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When people search for the most dangerous biker gangs, they are often looking for more than sensational headlines. They want to understand how outlaw motorcycle clubs operate, why certain groups became notorious, and what makes them a lasting concern for law enforcement and communities. This article examines the most infamous biker gangs in English, focusing on their history, criminal reputations, territorial influence, and the broader social impact associated with outlaw motorcycle club culture. The purpose is not to glorify these organizations, but to provide a clear, well-researched, and SEO-friendly overview for readers who want reliable information. Across different countries and decades, several biker gangs have been repeatedly linked to violence, organized crime, drug trafficking, weapons offenses, and intimidation. Their names have become recognizable because of major criminal cases, international police investigations, and public confrontations. By studying these groups in detail, readers can better understand why they remain a subject of concern in criminal justice and public safety discussions. The following sections present the most dangerous biker gangs, along with context, examples, and the patterns that have kept them in the spotlight.
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00:00You've probably had this experience before.
00:02You're out on the road when suddenly a group of bikers in matching jackets
00:06roars past you on their massive motorcycles.
00:08An old rumor says 99% of the time this happens,
00:11you'll simply have encountered a group of motorcycle enthusiasts.
00:14Well, there is supposedly only a 1% chance you encounter one of these dangerous biker gangs,
00:20infamous for committing violent crimes and trafficking drugs.
00:23It's best to steer clear just in case.
00:26Number 1. Pissed-off bastards
00:28The Pissed-off Bastards of Bloomington, or Pobob,
00:31are one of the oldest motorcycle clubs to come out of California,
00:34being established all the way back in 1945.
00:37Well, not as large as many of the other biker gangs included here,
00:40they own their spot on this list by being a precursor
00:42to many of the outlaw biker traditions that would follow.
00:45One former member even went on to form the largest biker gang currently in existence,
00:50the Hells Angels.
00:51The Pissed-off Bastards, along with many other motorcycle clubs at the time,
00:54functioned as a way for World War II veterans to readjust to civilian life.
00:59Many didn't know how to deal with their new mundane realities,
01:01and turned to biking as a form of adventure.
01:04Like most motorcycle clubs, both outlaw and law-abiding,
01:07the Pissed-off Bastards wear a three-part backpatch on their riding jackets,
01:11so their members can be easily identified.
01:13While each club has its own unique insignia,
01:15certain design elements of backpatches are constant across clubs.
01:18For instance, most clubs have what's called a top rocker.
01:21This is the text at the top of the patch that shows the club's name.
01:24For the Pissed-off Bastards, the top rocker reads P-O-B-O-B,
01:28which stands for the club's full name.
01:29The center of their patch is a blue skull,
01:31wearing a red bomber cap and a Confederate flag in each of its eye sockets.
01:35The third part of the patch are the letters MC, which stands for Motorcycle Club.
01:39Many Pissed-off Bastards, as well as other motorcycle club members,
01:42also wear a bottom rocker with text saying where they come from.
01:45In the case of the original Pissed-off Bastards, this patch reads California.
01:49One of the most notable incidents that the Pissed-off Bastards were involved in
01:52is an event known as the Hollister Riot.
01:54From July 3rd to July 6th, 1947, the American Motorcyclist Association, AMA,
02:00held a sanctioned motorcycle rally for motorcycle clubs to participate in.
02:03However, the AMA was not prepared for the number of bikers that would show up,
02:07and the small town became overrun with bikers.
02:10Though some of the negative opinions around the event were hyped up by the media,
02:13including a famously staged photograph of a drunk biker drinking beer on his motorcycle,
02:17the incident still gave rise to the idea of the rebellious outlaw bikers.
02:22No residents of Hollister were physically harmed,
02:24but reports of biker gangs fighting with one another and performing dangerous stunts
02:27led to the event being called a riot.
02:29Supposedly, the AMA gave a statement saying that 99% of bikers were law-abiding citizens.
