The Bandidos fired an anti-tank missile into the Hells Angels' clubhouse in Hasslarp on 31 July 1995. He was sentenced to one year and six months in prison. [124] The warring clubs formally arranged to a truce when Bandidos Europe vice-president Peter Maczollek and Hells Angels Hanover chapter president Frank Hanebuth met at a lawyer's office in Hanover on 26 May 2010. The Bandidos Motorcycle Club, like other prominent outlaw motorcycle clubs, utilizes smaller motorcycle clubs known as support clubs, "puppet clubs" or "satellite clubs" as auxiliary units. [94], A Bandidos member, a club hangaround and a member of the X-Team were convicted in October 2016 of violently collecting a debt from a man on two occasions in Tampere in 2014. [39], The Criminal Intelligence Service Canada (CISC) has designated the Bandidos an outlaw motorcycle gang. In December 2005, Reinikainen was sentenced to four years and three months' imprisonment for attempted murder and firearms possession, and Haapanen was sentenced to two years and two months' for aggravated assault and firearms possession. 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[172] On 19 July 1996, four days after Krogh Jensen's death, a car occupied by a Hells Angels member and a companion was targeted in a drive-by shooting in Oslo; no one was injured. He had been found in possession of nineteen-and-a-half kilograms of hashish in November 2005. Why have Sweden's biker gangs been able to fly under the radar? [173], The Bandidos' clubhouse in Drammen was reduced to rubble on 4 June 1997 when a van bomb was detonated outside, killing Irene Astrid Bkkevold, a fifty-one-year-old woman who was driving past in her car. [160], In June 1997, a woman was killed when a bomb exploded in the Bandidos headquarters in Bangkok. Today the Bandidos Motorcycle Club is the largest 1% club in the Western Hemisphere, with 1100 members in Northers, Central and South American Countries. [96] In June 1991, the clubhouse of the Wanted Bikers, a club in Haute-Savoie affiliated to the Bandidos but wishing to instead begin an association with the Hells Angels, was shot at and the motorcycles parked outside were destroyed. However, club members were convicted on lesser charges, including drug and firearms offences. [129] An accomplice had previously been sentenced to three years and six months' in January 2014. [159] The club has five chapters and approximately forty members in the country. Juan Martinez, leader of the El Paso chapter of the Bandidos biker club, died after he was shot during a bar fight with a rival club. A Bandidos member carried out an attempted drive-by shooting on another biker the following day. A car bomb exploded outside the Hells Angels clubhouse in Oslo on 30 October 1996; no persons were injured. Gear - Bandidos MC - Official Site Gear Known Associates Gear > Click here to visit the Bandidos online store open to the public. 1 Support Clubs via tony-white.com The Bandidos have many support clubs scattered all over the world. [174][175] After a four-and-a-half year investigation, seven men associated with the Hells Angels, including the Angels' national president Torkjell Alsaker, were convicted for their roles in the bombing. [199], The Bandidos were established in Sweden after patching over the Morbids Motorcycle Club in Helsingborg as a probationary chapter in January 1994. [167] The following day, the vice-president of the Hells Angels' Helsingborg chapter survived being shot three times after he was attacked by three men at his garage. [205], The Bandidos and Hells Angels remained the dominant gangs in Sweden until the mid-2000s when street gangs began to appear, challenging the bikers' monopoly over the country's criminal rackets. [239] Active primarily in the Northwestern, Southeastern, Southwestern and the West Central regions, there are an estimated 800 to 1,000 Bandidos members and 93 chapters in 16 U.S. [83] When the trial resumed, both Bandidos charged with the shooting and wounding of the Rogues Gallery member were convicted; Kai Tapio Blom was sentenced to two years and six months in prison, and Andrei Antoni Jensko was given a sentence of two years and seven months. A dozen Bandidos were celebrating a member's birthday when they were attacked by the Hells Angels, who summoned support from the Broncos, allegedly for wearing their colors at a motorcycle rally in nearby Murten earlier that day. Three Hells Angels members were indicted for the shooting, but were acquitted of attempted murder in December 