Osmanen Germania

Osmanen Germania or Osmanen Germania BC (OGBC) was a Turkish-nationalistic and extreme right criminal biker gang in Germany. It was formed some time between late 2014 and April 2015 and banned by the Federal Ministry of the Interior under Horst Seehofer in 2018. At the time of its dissolution, it had 16 chapters and 300 members.[1][2][3][4]

According to authorities in North Rhine-Westphalia, the gang had connections with the Turkish government party AKP and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan.[1] Several members of the OGBC have connections to the fascist Grey Wolves organisation. The OGBC were in involved in conflicts with the "Kurdish-friendly" biker gang Bahoz and also in internal fighting between OGBC chapters.[5][6]

In the state of Baden-Württemberg its activities involved attempted murder, assault, blackmailing, prostitution, kidnapping as well as narcotics and gun crime.[4]

In 2016, OGBC members received pay from the German government to guard refugee centres during the European migrant crisis.[7]

Some of the court proceedings against OGBC members took place in the high security premises of Stammheim Prison.[8]

References
  1. WELT (2018-07-10). "„Osmanen Germania": Innenminister Horst Seehofer verbietet rockerähnliche Gruppe". DIE WELT. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  2. WELT (2018-03-13). "Osmanen Germania: Razzien gegen türkisch-nationalistische Rocker in Deutschland". DIE WELT. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  3. "Innenministerium verbietet Rockergruppe "Osmanen Germania"". www.tagesspiegel.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  4. "Hubschrauber und etliche Polizisten bei Prozessauftakt im Einsatz: Wer sind die Osmanen Germania?". www.hna.de (in German). 2018-03-26. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  5. "Osmanen gehen K.O." Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). 2018-07-10. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  6. "Osmanen Germania: Germany bans ethnic Turkish boxer gang". BBC News. 2018-07-10. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
  7. SPIEGEL, Ansgar Siemens, Jörg Diehl, DER. "Osmanen Germania: Warum die Rocker Flüchtlingsheime bewachten - DER SPIEGEL - Panorama". www.spiegel.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  8. Germany, Stuttgarter Zeitung, Stuttgart. "Spektakuläre Prozesse in Stammheim: RAF-Gerichtssaal ist Geschichte". stuttgarter-zeitung.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-12-12.
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