Gangland

[Heracles 417]

Anyone watch this show? I love this show. It is truly fascinating that gangs like that operate freely in our society.

Trinitarios is the gangs name

Edited June 12, 2009 by Constellation

[Heracles 417]

One of the guys interviewed, from the jersey chapters, arrived here at 13 from the Dominica republic. First month he was here he stabbed his sister in the arm.

By 11 he had stabbed somebody in the heart.

[Sprailenes 47]

I have.

Watched it.... that is.

[Heracles 417]

Zoe Pound in Florida was really bad. Even MS13 is scared of them. They are from Haiti.

[Sprailenes 47]

Are you scared of them?

[Heracles 417]

Are you scared of them?

Nah. It's just a disgrace that this sort of stuff is permitted in a first world country.

This is the United States not some third world SA country.

[웃 910]

I record it every week and when I get a chance I watch them. Only complaint is half the time it's on a motorcycle gang and that gets old fast. I'll check this latest episode out and get back to you....I like Locked Up Abroad on National Geographic much better though. You ever seen that?

[Sprailenes 47]

I think it's sad and pathetic too.

[almaty 19]

Gangs in Australia

The history of gangs in Australia goes back at least 100 years.

Criminal gangs have flourished in the Rocks district of Sydney in its early history in the 1800's, The Rocks Push was a notorious larrikin gang, which dominated the The Rocks area of Sydney, Australia from the 1870s to the end of the 1890s.

In its day it was referred to as The Push, a title which has since come to be more widely used for the 1940s left-wing movement the Sydney Push. The gang was engaged in running warfare with other larrikin gangs of the time such as the Straw Hat Push, the Glebe Push, the Argyle Cut Push, the Forty Thieves from Surry Hills and the Gibb Street Mob.

Italian crime gangs have been active in Melbourne and Sydney, and even some youth gangs like the Sharpies in the 1960's have been large enough to cause disturbances, though lacking criminal organisation. [1]

Contents

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* 1 Types of gangs

o 1.1 East and Southeast Asian gangs

o 1.2 Middle Eastern gangs

o 1.3 Bikie gangs

+ 1.3.1 Clubs

* 2 See also

* 3 References

* 4 Further information

Types of gangs

East and Southeast Asian gangs

Asian gangs have some history in Australia. In the late 1980’s, the Vietnamese gang 5T was active in the Cabramatta area of Sydney and believed to be involved in the murder of John Newman, the Member for Cabramatta in the NSW State Parliament. Other gangs active in Cabramatta, Sydney include the Four Aces and Madonna's Mob. [2] Chinese gangs have existed as a low level activity for at least 20 years. [3]

Middle Eastern gangs

Middle-Eastern gangs were observed to rise around 1995 – 1996 in Australia, most prominently in Sydney. [4]. By 2000, the middle Eastern gangs had gained ground in Sydney, as police were hampered by inexperienced officers, fear of Internal Affairs investigations and obstructive policy on dealing with ethnic minorities, which made NSW Police focus on other areas of crime. [5]

For a long time, Middle-Eastern gangs conducted extortion against nightclubs, ram raids, and car theft. More recently, drive-by shootings have become more common, with ####### for tat drive by shooting starting as early as 1998, and becoming more common in recent years. [6] [7], including a drive by machine gun attack on a police station in Lakemba, Sydney. [8]

In 2006, a permanent Middle-Eastern Organised Crime squad was set up following revenge attacks, including stabbings and assaults, by Middle Eastern youths following the Cronulla riots. [9]. Articles discussing the crazy goings on with gangs also detailed the rise of new muslim gangs, The Muslim Brotherhood and Asesinoz. [10]

Bikie gangs

Bikie gangs are present in Australia, with international outlaw clubs like the Bandidos and Hells Angels, as well as local groups. One of the major events in bikie gang criminal history was what became known as the Milperra Massacre, where a fight between two gangs, the Comancheros and the Bandidos in Milperra in the South of Sydney, turned into a gun battle that claimed seven lives-6 members and a civilian. While conflict between various clubs has been ever present, in 2008 the gang conflict escalated, with 13 shootings taking place in Sydney in the space of two weeks. [11]

Gang violence has become high profile to the point where various state governments have taken steps to change laws to focus on the problem, and police have set up groups to deal with the threat, including the Crime Gang Task Force in South Australia [12] Bikie gangs in South Australia at least, are involved in drugs, murder, extortion and other forms of intimidation and violence. Bikie gangs in South Australia have diversified their activities into both legal and illegal commercial business enterprises. [13]

In Western Australia they are involved in the drug trade [14] Laws to deal with Bikie gangs have been introduced into Northern Territory, South Australia, and are presently being looked at in NSW and Queensland. [15] [16] [17]

In early 2009, Comanchero Motorcycle Club and Hells Angels were also believed to be involved in a clash at Sydney Airport. One man was beaten to death in plain view of witnesses at the airport, and police estimated as many as 15 men were involved in the violence. Police documents detail the brawl as a result of a Comanchero gang member and a Hells Angels biker being on the same flight from Melbourne. [18] Four suspects were arrested as a result of the altercation.

Including two murders in the capital city, 4 people were killed in the space of a week in Canberra and in Sydney. [19] As a result of heightening violence, New South Wales Premier Nathan Rees announced the state police anti-gang squad would be boosted to 125 members from 50.[20]

Clubs

Clubs in Australia include:

* Rebels MC - The Rebels are the largest outlaw motorcycle club in Australia, and have 29 chapters. They are a more traditional club and are run by former boxer and founding member, Alex Vella.

* Gypsy Joker - The Gypsy Joker MC, an Australian-formed club, are most notorious for the 2001 car-bomb murders of West Australian police senior investigator Don Hancock and Lawrence Lewis.

* Bandidos - The Bandidos, are one of the “Big Four” gangs identified by the FBI. They have 19 chapters across Australia. One of the clubs that has actively recruited from ethnic groups in recent years. [21]

* Comanchero Motorcycle Club - One of the oldest and largest outlaw clubs in Australia, its headquarter are in Western Sydney.

* Notorious - The club Notorious, a recently new Middle Eastern gang, have started competing with Australian bikie gangs, in a turf war for drug sales. Notorious is reportedly using members of the middle Eastern and Islander Communities in Sydney, and may be wooing members of those backgrounds from other clubs. [22]

* Nomads - The Nomads club has no website and is not as widely known as other clubs, but does have a significant presence in the press as an outlaw motorcycle club engaged in allegedly illegal activities. [23][24]

[spookyturtle 9,466]

I thought Mel Gibson took care of them in Mad Max.

[Marilyn. 340]

we supposedly have 3 gangs that have set up shop in our neighborhood.. joy oh bliss