Large-scale raid against Gremium MC in Baden-Württemberg: club ban in view
Several hundred police officers are searching homes and meeting places of the motorcycle club Gremium MC. A club ban is under consideration.
Raid against motorcycle club: authorities examine club ban for Gremium MC
Several hundred police officers are currently conducting searches in Baden-Württemberg at homes and meeting places of the motorcycle club "Gremium MC". According to security circles who confirmed to the German Press Agency, the operation reportedly concerns a club ban on suspicion of criminal activities. Kleine Zeitung reports that initially "Schwäbische Zeitung" and "Bild" had reported on the operation.
The Gremium Motorcycle Club was founded in 1972 in Mannheim. Already in 2021, the local chapter "Gremium MC Southgate" from the Heidelberg area had been banned on suspicion of organised crime. The German Interior Ministry designated "Gremium MC Germany" at that time as the country's largest national "Outlaw Motorcycle Gang" and accused the club of striving for "territorial and financial increase in power" within the biker scene and regularly enforcing its claims through violence.
According to the current security report of Baden-Württemberg, the term "Outlaw Motorcycle Gang" refers to biker groups that reject the state monopoly on force and are frequently associated with organised crime. According to the report, typical activities include "protection money extortion, drug trafficking and pimping". The report names the Bandidos, the Hells Angels, the Outlaws, and Gremium MC as the largest groups in the state.
According to the same report, there are 154 local chapters of motorcycle clubs in Baden-Württemberg with a total of more than 2,000 members.
Source: Kleine Zeitung