02:34Since then, biker gangs, including the Pissed-off Bastards,
02:37who wanted to flaunt their illegal activities, adopted the title of a 1%er motorcycle gang.
02:42This referred to them being the 1% excluded by the AMA as not being law-abiding citizens.
02:48Later in their history, the Pissed-off Bastards reformed their organization
02:51as the Pissed-off Bastards of Berdou.
02:53They are still active in the western and southwestern United States,
02:56though just how dangerous they and other participants of the Hollister riot truly were
03:00may have been exaggerated.
03:01The event did shift how motorcycle clubs were perceived though.
03:04This ultimately led to the formation of many more dangerous 1%er motorcycle clubs.
03:13The oldest 1%er gang in Europe is the Blue Angels.
03:16This gang was formed by Alan Morrison and Billy Gordon in Glasgow, Scotland in 1963.
03:21While mainly in the UK, the Blue Angels have also expanded into Belgium and Spain,
03:26and the gang has been connected to or suspected of crimes in each of these countries.
03:30The Blue Angels are recognized by their back patches that feature a winged skull
03:34wearing a Waffen SS helmet.
03:36Their top rocker has the name of their club,
03:38and they also have an MC patch to go along with it.
03:40Many Blue Angels also choose to wear 1% patches to declare themselves an outlaw biker gang.
03:46Since its inception, Blue has retroactively come to stand for Bastards,
03:50Lunatics, Undesirables, and Eccentrics.
03:52The irony of the Blue Angels' name had been commented on by the press,
03:56giving their less-than-angelic behavior.
03:58In Belgium alone, the club has been involved in assaults and robberies,
04:01and has even been convicted of hostage-taking.
04:03They once hospitalized nearly 20 members of a rival gang in an attack.
04:06They have been involved with similar crimes in the UK,
04:09as well as firebombings and arson.
04:10In addition to these crimes,
04:11they are also known to get into massive bar brawls with rival gangs.
04:15Perhaps one of the more brutal attacks carried out by the Blue Angels
04:17was an assault against rival Nomads bikers.
04:20That resulted in several Angels members getting charged with attempted murder.
04:24The Blue Angels intentionally collided with one of the Nomads, causing him to fall off his bike.
04:28They then proceeded to beat several members with blunt objects, including a tire iron and a claw hammer.
04:33Though other gangs may have a higher body count, it's clear the Blue Angels are not to be messed with.
04:38If they continue to use dangerous tactics like firebombs and arson,
04:42it won't be surprising if someone loses their life, whether the killing is intentional or not.
04:47The Headhunters are a unique MC, because they actually started as a street gang.
04:53It was only later in their existence that they decided to lean more into the motorcycle club lifestyle.
04:57The gang had a reputation for being violent, as well as very exclusive.
05:01At one point, the gang limited itself to only 30 members, seeing themselves as an elite squad.
05:06After becoming an MC, the Headhunters created an insignia for their backpatch, the same way other MCs do.
05:11The club's logo is a flaming demon skull with long twisted horns similar to a bull's.
05:16Their backpatch also includes a top rocker with the name of the club in red text on a white background.
05:20Bottom rockers for the Headhunters usually reads New Zealand, as the gang is really only present in one country.
05:26Along with their transition into an MC, the Headhunters also increased their numbers from 30,
05:30while their numbers are still relatively low compared to other biker gangs.
05:33Somewhere in the high 200s, they are no longer just 30 members strong.
05:37This is partially due to the gang patching over other motorcycle clubs.
05:40Patching over is the process by which smaller MCs will get integrated into a larger entity.
05:45As early as their formation, the Headhunters were already known to be willing to commit violence.
05:49They would engage in street brawls against rival gangs, even before becoming an outlaw biker gang.
05:54One notable incident of violence committed by Headhunters members was when two members were said to have
05:59stabbed the leader of a rival gang, Highway 61, nine times at a party.
