![]() ![]() “Hells Angels’ ‘penchant for secrecy’ and ‘preoccupation with rats and snitches’ arose out of a wish to prevent the detection of crime and the clubhouses provided a safe space for members to commit or conspire to commit crime.” “Hells Angels outfitted the clubhouses to prevent police from surreptitiously monitoring its activities,” the three appeal judges noted. Court of Appeal unanimously reversed a lower court decision and said the notorious biker gang should forfeit the three properties - worth over $3 million - to the director of civil forfeiture because they would likely be used for criminal activity. ![]() More than three decades later, the provincial government has just seized the Nanaimo clubhouse, along with two other Hells Angels properties in Kelowna and East Vancouver, after a historic court ruling last month that was 15 years in the making. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt. ![]()
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