Miri-Clan
| Founded | 1970s |
|---|---|
| Founding location | Bremen |
| Years active | 1980s-present |
| Territory | Europe, Middle East |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Membership (est.) | More than 10,000 members |
| Criminal activities | Drug trafficking, armed robbery, Arms trafficking, Assault, extortion, fraud, money laundering, murder, kidnapping, prostitution |
| Allies | Al-Zein Clan, , Mongols MC, , , , ,, , |
| Rivals | Hells Angels, Bandidos |
The Miri Family is an Arab criminal organisation based in Europe. The clan consists of over 30 extended families who arrived in Germany in the 1980s as refugees from Lebanon. They are particularly prominent in Bremen, where they have around 3,600 members. The clan is said to have more than 10,000 members in Germany.[1][2]
On July 10 2019, elite GSG9 police officers tore Ibrahim Miri (46) from his sleep at 3:40 a.m. He was taken from his apartment in Bremen, flown to Berlin in the Federal Police's helicopter and deported from the capital to Beirut.
The Miri-Clan intermarry with other clan members, like other extended families in the Arab World according to German researcher .[3]
They are active in all of Lower Saxony. The authority does not recognise the authority of police nor the justice system in general and since 2012 have increasingly threatened officials.[2] It is estimated that, in the city of Bremen alone, the group makes approximately €50 million each year from drug-related crime.[4]
The Arab crime families are particularly active in Hannover, Hildesheim, Stade, Achim, Wilhemshaven, Peine, Göttingen, Osnabrück, Braunschweig, Salzgitter, Hameln, Lüneburg and Delmenhorst.
They run the Mongols Motorcycle Club in Germany, and have challenged the Hells Angels. The Hells Angels president offered them €250,000 to join him.[5]
On January 30, 2009, Hussein El-Zein was shot and his fiancée was seriously injured. Heisem Miri (the perpetrator) is now on the run and is suspected of being in the Middle East.[6]
In July 2019, a Bandidos hairdresser was shot in Dortmund by a member of the Miri Family. The shooter has not yet been found. Since then, it has been comparatively quiet. Also in 2019, the rapper 18 Karat from the environment of the Miri Family was arrested after a shooting. Later he was released because he had an alibi. Previously, four brothers of the Miri Family had also been arrested by the police in Bochum.[7]
References[]
- ^ "Neue Achse des Bösen in Bremen: Verbrecher-Clan Miri baut Drogengeschäfte mit Rockerbande Mongols aus - Bremen" (in German). Bild.de. Retrieved 2012-07-03.
- ^ a b Online, FOCUS. "Großfamilie verdrängt Rocker aus kriminellem Milieu". FOCUS Online (in German). Retrieved 2019-10-20.
- ^ derwesten.de, DerWesten- (2018-11-13). "Clan-Kriminalität im Ruhrgebiet – Experte packt aus: "Deutschland ist für sie eine Beutegesellschaft"". www.derwesten.de. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
- ^ "Libanesischer Clan: So viel kassieren Miris vom Staat - Bremen" (in German). Bild.de. 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2012-07-03.
- ^ Diehl, Jörg; Fröhlingsdorf, Michael (2010-10-20). "Kurds vs. Hells Angels: Biker War Looms in Bremen - SPIEGEL ONLINE". Spiegel Online. Spiegel.de. Retrieved 2012-07-03.
- ^ Blutrache in Bremen https://taz.de/Blutrache-in-Bremen/!5119375/
- ^ "Dortmund: Polizei nimmt Mitglieder der Miri-Familie fest – Clan-Chef ausgeliefert". www.ruhr24.de (in German). 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
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