Hell’s Angels ride no more in German state

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Deutsche Welle, by Staff w/ agencies Posted By: Photoonist- Sat, 29 May 2010 01:12:57 GMT The interior ministry of the north'German state Schleswig'Holstein has made membership in local chapters of the Hell's Angels and Bandidos biker gangs illegal. Over 300 police officers raided the headquarters of the "Hell's Angels MC Charter Flensburg" und "Bandidos MC Probationary Chapter Neumuenster" on Thursday morning, as a ban against the groups came into effect. (Snip) According to Klaus Schlie, interior minister of Schleswig'Holstein, both clubs are in violation of penal law and go against the constitutional order. He said the goal of the clubs is to display criminal force in a certain area and to claim territorial rights over