1996. [74] The Bandidos are the largest motorcycle club in Finland, with around two-hundred-and-forty members and fourteen chapters. The Bandidos' predecessor in Finland was the Undertakers Motorcycle Club, founded by Marko Hirsma in August 1994. Bandidos member Thomas Brian Jensen was sentenced to seven years and six months in prison on 16 November 2011 after he pleaded guilty to selling two kilograms of amphetamine and 300 grams of cocaine, and for possessing two guns with ammunition at his residence in Haslev when he was arrested on 29 June 2011. The Bandidos have been prominent in the Northwest. [167] Hells Angels Oslo chapter president Torkjell "Rotta" ("Rat") Alsaker was found guilty of shooting Harnes and sentenced to three years in prison in November 1998. 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[84][85], Bandidos Helsinki chapter president Pentti Tapio Haapanen and vice-president Harri Tapio Reinikainen were convicted of shooting and wounding a Rogues Gallery member and a member of the Lepakko Gang in Srninen, Helsinki in July 2005. [216], In April 2018, police discovered a haul of thirty-seven firearms including thirteen automatic rifles and 7,400 rounds of ammunition of various kinds, seventeen plastic explosives, forty-two sticks of dynamite, remote-controlled triggers, 131 tear gas grenades, and ten kilograms of drugs cocaine, amphetamine, MDMA, cannabis and tramadol in two stolen cars in a parking garage in Skrholmen, Stockholm. [240][3] Club membership is predominantly white and Hispanic. He was arrested upon arrival at Stockholm Arlanda Airport on 20 March 2017 and was subsequently turned over to Finnish authorities. [95], The Bandidos' first chapter in Europe was founded in Marseille on 20 September 1989 when the club patched over the Club de Clichy. [29] Numerous police investigations have targeted Bandidos members, and implicated them in illegal drugs supply and other crimes. After several months on the run, the pair were apprehended in Malaga, Spain in July 2019 and subsequently extradited to Sweden. When Bandidos Finland president Marko Hirsma arrived at a Helsinki court house for the trial of Blom and Tapani on 27 September 1995, he was attacked and beaten by Hells Angels and Cannonball members. [223], On 11 May 2019, Bandidos members clashed with members of the Zrich Hells Angels chapter and the Broncos a Hells Angels support club from Bern in Belp. Known Associates - Bandidos MC - Official Site [207] On 4 August 1996, a Hells Angel was injured by gunfire while driving his car in Helsingborg. THE BROTHERS IN BANDIDOS MC SWORDCITY SEND OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THE FRIENDS, FAMILY AND THE MERANO CHAPTER ON THE LOSS OF OUR BROTHER. [178], The president of the Bandidos' Fredrikstad chapter was sentenced to three years in prison for drug possession in November 2007. April 2023 at 21:13. The man, who is a Bandidos MC member, was granted strict conditional bail to appear at Orange Local Court on Monday 15 June 2020. The raid was executed after another man had been found in possession of a small quantity of drugs after leaving the clubhouse. > Certify Your Association Now Home Gear There are more than 50 patched members in Bellingham, Bremerton, Wenatchee, Everett, Mount Vernon, Tacoma, the Tri-Cities, and Yakima. [86][87], The Finnish Bandidos came close to disbanding in 1999 due to an internal feud concerning Marko Hirsma's leadership. [4] The Bandidos partake in transporting and distributing cocaine and marijuana, and the production, transportation and distribution of methamphetamine. The original Bandidos had wild, unruly hair, scraggly beards, huge tattoos, and cigarettes sticking out of their mouths, and they went by such nicknames as Revolver, Pecker, Deadweight, Rawhide,. [77] The Nordic Biker War, which began in January 1994 between Morbids MC and the Hells Angels in southern Sweden and later escalated into a war over control of the drug trade in the Nordic countries between the Hells Angels and Bandidos after the Morbids aligned with the latter, saw several violent incidents around Helsinki in 1995 and 1996. Although investigators were unable to prove who fired the weapon, the trio were convicted of assisting in murder and assisting in attempted murder and were each sentenced to fourteen years in prison in October 2019. Quickly growing in influence, the Canadian-founded club established two additional chapters and began encroaching on the territory of the established clubs in the country. He was sentenced to