article_snippet.sent: Known as 'the Maltese Falcon', Rebels bikie gang boss Alex Vella is the longtime boss of the Rebels, which Federal Court documents obtained by Daily Mail Australia say are involved in drug dealing, money laundering, serious assaults, kidnapping, extortion, firearms offences, threatening law enforcement officers and intimidating court witnesses.
article_snippet.sent: Banned for life: Rebels bikie gang president Alex Vella (left, dressed for court and, right, in bike gear) says Rebels bikie gang president Alex Vella (left, dressed for court and, right, in bike gear) is a God-fearing, law-abiding family man who just likes riding motorcycles.
article_snippet.sent: Federal Court this week banned Rebels bikie gang president Alex Vella (left, dressed for court and, right, in bike gear) from Australia and police say Rebels bikie gang president Alex Vella (left, dressed for court and, right, in bike gear) led a violent gang involved in kidnapping, extortion and drug dealing .
article_snippet.sent: Not welcome: Alex Vella (pictured, centre), millionaire businessman and president of the Rebels outlaw motorcycle gang since 1973, has failed to stop the government's  cancellation of Rebels bikie gang president Alex Vella (
article_snippet.sent: left, dressed for court and, right, in bike gear) visa while Rebels bikie gang president Alex Vella (left, dressed for court and, right, in bike gear) was overseas, leaving Rebels bikie gang president Alex Vella (left, dressed for court and, right, in bike gear) stranded in Malta and unable to return to Rebels bikie gang president Alex Vella (left, dressed for court and, right, in bike gear) family in Australia .
article_snippet.sent: Attero investigators allege that under Mr Vella's leadership the Rebels have engaged in multiple criminal enterprises.
article_snippet.sent: This week's Federal Court judgement states that Alex Vella was born in Malta in 1953, emigrated to Australia aged 14 in 1967 and has been president of the Rebels Motorcycle Club since 1973.
article_snippet.sent: Vella, who has repeatedly denied running a criminal organisation, still has the website
article_snippet.sent: The Attero task force sees Alex Vella differently, according to court documents. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Rebels bikie gang boss Alex Vella has been stranded in Malta since Rebels bikie gang boss Alex Vella visa was cancelled in June last year .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Rebels bikie gang boss Alex Vella sold key rings and t-shirts to raise money for Rebels bikie gang boss Alex Vella court challenge .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Court documents claimed Rebels engaged in drug dealing, extortion and kidnapping under Rebels bikie gang boss Alex Vella .