Law enforcement pinpoints Angelo Pandeli as their latest primary target

[Music] Australian law enforcement has pinpointed Angelo pandeli as their latest primary target the ex-president of the Hell's Angels pandeli is evading authorities in a foreign Safe Haven he has now come under police scrutiny due to his alleged takeover of Australia's drug trade following the arrest of prominent figures late last year the apprehension of key individuals including hawan a k Cher leaders Mark btle and Dax Nuru and 30 others in Turkey served as a catalyst for Pand deli's Ascent to power within a billion doll drug Empire sources suggest that pandeli is currently the most powerful biky in the Australian underworld and is enjoying a luxurious lifestyle financed by the proceeds from his criminal activities he is believed to be residing in the Middle East and also his Bas is in Greece turkey and Thailand having fled Sydney in the aftermath of the arrests that marked the turning point in his influence over the drug trade in 2017 pandeli was a big fish caught up in a tax Crackdown on biky clubs however he escaped without a conviction after his account and took the blame for tax irregularities he was charged with failing to file tax returns after he ignored a notice from the Australian taxation office to provide a detailed income statement however Pand Deli walked away without a conviction the notice served on him at Sydney airport in September 2017 gave him 2 months to file returns for the 2 14 to 2015 Financial year he was also issued with a court attendance notice in May when he failed to provide it pend Deli was one of the highest profile targets of the tax operation of that time which included more than 200 bikes and criminal figures around the country however his case ended in a fail when magistrate recorded no penalty and no conviction pelli who at that time lived overseas for 6 to 8 months of the year pleaded guilty but his lawyer submitted an affidavit for from his accountant who took responsibility for the irregularities the accountant lodged a return but his software didn't notify him it hadn't gone through hence a penalty was received subsequent to these events Angelo pandeli remained under the Vigilant scrutiny of law enforcement the spotlight intensified following the tragic death of KERO biky Anthony zervis in a brawl at Sydney airport in 2009 during the aftermath of this incident Pand deli's residence in permont became the target of a raid by authorities although he ultimately evaded charges at the time of the raid pandeli held the position of president for one of the two Hell's Angels chapters in Sydney adding a layer of complexity to the legal landscape surrounding him moving between Athens Cypress Asia and Dubai P Deli has built up a network of Underworld connections around the globe while plunging his money into several business ventures his Ascent to prominence in recent years has been nothing short of meteoric catapulting him into the spotlight of both motor motorcycle club culture and law enforcement his trajectory into Power has been marked by a series of noteworthy events including his leadership role as president of Sydney's two Hell's Angels chapters however this Surge and influence has not been without its challenges and legal entanglements born in Adelaide to Turkish parents Constantino and MAA pandeli the Hell's Angels boss worked his way through the ranks in Sydney as his mom and Dad ran pubs in South Australia in the 1970s the family and a young Angelo pandeli spent time in the town of Wala where they ran the pub The Sundowner Hotel moving to Adelaide in the early 2000s pandeli found himself working around the city's nlife scene while still a junior member of the Hell's Angels biky club in 2006 he was found to not be a fit and proper person to engage in security services at a local pub the new market hotel after it emerged in court that he was paid to keep other bikes out from there he moved to the bright lights of Sydney where he became one of the most powerful bikes of in the city known to be a regular at high-end restaurants at Star City Casino in 2006 he set up the Sydney City chapter in his power grew before taking over as National president after former boss Felix L was jailed after fleeing the country Pand Deli sold his permont Waterfront apartment for $8.6 million raking a $6 million profit from the property first purchased back in 2006 for about $2 million the same waterfront home was subject to a raid in December 2018 over suspicions of his links to a failed plot to import $250 Million worth of ice into Australia in a small plane pend Deli was never charged over that plot however 2 years later in 2020 he was registered with several law enforcement agencies as an Australian priority organization Target in recent years as drug trade progressed he became one of the original nine members of what was called the Aussie cartel a criminal partnership responsible for importing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of drugs into Australia at its height the cartel was believed to be turning over $1.5 billion through drug trafficking routes into the nation's ports with the help of corrupt insiders at the border however cartel's operation Came Crashing Down in 2021 when the AFP revealed it had infiltrated their Inner Circle through the anom map sting where all their messages were read by police in real time thanks to the big hu who promoted the app without the knowledge of it being a trojan horse he is now being hunted by the AFP and the Australian criminal intelligence commission as well as the Australian taxation office again the 52-year-old is known to police as having drug Supply labs and Manufacturing warehouses around the Golden Triangle of Southeast Asia according to sources Pand Deli is operating a drug city of its own kind in the area which includes intricate network of tunnels strategically positioned checkpoints and evasion mechanisms similar to meticulously planned cinematic movie sets all designed to avoid detection and na navigate the challenging terrain of this clandestine operation the drug City itself has experimental pods as well where chemists and local pharmacists are employed to experiment and create new more potent and profitable drugs the Golden Triangle is a large mountainous region of approximately 200,000 km Square in northeastern Myanmar Northwestern Thailand and Northern La centered on the Confluence of the KK and Mong Rivers the Golden Triangle and specifically sha state of Myanmar is believed to be the largest methamphetamine producing area in the world even though pandeli is on the run and has accumulated significant wealth like the big hu and Mark Buttle the authorities are optimistic that the ongoing Pursuit fueled by a combination of international Partners intelligence gathering surveillance and strategic planning will lead to a successful arrest as the net tightens Around The Fugitive law enforcement remains steadfast in their commitment to dismantling his illicit operations and bringing him to Justice ensuring that the intricate web of criminal activities he orchestrated is unraveled whatever the case we will keep you posted on this unfolding story make sure to comment like subscribe and turn on the notifications take care Wu tank are you