Editing Prostitution in Germany (section)

===Organized crime===
According to Klaus Bayerl, head of the Kriminalpolizei Augsburg, the large brothels created since 2002 are facilities in which official directors are irreproachable persons, while the background, the brothels are run by [[pimps]] or [[Organized crime|criminal gangs]] and almost always have close ties to [[organised crime]].<ref>Bayerl, Vortrag in Donezk, 2008, zitiert nach Rahel Gugel: Das Spannungsverhältnis zwischen Prostitutionsgesetz und Art. 3 II Grundgesetz – eine rechtspolitische Untersuchung. Dissertation. Bremen 2008.</ref>

Competing for supremacy in the red-light districts include several [[Outlaw motorcycle club|motorcycle gangs]]. Again and again there were massive clashes between the [[Bandidos Motorcycle Club|Bandidos]] and the [[Hells Angels]]. Both associations are known [[Arms trafficking|arms]] and [[Drug trafficking|drug traffickers]] and promoters of prostitution.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.derwesten.de/staedte/duisburg/bandidos-unterstuetzer-und-hell-s-angels-sind-im-duisburger-westen-nachbarn-id6514755.html |title= Bandidos-Unterstützer und Hell's Angels sind im Duisburger Westen Nachbarn |last= Blazejewski |first= Ingo |date= 30 March 2012 |website= Der Westen |access-date= 14 November 2017 |language= de }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/rockerkrieg-im-ruhrgebiet-haltet-euch-da-raus-a-658720.html |title= Haltet euch da raus! |last= Diehl |first= Jörg |date= 2 November 2009  |newspaper= Spiegel Online |access-date= 14 November 2017 |language= de }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/panorama/der-grosse-nrw-rotlicht-report-aid-1.3169337 |title= Der große NRW-Rotlicht-Report |last= Schwerdtfeger |first= Christian |date= 5 February 2013 |website= RP Online |access-date= 14 November 2017 |language= de }}</ref>

Involved in the fight for control of the red-light districts are the [[Black Jackets]]. In 2013, the Lustpark brothel in [[Neu-Ulm]] was being used as a weapons warehouse by the Black Jackets.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.swp.de/ulm/lokales/ulm_neu_ulm/ermittlungen-im-rockermilieu_-bordell-betrieb-soll-ueberprueft-werden-7616212.html |title= Ermittlungen im Rockermilieu: Bordell-Betrieb soll überprüft werden |last= Mayer |first= Hans-Uli |date= 23 March 2013 |website= Sudwest Presse |access-date= 14 November 2017 |language= de }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.swp.de/ulm/lokales/polizeibericht/ulmer-polizei-findet-waffenlager-im-bordell-in-blaubeurer-strasse-7524744.html |title= Ulmer Polizei findet Waffenlager im Bordell in Blaubeurer Straße |date= 18 March 2013 |website= Sudwest Presse |access-date= 14 November 2017 |language= de }}</ref> It became known in 2012 that the Dutch gang [[Satudarah|Satudarah MC]] were active in Germany.<ref name="r63">{{cite web |url= http://www.bild.de/news/inland/motorradclub/rockerkrieg-satudarah-hells-angels-bandidos-29375164.bild.html |title= Rockerkrieg: Wer kämpft warum gegen wen? |date= 5 March 2013  |website= Bild |access-date= 14 November 2017 |language= de }}</ref> Satudarah is deeply involved in prostitution, drug trafficking and violent crime.<ref name="r63" />

