Federal Prosecutor drops crime syndicate charges against Zurich Hells Angels club - swissinfo

Federal Prosecutor drops crime syndicate charges against Zurich Hells Angels club - swissinfo: "six-year probe into the activities of the Zurich Hells Angels Motorcycle Club has cleared it of being a criminal organisation.
However, five members of the group will be accused of drug dealing, racketeering and attempted kidnapping as a result of the Federal Prosecutors Office investigation.

The defendants reject the allegations.
 
“Suspicions that the Hells Angels, or at least a core group of the club, act as a crime syndicate could not be corroborated,” the Federal Prosecutors Office said on Thursday.
 
In a highly-publicised nationwide crackdown in 2004 the Federal Police temporarily arrested nearly 20 people, searched homes and impounded motorcycles, computers and jewelry.
 
The Federal Criminal Court is still to announce a date for the trial."

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