06:03The Headhunters were not convicted of the crime after multiple witnesses recanted their original
06:07statements. While this could mean they were innocent, many more suspect that the witnesses
06:11only recanted out of fear that the Headhunters would come for them next.
06:16Headhunter members have also been convicted of murdering rival gang members from the King Cobras,
06:20as well as other violent crimes such as aggravated robbery, kidnapping and domestic violence.
06:24The gang has also been known to both cook and sell methamphetamine.
06:28In recent years, however, the MC seems to have taken steps to straighten out their organization.
06:33They've begun providing community service for local youths and have banned their members from
06:37using methamphetamine. While it's hard to say for sure if the MC has fully reformed,
06:41it is certain that at one point they were one of the more dangerous biker gangs out there.
06:45Number 4. Vargos
06:47The Vargos Motorcycle Club is an outlaw biker gang originally out of San Bernardino, California.
06:52They were founded in 1965 and have since spread across the United States, as well as several
06:57international locations, including Mexico and parts of Europe. They are said to be about 4,000
07:01members strong across all of these chapters. The Vargos patch is slightly unique, as it is not a
07:06three-part patch. Instead, it includes the three elements that are typically separated into several
07:10patch in one single patch. The patch includes the gang's name at the top and the letters MC at the
07:15bottom. It also includes the Vargos insignia, which depicts the Norse god Loki riding a motorcycle.
07:20Another way to recognize a member of the Vargos MC is by their distinct color choice. Many members
07:25dress in green, leading the gang to have the nickname the Green Nation. The Vargos have been
07:29known to commit violent crimes, including killing off the members of rival gangs. In one notable
07:34incident, Vargos members were involved in a shooting that killed the president of the San Jose Hells Angels
07:38chapter. Gang members have also been caught committing robbery and kidnapping. While the Vargos are certainly
07:43dangerous, it is worth noting that they have been blamed for some incidents that they actually had no
07:47connection to. One major incident was the murder of a University of New Mexico student, William Vettin.
07:52Initially, four members of the Vargos were sentenced to death for the crime, though it was later revealed
07:57they were innocent when the true killer came forward. Another incident of the Vargos being framed was when
08:02police in Hemet, California accused the gang of setting up booby traps to kill police officers. The Vargos
08:07were cleared of any such involvement and also won a settlement in a defamation case against the police
08:11department. Similar to the Hollister riots, the Vargos are a good example of what a bad reputation can do.
08:17Sure, the Vargos have definitely been involved in some violent cases, but this bad image has also led them to
08:21take the blame for some things they had no part in. While the Vargos might be as dangerous as the
08:26media or law
08:26enforcement may have made them out to be with these false claims, there is no doubt that the Vargos mean
08:30business
08:31and are still a dangerous biker gang. Number five, Rebels. Despite sporting imagery from the American
08:38Civil War, the Rebels MC was actually founded in Queensland, Australia in 1969. According to the
08:44official site of the Rebels, the club was initially called the Confederates, but was later changed.
08:48The backdrop for the club's logo is a Confederate flag, with the skull of a Confederate soldier as
08:53the foreground. While the club originally planned to have just the flag, the original president and
08:57founder Clint Jax added the skull due to his love of skulls and swastikas. Despite claiming to be a
09:02law-abiding motorcycle club, the club's patch basically gives away the lie by including the
09:061% logo as well. The Rebels are very strict about membership in their club. They only allow someone to
09:11join once, so if they leave for whatever reason, they aren't allowed back. Though difficult to control,
09:16the group's rules state that members aren't allowed to join other MCs at any point. However, given the
09:21many times the club has been discovered to have stockpiled firearms, members probably have a pretty
09:25strong incentive not to cross the club or break its rules. Based on their arrest records, the bulk
09:29of the Rebels' criminal activity is centered around the drug trade. They've also been known
09:33to traffic stolen goods and vehicles. The Rebels also keep a good amount of firearms on them,
09:37making it clear they are willing to defend their business interests with violence if necessary.
