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A supporter pin of the New York City Hells Angels charter with the paraphrases "81" and "Big Red Machine".. Numerous police and international intelligence agencies classify the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club (HAMC) as a motorcycle gang and contend that members carry out widespread violent crimes, including drug dealing, trafficking in stolen goods, gunrunning, extortion, and prostitution rings.
In the United States and Canada, the Hells Angels are incorporated as the Hells Angels Motorcycle Corporation. Common nicknames for the club are the "H.A.", "Red & White", and "81". [ 10 ] With a membership of over 6,000, and 592 charters in 66 countries, the HAMC is the largest "outlaw" motorcycle club in the world.
Amidst growing membership and increasingly sophisticated criminal activity, federal law enforcement agencies within the United States Department of Justice began classifying outlaw motorcycle gangs as "non-traditional organized crime" beginning in 1981, identifying four of the gangs—the Hells Angels, the Outlaws, the Pagan's and the Bandidos—as the largest and most powerful.
A federal indictment names 16 with the Fayetteville-based motorcycle gang, including five already charged with murdering a Raleigh man. Bikers charged in Raleigh murder sought membership, status ...
In the June 6 assault in Ocean Beach, three men, ages 19, 20 and 21, were chased by members of the Hells Angels gang. Two were severely beaten. 17 Hells Angels members and associates indicted in ...
A California judge earlier this month sentenced three Hells Angels members to life in prison for murder in aid of racketeering. Jonathan Nelson, Brian Wayne Wendt and Russell Taylor Ott were ...
A National Drug Intelligence Center report on the Hells Angels. A map showing locations of HAMC chapters in the United States circa 1991. Hells Angels members from various U.S. states at a gathering. The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club (HAMC) is designated an outlaw motorcycle gang by the Department of Justice. [1]
The first Hells Angels chapter in France was founded on 18 April 1981 when the Hells de Crimée ("Hells of Crimea") gang in Paris was granted a charter by the Dutch Hells Angels. [ 54 ] [ 100 ] It was not until 1987, however, that the French Hells Angels were incorporated as a société à responsabilité limitée . [ 100 ]