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Many American based motorcycle clubs have evolved into biker gangs involved in organized crime nationally and internationally. Using the information contained on the national websites of seven biker gangs—Hells Angels, Outlaws, Bandidos, Mongols, Warlocks, Sons of Silence and the Vagos, this article provides a listing of the gangs by chapter in the United States and internationally. These gangs have exported organized crime to the world as they have formed criminal networks with new chapters established outside the Continental United States.
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Barker, T. American Based Biker Gangs: International Organized Crime. Am J Crim Just 36, 207–215 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12103-011-9104-8
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