a ten-year prison sentence. [241] The Bandidos are supplied with drugs by Los Zetas,[242] and have also associated with the Outlaws in criminal ventures. [52], Bandidos member George "Crash" Kriarakis was assaulted by a dozen members of the Hells Angels outside a restaurant in Woodbridge in June 2003. [116] A Bandidos member left a Hells Angels member critically injured by shooting him twice after being attacked in the presence of his wife and child in Cottbus in February 2008. [89], In January 2008, two Bandidos and five X-Team members in Espoo were among twenty-one people charged with importing and distributing amphetamine. [142] A second Bandidos chapter, also a former No Surrender branch, was founded in Alkmaar on 26 March 2014. [36], Bandidos members were among a number of people arrested in Limburg on 28 September 2020 as part of an investigation into a large-scale drug trafficking ring, which began after a shipment of almost 3,000 kilograms of cocaine was discovered at the Port of Antwerp in late 2019. On 8 April 2006, four vehicles containing the bodies of eight murdered men were discovered in a farmer's field outside of the hamlet of Shedden. [153] A second chapter was established after the club patched over a branch of the Rock Machine in Christchurch in November 2013. [38] Four high-end vehicles valued at more than 700,000, jewelry valued at 300,000, 17,085 in cash, encrypted mobile phones and documentation were also seized. Some of the men charged with the murders were also members of the Bandidos. On 2 July 2019, Sarikaya was acquitted on all counts at Sdertrn District Court. [220], A gang war involving the Bandidos and No Surrender in stergtland County has resulted in several bombings and shootings. [27][28], The Bandidos are considered an outlaw motorcycle gang by the Australian Federal Police. [119] Reports say they drove to his Harley-Davidson shop where they shot him dead on 23 May 2007. Bandidos Motto: "We are the people our parents warned us about." Members of the U.S. faction of the Bandidos have been charged with conspiracy, witness tampering, and murder. These events resulted in the Bandidos attempting to assassinate the Rock Machine Sweden president on the premises of the Rock Machine's Klippan chapter clubhouse in September 2014; he would survive the attempt, and two members of the Bandidos in Helsingborg would be arrested and charged for attempted murder after police executed searches of the headquarters of the Bandidos the Southern Bikers MC support club. According to sources, two high ranking Hells Angels members the former president of the Angels' nomads chapter and the chapter's treasurer and former road captain were involved in the incident. The Bureau of Alcohol,. Both detainees were placed at the disposal of the Judicial Authority to be extradited to Belgium and Germany respectively. McNamara killed O'Donoghue in a revenge attack after he was knocked to the ground and stripped of his colours by three Road Tramps members outside a pub in Doon. [235], On 28 November 2022, a jury cleared Parry of the murder charge at Plymouth Crown Court. [144] On 7 May 2014, another attack was carried out on the residence of a member of the Bandidos, this time in the town of Susteren. Membership eventually grew in number, with many chapters being established across the state of Texas. [210], Bandidos Sweden president Mehdi Seyyed was sentenced to nine years in prison on 14 January 2009 for two counts of attempted murder. Harami (Haramy) MC Active in Germany and Turkey. On 18 January 2000, members of the Bandidos and their support club Black Rhinos MC were present at the men's trial and visited a nearby restaurant during a recess in the proceedings where they were ambushed by three gunmen. [148], A third Dutch Bandidos chapter was formed in Nijmegen in January 2017. The subsequent police operations disbanded the Bandidos chapter in Montpellier as well as the prospect club in Dijon. [10] The day after the chapter's formation, an attack with explosives was carried out on the home of Bandidos president Harrie Ramakers, who was previously the vice-president of the Hells Angels' nomads chapter before defecting. This triggered a gang war in Berlin that lasted from February to April 2010. Benjamin Parry was jailed for 12 years and was told he would serve a minimum of 8 years. [222] On 9 April 2020, two No Surrender members were shot in a car outside a Norrkping fast food restaurant; one was killed and the other wounded. [155], Bandidos member Adrian Le'Ca was