09:41One instance where the Rebels proved their willingness to be violent was in a conflict
09:44with a rival biker gang known as the Rock Machine Motorcycle Club. When Rock Machine established
09:49a presence in Australia, members of the Rebels began defecting to join the new club. You might
09:53remember me saying that the Rebels had some pretty strict rules about leaving the club to join
09:57another MC, and they were prepared to prove that they took this rule really seriously. Several
10:02brawls broke out between the two clubs at first, with a conflict quickly escalating to a firebombing.
10:07The Rebels also carried out several assaults on members of Rock Machine. At one point,
10:10the fighting even led the police to drive an armored vehicle into the Rebels' clubhouse in order to
10:15raid it and search for dangerous contraband.
10:186. LONERS
10:19The LONERS Motorcycle Club was founded in Ontario, Canada in 1979 by two former members of several
10:25biker gangs, Gennaro Rasso and Frank Lenti. Since then, the LONERS have spread into several different
10:30countries and grown to around 1,000 members worldwide. The LONERS have a much more elaborate
10:35design for their club's insignia than many other MCs. Their logo is a half-demon skull with horns and half
10:41a
10:41werewolf head. Along with their insignia patch, they also wear patches that read LONERS above the logo and
10:46one that says MC alongside it. Some LONERS also wear bottom patches that say the location of
10:51their chapter, while others wear a bottom patch that simply says FOREVER. Officially, the LONERS
10:55claim that they are simply motorcycle enthusiasts and that any members involved in criminal activity
10:59will be immediately removed from the club. However, a quick look at the gang's history of crimes,
11:04some very violent, reveal a very different story. In fact, the LONERS have been involved in several
11:09notable biker wars against rival gangs. One of these conflicts was between the LONERS and Satan's
11:14Choice, a motorcycle club supported by the Diablos. The Diablos were founded by Frank Lenti after he
11:19was expelled for stealing money from the LONERS, which he had originally founded. During the war
11:23between the three clubs, violence escalated to the point where the two clubs were firing rocket
11:27launches at one another's clubhouses. After a car bombing put Lenti in the hospital, the Diablos
11:31largely broke apart, leaving Satan's Choice without their main supporters. Following this incident,
11:36Satan's Choice and the LONERS managed to come to a peace agreement, but not until after lives had been
11:40lost and many had been injured. A few years later, the LONERS split into two factions, one of which
11:46ended up joining Hell's Angels. The other faction retained the name LONERS and struck up a deal with
11:50the Outlaws Motorcycle Club. This fractured alliance and new partnership with the Outlaws
11:54would lead the LONERS into their next conflict, the Ontario Biker War. Despite being labeled a war,
11:59this conflict resulted in about three deaths. However, many more bikers were left injured by the conflict
12:04and many members of all the clubs involved ended up being arrested. The LONERS might not be the
12:08biggest or the baddest motorcycle club out there, but any group willing to grab a rocket launcher to
12:12defend their turf is no doubt pretty dangerous. Being partnered with larger biker gangs also makes
12:17the LONERS more dangerous. Make no mistake, this is not a group you would ever want to cross.
12:237. Pagans
12:25Pagans MC, known more commonly as The Pagans, are a one-procenter organization based mostly in the
12:31United States and its territories. The club was started in 1959 in the state of Maryland by a man named
12:36Lou Dobkins, who was also the club's first president. Pagans can be recognized by their
12:41distinct patch, which shows a drawing of the Norse fire giant Surtur holding a glowing red sword.
