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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 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.
A grand jury indicted 17 members and associates of a Hells Angels motorcycle gang in a seemingly unprovoked and brutal attack targeting three Black men in San Diego this spring.
The U.S. Department of Justice says Hells Angels is one of multiple outlaw motorcycle gangs posing a "serious national domestic threat" due to drug trafficking and smuggling crimes. Show comments ...
Confederate Angels Motorcycle Club, in Richmond, Virginia (defunct) [86] [87] Deathmasters Motorcycle Club [88] Delinquents Motorcycle Club, in California; Demons Blood Brotherhood Motorcycle Club; Demon Knights Motorcycle Club, in New York [89] Desperado's MC [59] Dirty Dozen Motorcycle Club, in Arizona (patched over in 1997) [90] Forty Seven ...
A federal indictment names 16 with the Fayetteville-based motorcycle gang, including five already charged with murdering a Raleigh man. ... Hell’s Angels gang members in North Carolina.
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]