sentenced to fifteen years and nine months' imprisonment in February 2018 after pleading guilty to charges relating to the importation and possession for supply of methamphetamine and cocaine. [208] A member of the Bandidos' Helsingborg chapter was involved in a shootout outside his home on 13 January 1997 with two people who fled by car. [112] In February 2010, around seventy ethnic Turkish Bandidos members and supporters in Berlin in an unprecedented move defected and joined the Hells Angels, forming a sub-chapter known as "Hells Angels Nomads Trkiye". The convictions related to a haul of over four kilos of amphetamine which was recovered in Nakkila and was to be distributed in the Turku area, as well as the illegal cultivation of cannabis. [47] Michel pleaded guilty in October 2006. [70] The Bandidos have ten chapters and approximately one-hundred-and-fifty members in Denmark,[71] and have traditionally recruited members of Danish ethnicity, although this has changed somewhat in recent years. [205] In the early hours of 11 April 1996, the Hells Angels' compound in Hasslarp was targeted again, this time with two rockets. [100][101], In 2003, two hundred kilograms of cannabis were seized aboard a boat in Saint-Malo, bound for the Channel Islands and then on to Great Britain. Five club members left the scene in a car which was later found at the Bandidos' clubhouse in Borge, where seven people were arrested. Bucher, an Army veteran, was using his door for cover as bullets whizzed past. Bandidos MC Australia was formed and chartered in August 1983. [136] The Caballeros were reportedly granted full membership to the Bandidos as a result of McNamara's actions. [79] Two Hells Angels prospects were convicted for the murder; Ilkka Ukkonen was sentenced to twelve-and-a-half years' imprisonment and Jussi Penttinen was given six years'. The search followed a violent incident involving firearms that broke out in the corridors of a building in Dijon, pitting the Bandidos against drug traffickers. [214] He was sentenced in 2008 to four years in prison after being convicted of extortion and the serious assault of a man who suffered a bleed on the brain. [212], Ahmed "Manolo" Mohamed, a member of both the Stockholm Bandidos and the criminal Bredngs network, was convicted of grievous assault in 2013 after he stabbed a person wearing a Hells Angels jersey. [140] The Dutch Bandidos are closely allied with Satudarah, as both clubs have the Hells Angels as common enemy. [69], According to the National Center of Investigation, the Danish Bandidos are involved in a wide range of crimes, including drug dealing, extortion, fraud, tax evasion, robbery, weapons trafficking, money laundering, the sale of stolen goods, and violent crimes. These support clubs, mostly regional, are subservient to the will of the Bandidios and, in general, are typically used for protection, promotion or financing, but can also be used to facilitate criminal activities such as drug trafficking, extortion, assault and murder. Today the Bandidos Motorcycle Club is the largest 1% club in the Western Hemisphere, with 1100 members in Northers, Central and South American Countries. On 30 January 2004, Morin by then a probationary Bandidos member and hangaround Robert Charles Simpson were shot dead outside an Edmonton strip club. The raids were conducted in relation to the murder of a prospective member of the Bandidos. Formed in San Leon, Texas in 1966, the Bandidos MC is estimated to have between 2,000 and 2,500 members [5] and 303 chapters, located in 22 countries, [4] making it the second-largest motorcycle club in the world behind the Hells Angels. Bandidos supporter Hupu Viljo Oliver Laiti was sentenced to three years and two months' imprisonment, X-Team member Antti Niilo Raatikainen was sentenced to two years', and an unnamed Bandidos member was sentenced to one year's suspended prison sentence. Subscription is good for 1 year and website will be updated regularly with pictures, news and events and gear. A member of the Hells Angels was subsequently imprisoned. The murder of 8 Bandidos MC MembersThe Shedden Massacre, sometimes also referred to as the Bandido Massacre, was the killing of 8 men associated with the Bandidos Motorcycle Club just outside the town of Shedden, Ontario, Canada in April, 2006. A Danish Bandidos member was shot and killed in Bangkok in July 1996. The Hells Angels, Mongols, Bandidos, Outlaws, and Sons of Silence pose a serious national domestic threat and conduct the majority of criminal