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The Mongols are the fifth-largest outlaw biker club in the world, after the Hells Angels, the Bandidos, the Outlaws and the Pagans. [11] The Mongols are designated an organized crime group by the United States Department of Justice, the Australian Federal Police, and Europol. [12] [13] [14]
The Mongols were the only outlaw biker gang allowed to wear California on their patches after winning a biker war with the Hells Angels over the issue in the 1970s-1980s, which caused much ill-will. [2] The Mongols were 90% Hispanic while the Hells Angels were all white. [3]
The Mongols are one of the largest motorcycle gangs in the United States, with approximately 800 to 850 members and 70 chapters in 19 U.S. states. [2] [5] The club is primarily based on the West Coast and in the Southwest of the country, with the majority of its membership consisting of Hispanic men from the Los Angeles area. [3]
‘Getting real:’ Outlaw biker gang violence goes back to the 1940s. Outlaw motorcycle gangs sprung up in the United States in the 1940s. The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club was founded in 1948 ...
The Sons of Silence are classified as an outlaw motorcycle gang by the United States Department of Justice and have traditionally been considered part of the "big five" biker gangs, along with the Bandidos, the Hells Angels, the Outlaws and the Pagans. [4] [11] The club has since been surpassed in membership size by the Mongols, however. [6]
Last defendant of Clarksville Mongols Motorcycle gang sentenced to federal prison for RICO, murder, kidnapping and more after years of investigation.
Founded in Montebello in the 1970s, the Mongols are what the ATF has dubbed an “outlaw motorcycle gang,” along with the Hells Angels, Pagans and Vagos, among others.
Operation One Percenter was a nationwide federal investigation into organized crime activity by outlaw motorcycle gangs conducted by the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). The investigation resulted in the arrests of 68 members and associates of 18 different biker gangs in 18 U.S. states.