12:46The patch is actually taken from Jack Kirby's art in the comic book Journey into Mystery
12:5097. Their three-part patch also includes the name of their organization and the letters MC for
12:55Motorcycle Club. A few years after they first started, the Pagans wanted to appear to have a
12:59sense of higher class. This led them to create a formal constitution that stated the club's president
13:04would be paid the same annual salary as the president of the United States. At the time,
13:08that was about $100,000 a year. The club quickly grew and began to spread out to other states. As
13:12they grew, they began to embrace their identity as a one-percenter group and became more involved in
13:17criminal activity. Because they were the largest group in the region at the time, the Pagans were
13:20able to expand their influence quickly and with little opposition. The gang became involved in
13:25organized crime and racketeering. One member was even arrested with connections to Eugene
13:29Giswail, who movie buffs might recognize as being the Pittsburgh connection from the gangster film
13:34Goodfellas. The gang has also been known to work with a La Roca crime family, which led to the gang
13:38being involved in the assault of an ATF agent as well as the murder of a man named John Hetherington.
13:44Apart from their organized crime activities, members of the Pagans have also been linked to other
13:48violent crimes. In one case, the gang was responsible for the kidnapping, rape and murder of a 17-year-old
13:53girl in the state of Florida. If that wasn't bad enough, the crime looked like it was going to be
13:57unsolved until a former Pagans member confessed just before he died. This implies that the group
14:03could be linked to even more violent acts that they just haven't been caught for yet. While the Pagans
14:07aren't as widespread as some international MCs, they clearly present a significant danger in the
14:12eastern United States, where they have set up most of their operations.
14:16Number 8. Rock Machine
14:18Rock Machine MC was founded more recently than many of the other clubs on this list, formed in 1986 in
14:24Montreal, Quebec. Its home country of Canada has the most chapters of the club, but they also have
14:28several chapters in the US and Australia. As a way to stand out from their rivals, the Hells Angels,
14:33Rock Machine initially did not wear patches. Instead, members wore rings with an eagle insignia
14:38on it. Over time, the club began to wear back patches similar to other MCs. They kept the eagle
14:42insignia from their rings, adding a patch to the top of the club's name and the typical MC patch at
14:47the
14:47bottom right of the insignia. Some members also wear a fourth patch at the bottom of their jacket,
14:51with the name of their specific chapter on it. The club's founder, Salvatore Cazetta, has a
14:55long-standing relationship with the Rizzuto organized crime family based in Montreal. Cazetta was
15:00originally a member of the SS biker gang, which was poised to join the Hells Angels. However,
15:04when Hells Angels leaders were suspected of stealing money from the club, Cazetta decided to branch out and
15:09form his own club. Eventually, Rock Machine would come in conflict with the Hells Angels, and in
15:13partnership with other MCs like the Bandidos, they would face off against the Angels in what would
15:17become known as the Quebec Biker War. When the Hells Angels tried to move in on the drug trade
15:21in Quebec, local clubs, including Rock Machine, were not very happy. They organized attacks against
15:26the Hells Angels and their support clubs. The violence quickly escalated, becoming one of the
15:30deadliest biker gang conflicts, which left 162 people dead and many more wounded. Among the dead were
15:37also innocent bystanders who got caught in the crossfire. One innocent victim, an 11-year-old boy,
15:42was killed by shrapnel from an explosion. As part of their attack, bikers had placed about 80 bombs
15:47around the city, seemingly with little regard for the civilians that might get hurt too. This isn't
15:52the only conflict Rock Machine was known to be a part of. They've also clashed with the rebels in
15:56Australia, and members have been accused of individual murders as part of biker rivalries,
16:00or for other reasons. During the conflict between the rebels and Rock Machine, the latter was the far more
16:05aggressive party, this based on known incidents that took place. Rock Machine carried out several firebombings
16:10against the rebels, in addition to several assaults on members. When police raided Rock Machine's
16:14clubhouse, they found massive amounts of explosives that they said were enough to completely level a
16:19large building and cause significant loss of life. It's clear that if the conflict had been allowed
16:24to continue uninterrupted, that Rock Machine would have taken extremely drastic and deadly actions
16:28against the rebels. There are two distinct eras in Rock Machine's history, one starting when the club
16:33was founded and another when the club reformed in 2008 under the leadership of Sean Crazy Dog Brown.
