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Thursday, March 10, 2011

Iceland - MC Iceland Members Deported from Norway

OFF THE WIRE
 icelandreview.com
Eight members of MC Iceland who were deported from Norway arrived in Iceland late last night. They went to Norway on Friday with the intention of having their motorcycle club inducted into the Hells Angels.
According to the legal firm which has protected their interests in Norway, they boarded the plane on their own accord and a police escort wasn’t necessary, Morgunbladid reports.
The men told ruv.is that they had been in isolation in Oslo since they arrived there on Friday morning.
They added that they had received confirmation before they departed Oslo that they had become fully-registered Hells Angels members but would otherwise not comment to the media.

Iceland to Fight Influx of Crime Gangs

Minister of the Interior Ögmundur Jónasson will propose at a cabinet meeting today that the police should be granted increased funding to keep organized crime in Iceland under control and fight both domestic and foreign crime gangs.
“The police department has been subject to cutbacks […], which has compromised its work,” the minister explained at a press conference which he held along with the police’s and customs’ senior officers yesterday. “We will now prioritize against violence.”
A bill will be submitted to the Icelandic parliament, Althingi, in the coming days which proposes the police be given increased legal authority in their investigations.
There are indications that organized crime is on the rise in Iceland with growing tension in the criminal world, Morgunbladid reports.
The police stated at yesterday’s press conference that the motorcycle club MC Iceland will gain full membership to Hells Angels next weekend.