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Talk about being a man of the people. Tucker has his finger on the pulse of America and this makes it clear why.

Hells Angels Target Students' Logo Use HELSINKI, Finland -- When graduating from a high school called "Hellu," wearing a class shirt that reads "Hellus Angels" might seem like harmless school spirit -- unless it's worn in a bar where Hells Angels members have strong feelings about trademark infringement. After a student at the Helsinki school was pressured to hand over the shirt to two bikers at a local bar, the school received a request to collect all the remaining shirts and forfeit them to the Finland chapter of the Hells Angels motorcycle club, the Finnish newspaper Iltalehti said Friday....

Organized criminal gangs are corrupting, extorting and swindling their way into everyday life in Canada -- jeopardizing stock markets, airport security and financial institutions -- says a confidential RCMP report obtained by the National Post. The in-depth police intelligence report presents organized crime as a growth industry often operating with impunity. Despite massive police raids aimed at dismantling the Hells Angels and other outlaw motorcycle gangs, the report admits the bikers' presence is growing and imprisonment of gang members has had "no real impact on their criminal activities." The Russian mafia is "more widespread than had previously been thought;" new...