activity linked to OMGs, especially activity relating to drug-trafficking and, more specifically, to cross-border drug smuggling. [102], Two members of the Bandidos' Dijon chapter were incarcerated following a search of one of their homes in August 2013 in which approximately fifteen rifles, handguns and machine guns were found. Shortly after the founding of the Helsingborg Bandidos, the Rebels a Hells Angels support club at that point carried out a shooting attack on the Bandidos' clubhouse. The clubhouse of the Aphuset Motorcycle Club a Bandidos support club was bombed on 28 April 1997. The Bandidos continuously pursued their former president due to his consorting with other clubs after his expulsion, beating him and robbing him of his motorcycle in Germany in the spring of 2000, and strafing his home with submachine gun fire in the autumn of that year. Around a hundred police officers were needed to stop the violence. 15 A former ranking member of the Bandidos' national chapter testified at a racketeering trial Thurday that two ex-biker leaders led a racketeering conspiracy that included handing down orders. During the arrests, a member of the Bandidos support club Bomber-Raiders was wounded after opening fire on police in Saint-Dizier; he was subsequently charged with attempted murder. [145], Harrie Ramakers was sentenced to ten months in prison on 21 July 2014 for prohibited weapons possession and possession of drugs. [39], Police in Sweden believe that the Bandidos Motorcycle Club makes money primarily through illegal activities, including drug offenses, violent crimes, protection activities, robberies, extortion, weapons offenses, illegal gambling, money laundering and other economic crimes. Five houses and a car were damaged in the explosion, which was caused by a hand grenade. [146] Ramakers is furthermore a suspect in several murder investigations. [5] The Bandidos' rivals include the Cossacks,[14] the Hells Angels,[18] the Mongols[20] the Kinfolk,[19] and the Vagos.[26]. Although Hells Angels member and police informant Steven Gault testified that he was recruited to be the hitman in the plot against Lenti, Akleh and Stephenson were ultimately acquitted on 19 January 2009. [97] While membership is predominantly Thai,[226] Australian,[227] Danish[228] and Swedish[229] club members are also active in the country. [156] Police stated that the drugs had been imported with the help of the Thailand chapter of the Bandidos. [152], New Zealand's first Bandidos chapter was founded in South Auckland in 2012 by club members deported from Australia. At that time, it was reported that there were more than twenty full-patched members in the country. Mass brawls also ensued at Srninen Prison. Then, on 28 September 2018, Bandidos attacked a Freeway Riders member, who escaped in his car, with batons and firearms. [123] Around fifty Hells Angels armed with clubs stormed a bar frequented by Bandidos in Duisburg's red-light district on 31 October 2009, leaving the bar destroyed and several people injured. [160] The Norwegian Bandidos are affiliated with the Chicanos[161] and X-Team,[162] and are allied with the Outlaws. We ARE the people our parents warned us about Bandidos Motorcycle Club It was 1965, headed back to the U.S.A from an annual trip to the bullfights in Sonora, Mexico, Don Chambers and his friends stopped at a local Cantina. [130] The struggle for territorial supremacy between the clubs erupted again in March 2012 when a pub frequented by the Rock Machine was targeted in an arson attack and a Bandidos pub was burned down in retaliation two weeks later. A simultaneous bombing of a garage used by Bandidos supporters was also carried out. Seven people were injured, including three in serious condition. [190], On 24 March 2018, a group of Bandidos members meeting at a restaurant in Prior Velho were attacked by approximately twenty members of the Hells Angels armed with knives, sticks, iron bars and hammers. [97] A man received injuries to the back and legs after an explosive device was detonated at the entrance to the Hells Angels chapter in Grenoble on 7 December 1991. [211], Andreas Olsson, president of the Stockholm Bandidos, was arrested in October 2006 after 3.6 kilograms of amphetamine were found in his backpack as he returned from Amsterdam, Netherlands. Rabies later patched over to the Bandidos, while the Customizers joined the Hells Angels. Leones MC - Active in Finland and Thailand. [50] It was agreed, however, that even though the Danish branch of the Bandidos