Police allegedly found a large amount of drugs and charged the men with supplying a commercial quantity of drugs.Both men will face Newtown Local Court tod...

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Jayme Russell alleged leader of the local chapter of the Independent Soldiers is expected to return to a Kamloops courtroom

alleged leader of the local chapter of the Independent Soldiers is expected to return to a Kamloops courtroom today to be sentenced after he was convicted earlier this year of drug trafficking.Jayme Russell’s sentencing comes days after another high-ranking Independent Soldier — Kelowna resident Donald Lyons — was handed more than eight years in prison for his part in another drug-trafficking ring.On Jan. 20, a judge found Russell, 27, guilty of conspiring to sell a kilogram of cocaine to a pair of undercover Mounties in 2007.At trial, the man Kamloops RCMP have called the leader of the local cell of the Independent Soldiers said he had no idea where to get drugs, and was joking when he agreed to sell a kilogram for $35,000.B.C. Supreme Court...

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Five members or associates of the Gypsy Jokers were arrested and charged with various offences.

Five members or associates of the Gypsy Jokers were arrested and charged with various offences.A 34-year-old club member was charged with 13 offences including illegally possessing a firearm, possessing prohibited weapons and possessing equipment to make amphetamines.The 34-year-old was charged following the discovery of a locked trunk at Peterborough in the state's mid-north which contained an arsenal of weapons including pistols, sawn-off shotguns, rifles, swords, other knives, ammunition and recipes for making bombs, police said.A separate raid at Carpenter Rocks in the state's southeast resulted in a 51-year-old man being charged with drugs offences after a search of his house discovered 11 pounds of cannabis and another 12 cannabis plants growing hydroponical...

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Ernie Dew was arrested in February 2006 after being double-crossed by Atanasovic, who agreed to infiltrate the outlaw motorcycle gang

Ernie Dew appeared before the Court of Appeal today, seeking a new trial based on alleged errors made by the judge last year. If he loses that argument, Dew wants his 13-year prison sentence reduced on the grounds it is harsh and excessive.The province’s highest court has reserved its decision.Dew, 49, was caught in an elaborate undercover sting operation doing four separate kilogram-level cocaine deals with his former friend turned police agent Franco Atanasovic. They were captured on audio and video surveillance.Dew had asked for a sentence between seven and eight years. He also agreed to serve an additional year behind bars if he doesn't pay a $31,000 fine and will forfeit his home in St. Andrews, where some of the drug deals went downDew...

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President of the Santa Barbara Hells Angels pleaded not guilty Wednesday to allegations that he brandished a firearm at a motorcyclist

President of the Santa Barbara Hells Angels pleaded not guilty Wednesday to allegations that he brandished a firearm at a motorcyclist in the Ojai Valley in January.Archie Schaffer, who is out of jail on $160,000 bail, is charged with making criminal threats, street terrorism, reckless driving and committing a crime for the benefit of the Hells Angels. He is also accused of using a firearm in the commission of a crime.Investigators say Schaffer, 35, was in a pickup truck heading north on Highway 33 at Casitas Springs on Jan. 17, when he began tailgating a group of motorcyclists. He allegedly forced one motorcycle into oncoming traffic and brandished a firearm at two other motorcyclists, according to investigators.He was arrested Jan. 30.Ventura County Superior Court Judge Bruce Young set a...

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Michael Paul Uzzell,was arrested in March after a bikie-related shooting at Blair Athol.

Michael Paul Uzzell, 49, has been released on bail by Holden Hill Magistrates Court in Adelaide.He is still facing several firearms offences and will appear in court again in June.The office of the Director of Public Prosecutions would not comment on why the attempted murder charge was dropped.Uzzell was arrested in March after a bikie-related shooting at Blair Ath...

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Torture and brutality in the Bandidos Motorcycle Club murder trial.

Six gang members or associates are now on trial in Ontario Superior Court here in connection with the deaths of eight fellow Bandidos in April three years ago. All of the accused men face eight counts each of first-degree murder and all are pleading not guilty.Since the discovery of the bodies, stuffed into four vehicles abandoned on a country road southwest of London, the deaths have been widely described as execution-style killings, a term which evokes a picture of crisp if not merciful efficiency.Earlier this week, for instance, Elgin County Crown attorney Kevin Gowdey told the jurors in his opening statement that most of the men died of gunshot wounds to the head, most delivered at close range. And a day later, jurors saw for the first...

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Cedric Baxter Smith, one of 17 full-patch members of the Vancouver chapter of the Hells Angels, has not been heard from since May 2008

Cedric Baxter Smith, one of 17 full-patch members of the Vancouver chapter of the Hells Angels, has not been heard from since the 2008 May long weekend.His last credit card transaction was May 21, and there has been no activity in his bank accounts or cellphone. He is presumed to have been killed, perhaps by Hells Angels associates, after Smith fell for the ruse of an undercover RCMP officer in a covert drug operation. Dubbed Project Essen, it led to the arrests of 10 gang members in 2005, including Smith and Norman Krogstad, president of the Vancouver chapter.Smith's beloved car collection, possibly worth more than $1 million, will be auctioned off in Calgary on April 24 and 25. Among them is a 1937 Cadillac Fleetwood that was used at the ceremonial opening of the Golden Gate Bridge. As befitting...

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