| Founded | 1980s |
|---|---|
| Founding location | Bremen, Germany |
| Years active | 1980s–present |
| Territory | Germany, Lebanon, Sweden, Turkey |
| Ethnicity | Lebanese-German |
| Leader(s) | Ibrahim Miri, Heisem Miri |
| Activities | Drug trafficking, armed robbery, arms trafficking, assault, extortion, fraud, money laundering, murder, kidnapping, prostitution |
| Allies | Al-Zein clan Hells Angels MC |
| Rivals | Bandidos MC Mongols MC |
The Miri clan is a Lebanese mafia group based in Germany. 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. In Germany, experts assume there are over 10,000 members. The clan is also active in Turkey and Sweden.[1][2][3]
The Miri Family intermarry with other clan members to keep the power balance of the Family according to Ralph Ghadban.[4]
They are active in all of Lower Saxony. It is estimated that, in the city of Bremen alone, the group makes approximately €50 million each year from drug-related crime.[5]
The Arab crime families are particularly active in Hannover, Hildesheim, Stade, Achim, Wilhelmshaven, Peine, Göttingen, Osnabrück, Braunschweig, Salzgitter, Hameln, Lüneburg, Bremen 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.[6]
On 30 January 2009, Hussein Al 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.[7]
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.[8]
On 10 July 2019, GSG 9 police officers arrested and escorted 46-year-old Ibrahim Miri from his apartment in Bremen, flew him to Berlin in a Federal Police helicopter and deported him to Beirut, Lebanon.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ "Neue Achse des Bösen in Bremen: Verbrecher-Clan Miri baut Drogengeschäfte mit Rockerbande Mongols aus - Bremen" (in German). Bild.de. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ^ "Großfamilie verdrängt Rocker aus kriminellem Milieu". FOCUS Online (in German). Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ "Schlag gegen Betrüger-Bande: Echte Polizisten schnappen falsche Polizisten". bild.de (in German). Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ derwesten.de, DerWesten- (13 November 2018). "Clan-Kriminalität im Ruhrgebiet – Experte packt aus: "Deutschland ist für sie eine Beutegesellschaft"". www.derwesten.de. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
- ^ "Libanesischer Clan: So viel kassieren Miris vom Staat - Bremen" (in German). Bild.de. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ^ Diehl, Jörg; Fröhlingsdorf, Michael (20 October 2010). "Kurds vs. Hells Angels: Biker War Looms in Bremen - SPIEGEL ONLINE". Spiegel Online. Spiegel.de. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ^ 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). 24 June 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Bremen: Miri-Clan-Mitglied in den Libanon abgeschoben". FAZ.NET (in German). 11 July 2019. ISSN 0174-4909. Retrieved 19 October 2023.