Prosecutors had sought up to 35 years in prison for the European Hells Angels boss.
A Turkish court has sentenced Coskun Necati Arabaci, known as the “Father of Cologne” and “Hell’s Necati,” to a total of 15.5 years in prison for founding and leading a criminal organization and for related violent offenses. The Izmir 20th High Criminal Court issued the verdict at a hearing earlier this week. Arabaci was convicted of establishing and managing an organization for the purpose of committing crimes.
In June 2025, Necati Arabacı was at large, with no active efforts reported by Turkish authorities to extradite or investigate him. Despite having an EU warrant he remained the enigmatic leader of the European Hells Angels. He was reported on as he left Monaco.
Necati 'Neco' Arabaci (born 14 February 1972) is a Turkish-German gangster and high ranking member of the HAMC. Arabaci resembles a Hollywood movie star from the 90s. The serious gang boss, also known as the Cologne Godfather, was celebrated on social media.
Videos of Arabaci in Monaco are circulating on TikTok, some of which had millions of views.
The drug baron seemed to revel in the videos. He appeared in expensive cars, including a Rolls-Royce with a Zurich license plate in Monte-Carlo. Arabaci parading in Monaco with bodyguards flaunting his wealth is a surprise. The gangster being an internet star on TixTox is unexpected behaviour of the presumptive leader of European Hells Angels. His account has since been deleted.
The Arabaci clan controlled the bouncer scene of the nightclubs in Cologne's entertainment district, the Kölner Ringe, and his gang recruited women to work as prostitutes. Arabaci also controlled brothels in the Rhein-Ruhr region of Germany. Arabacı was active in Cologne.
In 2002 he was arrested in Germany for pimping, human trafficking, assault, extortion, weapons and racketeering. He was sentenced to nine years in prison and deported to Turkey in 2007. During his detention in Germany, Arabacı plotted to kill the prosecutor, and even hired a killer for the task.
Erkan Akyol died mysteriously in March 2026.
Erhan Akyol, right hand man to Necati Arabacı was shot by a helmeted assailant while eating on the terrace of a restaurant in Istanbul in April. Akyol was shot in the calf. He was involved in murder plots with Iranian operative HA Ramin Yektaparast. Yektaparast was killed by a Mossad agent in April 2024.
In 2010 Arabaci took part in a meeting of HA bosses in Izmir, Turkey after being appointed president of the Hells Angels MC Nomads Turkey. By 2013 Arabaci was seen the new leader of the European Hells Angels, after leader Frank Hanebuth was busted in Spain. In 2015, Spanish cops issued a warrant for Arabaci’s arrest, valid in the EU.
High-status Hells Angels Necati Arabacı was nabbed by Turkish security in western Izmir province’s Çeşme district in 2020. He was released. Turkey doesn't extradite it's citizens.
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