Likewise, the [[Bouncer (doorman)|bouncer Gang]] ''United Tribuns'' are involved in the power struggle.<ref name="r63" /><ref name="r64">{{cite web |url= http://www.badische-zeitung.de/villingen-schwenningen/aerger-mit-den-united-tribuns--69547956.html |title= Ärger mit den United Tribuns |website= Badische Zeitung |date= 27 February 2013 |access-date= 14 November 2017 |language= de }}</ref> The bouncer scene is considered a key position also in recruiting new prostitutes.<ref name="r66">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdnG2ADpCWg|title=Brennpunkt 2012 - - Reportage - Zuhälter, Hells Angels und Bordelle|last=wetten dass|date=29 October 2012|via=YouTube}}</ref> Other organisations involved in prostitution and trafficking include the [[Gremium Motorcycle Club|Gremium MC]], [[Outlaws Motorcycle Club|Outlaws MC]],<ref name="r64" /> the Red Legion,<ref name="r67">{{cite news |url= http://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/zeitgeschehen/2013-12/ulm-rockerkrieg-organisierte-kriminalitaet |title= Krieg der Rocker |last= Bäßler |first= Rüdiger |date= 26 December 2013 |newspaper= Die Zeit |access-date= 14 November 2017 |language= de }}</ref> and the [[Rock Machine|Rock Machine MC]], whose members are involved in the dispute with the brothel Murat C. in [[Neu-Ulm]] in December 2012 when someone was shot.<ref name="r67" />

One of the leading figures in the scene is the German-Turkish [[Necati Arabaci]]. He is involved, inter alia, in the brothels Babylon in [[Elsdorf]] near [[Cologne]] and Wiago in [[Leverkusen]], and also in brothels in [[Augsburg]] and [[Mallorca]] among others.<ref name="r66" /> In 2013 the Augsburg prosecutor established suspicion of money laundering against a person connected to the Hells Angels in the large Colosseum brothel in Augsburg.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/augsburg/Ex-Colosseum-Chef-auf-Mallorca-verhaftet-Mitglied-der-Hells-Angels-id27932037.html |title= Ex-Colosseum-Chef auf Mallorca verhaftet: Mitglied der Hells Angels? |last= Heinzle |first= Jörg |website= Augsburger Allgemeine |date= 30 November 2013 |access-date= 14 November 2017 |language= de }}</ref>

The Hanoverian Frank Hanebuth was arrested in July 2013 in [[Mallorca]], Spain, along with 20 other Hells Angels members.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ndr.de/regional/niedersachsen/hannover/hellsangels489.html |title=Hanebuth soll Haftrichter vorgeführt werden |date=25 July 2013 |access-date=14 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725073207/http://www.ndr.de/regional/niedersachsen/hannover/hellsangels489.html |archive-date=25 July 2013 |language= de}}</ref> As head of the Hells Angels Spanish chapter, he is accused of forming a criminal organisation, promoting illegal prostitution, drug trafficking and money laundering.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/hells-angels-auf-mallorca-hanebuth-bleibt-im-gefaengnis-a-913149.html |title= Rockerboss in Handschellen |last1= Meyer-Heuer |first1= Claas |last2= Diehl |first2= Jörg |date= 25 July 2013 |newspaper= Spiegel Online |access-date= 14 November 2017 |language= de }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.haz.de/Hannover/Themen/Die-Hells-Angels-in-Hannover/Frank-Hanebuth-drohen-23-Jahre-Gefaengnis |title= Frank Hanebuth drohen 23 Jahre Gefängnis |last= Morchner |first= Tobias |date= 7 August 2013  |website= Hannoverfche Allgemeine |access-date= 14 November 2017 |language= de }}</ref> Hanebuth had acquired several Spanish brothels and is also involved in the mistreatment of prostitutes.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.focus.de/panorama/welt/hells-angels-hoelle-auf-mallorca-so-funktionierte-das-prostituierten-system-der-rocker_aid_1151040.html |title= So funktionierte das Prostitutions-Geschäft der Hells Angels |date= 7 November 2013 |website= Focus Online |access-date= 14 November 2017 |language= de }}</ref>

André Schulz, head of the German Criminal Investigation Association warned in July 2016 of "an escalation of turf wars between enemy biker gangs in Germany".<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.focus.de/politik/deutschland/revierkaempfe-der-gruppen-kriminalbeamte-warnen-rockerkriege-drohen-ausser-kontrolle-zu-geraten_id_5691740.html |title= "Lage droht außer Kontrolle zu geraten": Rockerkämpfe in Deutschland eskalieren |date= 3 July 2016 |website= Focus Online |access-date= 14 November 2017 |language= de }}</ref>