Members of the feared outlaw motorcycle club Hells Angels are terrorising family members of prisoners caged in some of Australia’s toughest prisons.
Sources has been told Hells Angels operating throughout Victoria are demanding as much as $190 a week from terrified loved-ones of men being held behind bars with incarcerated members of the club.
‘Those approached are under no illusion as to what the consequences of not paying might be,’ a source said.
The Hells Angels are believed to be standing over prisoners and their families in a protection racket
It is understood those that have been approached by the bikies have been reluctant to contact authorities due to obvious fears of reprisals against those trapped with their buddies behind bars.
Both members of Victoria Police’s Echo Taskforce – which deals exclusively with Middle-Eastern crime gangs and outlaw motorcycle clubs – and Corrections Victoria told they were unaware of the alleged protection racket.
But well-placed sources have assured Daily Mail Australia the issue is ‘well and truly alive’.
It remains unclear exactly which prisons are holding the bikie associates and their targets.
The likely candidates are Port Phillip and Barwon prisons, which hold some of the countries most dangerous criminals, including a who’s who of beefed-up and bored bikies.
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Source: Daily Mail