16:39The new club claims that they are not a one-percenter MC, but just motorcycle enthusiasts. They also
16:44claim that they will expel any member who is known to be involved in criminal activity. Despite claims
16:48made by the new Rock Machine, law enforcement agencies aren't too convinced that the club is
16:52reformed. In their eyes, they're just as dangerous as the first iteration of the biker gang.
16:57Number 9. Outlaws
16:59The Outlaws are a biker gang that originated in the United States all the way back in 1935.
17:04They got their start in McCook, Illinois, at a bar right off Route 66. Since they were originally
17:09started, the Outlaws have grown in size and spread across the globe, most notably in Canada,
17:14England, and New Zealand. Over time, the Outlaws have also established quite a few support clubs.
17:19Members of the Outlaws are required to ride American-made bikes with at least a 1,000 cubic
17:23centimeter engine. The current iteration of the Outlaws patch features a grinning skull with red eyes.
17:29Behind it are two crossed red and white pistons, evoking the image of the famous Jolly Roger
17:33pirate flag. The patch also includes the word Outlaws at the top and to the side of the skull,
17:38the letters MC, as is common for most clubs. The original patches just included a skull,
17:43with the crossed pistons being added later in the club's history. The patch has also been made
17:46bigger over time to be more distinguishable at a distance. While many 1% biker gangs are referred
17:51to as Outlaw biker gangs, they aren't all officially part of the Outlaws. The Outlaws are commonly
17:56referred to as the American Outlaws Association, or AOA, to avoid confusion. The Outlaws have long
18:02been the enemies of the Hells Angels biker gang. Conflicts between the two are known to turn violent,
18:07some even involving explosive devices. The Outlaws are said to have a saying,
18:11Adios, which stands for Angels Die in Outlaw States. Adios isn't just an empty threat, either.
18:16Outlaws stand by their promise. One example is Hells Angels member Jerry Tobin, who was shot and killed
18:22by several Outlaws members while on the M40 motorway in the United Kingdom. During the late
18:2690s, the Outlaws' international president, Harry Joseph Taco Bowman, was on the FBI's most wanted
18:31list. He was wanted for his involvement in a series of crimes, including murder and bombing of rival
18:36gangs clubhouses. There are plenty of violent crimes that have been linked to the Outlaws. This,
18:40combined with their sizeable membership, makes them a pretty dangerous biker gang.
18:4510. Bandidos
18:47With somewhere between 2,000 and 2,500 members across 22 countries, the Bandidos Motorcycle Club
18:53has a lot of influence, in a lot of different places. While it's hard to know for sure,
18:57the Bandidos are considered to be the second-largest motorcycle club in the world,
19:01based on their projected number of members, with only the Hells Angels outnumbering them.
19:05The Bandidos three-part patch features an arched yellow top rocker, which reads Bandidos in red
19:10text. It also includes the word MC, which is worn either at the bottom or to the side of the
19:14gang's
19:14insignia. The insignia itself is known as the Fat Mexican, and depicts a stereotypical Mexican
19:20outlaw wearing a sombrero and a poncho. He is also depicted holding a gun in one hand and a sword
19:25in the other. Many Bandidos members have also adopted the 1%er patch, and wear it alongside
19:29their three-part patch. The Bandidos have been around for a good amount of time, which has helped
19:33to make them so big. They got their start in 1966 in San Leon, Texas. The motorcycle club was founded
19:39by a man named Donald Eugene Chambers, who gave the club the same name as Mexican Bandits, who are known
19:44for living life on their own terms, with little regard for the law. In that same spurt, the Bandidos
19:49consider themselves as a 1%er motorcycle club. The club started out recruiting members near where
19:54Chambers lived in Texas, and began to grow larger over the next couple of years. It didn't take long
19:58for the club to reach over 100 members, many of whom had returned home from fighting in Vietnam.
20:03Both the US Department of Justice and Europol have classified the Bandidos MC as a criminal
20:08organization. They sell drugs and weapons, and have also been involved in extortion and money laundering.
