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Police fear turf war as biker gangs arrive in Europe
AFP News ^ | December 21, 2012

Posted on 12/21/2012 9:24:50 AM PST by george76

A wave of biker gangs from the US, Canada and Australia arriving in Europe has raised fears of deadly turf battle like the Nordic biker wars of the 1990s, European police agency Europol warned on Friday.

Gangs such as the Comancheros and Rebels from Australia, Rock Machine from Canada and the Mongols and Vagos from the US were moving into Europe.

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The gangs were seeking out particularly a dangerous hard core of recruits in their bid to seize territory to traffic drugs, weapons and people...

The gangs "have a propensity to use extreme forms of violence", including with Kalashnikov assault rifles and grenades.

Modern biker gangs were becoming less associated with the biker lifestyle, with some members having neither a motorbike nor a driving licence, Europol noted.

Biker gangs were also involved in territorial disputes with local organised crime groups and street gangs

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TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Canada; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bikergangs; comancheros; gangs; mongols; rebels; rockmachine; vagos

1 posted on 12/21/2012 9:24:54 AM PST by george76
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Aren’t guns banned in europe? There shouldn’t be a problem then, right? /s/


2 posted on 12/21/2012 9:28:30 AM PST by V_TWIN (obama=where there's smoke, there's mirrors)
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I hate these guys.

3 posted on 12/21/2012 9:33:41 AM PST by Billthedrill
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Hmmm,

The EU hasn’t stopped many immigrants so far.

Maybe these guys would counter balance the other immigrants.

Or they could declare themselves ‘amish’ and be welcomed with open arms.


4 posted on 12/21/2012 10:03:32 AM PST by Scrambler Bob (If you could read my mind ... just count up the felonies!)
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To: V_TWIN
Guns are also banned in Australia, so it shouldn't be a problem there either, should it?

Australian Bike Gangs War: Hell's Angels and Comancheros

5 posted on 12/21/2012 10:09:34 AM PST by Fiji Hill (i)
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To: george76

As long as they stay away from Switzerland they should have no problems with the locals.


6 posted on 12/21/2012 10:50:47 AM PST by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: george76

As long as they stay away from Switzerland they should have no problems with the locals.


7 posted on 12/21/2012 10:50:55 AM PST by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: george76; Clive; exg; Alberta's Child; albertabound; AntiKev; backhoe; Byron_the_Aussie; ...
To all- please ping me to Canadian topics.

Canada Ping!

8 posted on 12/21/2012 12:55:28 PM PST by Squawk 8888 (True North- Strong Leader, Strong Dollar, Strong and Free!)
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