were responsible for the Canadian branch as their sponsors, the American branch would supervise the Canadian Bandidos. The grenade failed to explode, and police later detonated the device in a controlled explosion. By Associated Press SAN ANTONIO The national president of the Bandidos biker gang was sentenced Wednesday to life plus 10 years in prison for directing a violent racketeering and drug. [166], On 15 January 1996, a bomb was detonated at the clubhouse of Hells Angels hangaround club Screwdriver MC in Hamar, and on 18 January 1996, the Hells Angels Norway headquarters in Oslo was firebombed. Some defected to other clubs while others remained with the club but hoped to restore their sovereignty. Bandidos-johtajan syytteist posa nurin kranaattijutussa, Bandidoksen Suomen johtajan ampunut mies psee vankilasta vapaaksi, Bandidos-pyssymiehille lankesi linnatuomio Srnisten kahakasta, Bandidos-jengin ex-johtajan ampumisesta elinkautiset, Nokian Bandidosin amfetamiinisyytteet kaatuivat Turun hovioikeudessa, Bandidosin tukijsen tankkasi 35 000 eurolla kuussa eik maksanut syyte 325 000 euron petoksista, Bandidos peri vkivaltaisesti velkaa Tampereella: Rystn yrityksi ja vapaudenriistoja, A. Hells Angels contre Bandidos / Outlaws. [78] This signaled the beginning of the Nordic Biker War, a turf war involving the Bandidos, Hells Angels and numerous support clubs which escalated into Finland, Norway then Denmark and lasted for over three years. The clubhouse was severely damaged, but no-one was injured or killed. [163], After its founding in 2003, the Bandidos chapter in Kristiansand quickly took control of the local amphetamine market by coercing the local dealers into sourcing their drugs from the Bandidos or paying a 20% tax. A group of Bandidos attacked the home of Rock Machine faction president Erkse in May 2011, destroying his car and firing shots into his house. [170] A Hells Angels member was acquitted of murdering Krogh Jensen on 11 June 1998[171] and the investigation into the killing was closed in 2000. [238], The Bandidos have been designated an outlaw motorcycle gang by the U.S. Department of Justice. [135], On 20 June 2015, Road Tramps member Andrew "Odd" O'Donoghue was shot dead by Alan "Cookie" McNamara, a member of the Caballeros a Bandidos prospect club. Donald Eugene Chambers was the founder of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club, which gets him an entry on the list of the most famous Bandidos MC . Bandidos and Hells Angels are believed to have exchanged fire on a Helsingborg street on 15 September 1996. [38] An additional thirteen people were taken into custody in Belgium, and four high-end vehicles valued at more than 700,000, jewelry valued at 300,000, 17,085 in cash, encrypted mobile phones and documentation were also seized in the raids. [221] Two No Surrender bikers, including a leading member, were shot dead outside a nightclub in Norrkping on 5 December 2019. His arrest followed an investigation carried out by a joint task force consisting of agents from the Spanish National Police Corps and the Belgian Federal Police, which resulted in a total of twenty-six raids being carried out in Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands. [53], Four Bandidos members and prospects Cameron Acorn, Pierre "Carlitto" Aragon, Randy Brown and Robert "Bobby" Quinn pleaded guilty to partaking in the killing of drug dealer Shawn Douse, who was beaten to death at the apartment of Bandidos prospect Jamie "Goldberg" Flanz in Keswick on 6 December 2005. After being located by Finnish police in Thailand, he decided to relocate again to Sweden. [113] In March 2006, a group of Hells Angels raided a Bandidos clubhouse in Stuhr where they assaulted and robbed five Bandidos members. [151] However, on 24 April 2020, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands ruled that, while the national branch of the club remains banned, local chapters are permitted to continue. Four Swedish bikers with criminal records were arrested and deported, three Norwegian members were arrested for drug possession, and six others five German and one Polish were refused entry to the country upon arrival at the airport. [115] On 27 May 2007, five Hells Angels members attacked, robbed and injured a Bandidos member in Hohenschnhausen, Berlin. Predadores MC Active in Thailand and Belgium. Aug. 5, 2017 Updated: Aug. 6, 2017 3:11 p.m. 35. The chapter formally became full-patch Bandidos on 28 January 1995. 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