20:13The Bandidos have also been known to murder members of rival gangs. For instance, in Finland,
20:17members of the Bandidos were known to have been in several violent conflicts with rival motorcycle
20:21club, the Rogues Gallery. The Bandidos' violence isn't only directed outwards, either. There have
20:25been known instances of infighting amongst members of the Bandidos. This has occurred when members from
20:30a different chapter are seen as encroaching on a different chapter's turf, or trying to seize
20:34power. This can result in violence and even death for members of the club and their families.
20:38One of the most notorious incidents of infighting amongst Bandidos members is the Shedden Massacre,
20:43which took place in Ontario, Canada. Expelled members of the Bandidos who refused to remove
20:47their patches, known as the No Surrender Gang, were lured into a trap by full-patched Bandidos
20:51members and executed for the disrespect they showed the gang. Events like this send a strong message
20:56to Bandidos members and members of rival gangs. If you mess with the Bandidos, you better get used
21:01to looking over your shoulder. 11. Hells Angels
21:05The Hells Angels are one of the biggest and most well-known biker gangs in the world. US law enforcement
21:10groups such as the FBI take a particular interest in four big MCs, Hells Angels being one of them.
21:16The Hells Angels three-part patch includes an arched white top rocker with the biker gang's name
21:21in red. It also includes a death's head wearing a motorcycle helmet with large wings sprouting from
21:27it. The patch's design is attributed to Frank Sadelek, a former president of the gang's San Francisco
21:32chapter. Like many MCs, the third part of the patch just reads MC in red text, matching the Hells Angels
21:37at the top. Some chapters will also include a bottom rocker below the patch which says the
21:42chapter that the members belong to. There is some dispute over how the group got started. Some
21:46believe it was founded by World War II veteran Otto Friedley after he split from another MC,
21:50the pissed-off bastards. Other accounts name former Redlands roadrunner Dick White as the
21:55founder of the Hells Angels. However the group started, it is confirmed by the Hells Angels' own
21:59website that the club's name comes from a World War II fighter pilot who named the club in a similar
22:03manner to how many Air Force units were named during the time. Law enforcement agencies in various
22:08countries label Hells Angels as an organized crime group and they are said to be involved
22:12in various criminal activities. Chief among these are trafficking drugs and stolen goods and extortion.
22:17The gang has also been involved in prostitution operations. Members of the gang are known to have
22:21killed people. Their victims are members of rival gangs or those who got on the wrong side of the MC.
22:26The gang is said to have around 3,500 members across 467 chapters. These chapters are spread out
22:32across 59 countries around the world. This massive reach and influence makes them one of the deadliest
22:37biker gangs in existence. The dangers this motorcycle club presents led to the gang being
22:42permanently banned in the Netherlands, similar to the Bandidos. While other countries have banned
22:46certain chapters of the gang, the Netherlands were the first to fully forbid its members from openly
22:50operating in their country. One of the major incidents involving the Hells Angels was known as
22:54the Nordic Biker War and was a conflict between the Hells Angels and Bandidos MCs. Over the course of
22:59the conflict, nine members of the gangs were killed and more were injured in the violent struggle over
23:04European territory. Two innocent bystanders were also killed during the events. The Hells Angels were
23:09also involved in the Quebec Biker War, the same as the Bandidos and Rock Machine Motorcycle Club.
23:14It seems in many of the major biking gang conflicts, the Hells Angels are involved in some way.
23:19Though the two gangs have long been rivals and both are dangerous, due to their larger numbers,
23:23it seems as though the Hells Angels deserve to be called the most dangerous biker gang in the world.
23:28Bikers, get a bad rap. While more than 1% may be dangerous, this doesn't mean that they all are.
23:33However, hopefully you now know which gangs you should keep your distance from.
23:37If you found these guys interesting, wait till you see what we found in this next story on your screen.
23:41I'll see you there.
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