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A long-time Berlin clan chief, known as the “Godfather of Berlin”, has left Germany.

He flew from Berlin to Turkey on Friday.

The Senate Interior Administration told the dpa that a man who appeared in public as Mahmoud Al-Zein had left the country.

Previously, the "Bild" newspaper reported on the departure as well as the "Spiegel".

The man should have been deported for many years.

The pressure of an imminent deportation has recently increased significantly, according to the Senate.

"With today's departure, which is connected with a re-entry ban, the man wanted to forestall the impending deportation."

The Berlin Senate Administration also announced: “The person entered Germany in 1983.

After his asylum application was rejected, he had to be tolerated since 1984 because he had no passport.

The man has not been involved in obtaining passports for over 30 years.

There was uncertainty about his nationality. "

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A few years ago the police had clarified that he was of Turkish descent.

He then tried to get a Turkish passport and tried to stay in Germany for family and health reasons.

Several court instances had ruled in favor of the State Office for Immigration.

Since 2005, the man has been recorded as a suspect almost 70 times.

He was convicted eleven times.

Interior Senator Andreas Geisel (SPD) announced: “It is worth keeping up the pressure and persevering.

We fight clan crime at all levels.

Also about the right of residence. "

In his autobiography “Der Godfather von Berlin.

My way, my family, my rules, ”the man described himself as the head of the Al-Zein clan, one of the most influential families of Arab origin in Germany.

At the same time, Al-Zein complained that he was never recognized as an asylum seeker.

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According to his own account, he traveled illegally as a vacationer from Lebanon in the 1980s, was never persecuted politically, but was violent and criminal for decades.

In a quote from the book's publication, he says, “My word counts.

Not only within your own family, but also with other clans.

(...) If someone steps wrong, they turn a blind eye.

But when the line of respect is exceeded, blood flows. "