8/6/2019 Bikie Gangs Article

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 An article on a story which isnt getting better,

let alone going away.

It doesnt come as a surprise that outlaw bikie

gangs in Australia are causing havoc yet again.

This violent behaviour comes from gangs such asthe Comanchero, Rebels, Hells Angels, Bandidosand Notorious. How can we live being scared for

our safety and worried for our welfare? AnAustralian Crime Commission report this year

revealed that 3,300 outlaw motorcycle-gang

members are active in Australia, with 19 of 39

gangs operating in New South Wales alone.

We see feud after feud between the gangs, who

formerly had a code where their bloody conduct would be perpetrated without publicity. They did

not conduct their criminal activities at home, orat work or in front of women and children. Well

what happened to this?

However, the latest death of Hells Angels

member, Anthony Zervas was a wild brawl which

raged through the Sydney Domestic Airport in

broad daylight. The killing was just one of a series

of shootings and murders stemming from a

hatred that exists between the two gangs.

Law enforcement agencies have very little control

over these gangs which work outside the law. As

a result, police are seeking stricter laws to allowthem to crack down on violent behaviour and

focus on stopping the constant brawling, which

must eventually impact on the innocent public.

Dont you think this is a bit rich? Its not that 

police dont lave laws in place to be able to stop

this, perhaps its that theyre not doing enough

themselves.

The activities of bikie gangs have nothing to do

with love of motorbikes anymore, but are based

around illegal activities such as drug distribution.

Groups that were once hobby clubs have

become violent, unlawful gangs.  

Unfortunately the violence looks unlikely to fade

away anytime soon. Bikie gang expert and

criminologist Arthur Veno, a professor at Monash

University, says the step-up in violence is

happening because of the rise of Notorious, a

younger gang that has muscled in on established

gangs' turf in Sydney. "This new gang doesn't have the traditional rules of engagement that the

bikies share among themselves," he says. "Thewar has broadened from a simple battle over the

issue of the drug pyramid. It has now spilled into

the long-term connections between gangs and

has allowed old conflicts to arise." Veno says the

gangs had been trying to broker a peace to head

off the plans for new laws banning their

existence. "The Notorious gang has made an

outrageous move of hitting people coming from

peace talks that could have saved their bacon."

The government of New South Wales has now

established a task force of 75 officers to track thebike gangs activities. Over the past six months,

185 gang members and associates have been

charged with 572 offenses, mostly relating to

violence, drugs and weapons. Despite their

efforts, it evidently doesnt seem to be helping.

This is not the first time gang-related violence hasshocked Australia. In the parking lot of a tavern in

Western Sydney 25 years ago, the fierce

Comancheros and the Bandidos lashed at eachother in a shoot-out that left seven people,

including a female bystander, dead and the localcommunity shocked. This was simply outrageous,

unneeded and repulsive, but I can assure you,

nothings changed.

Australians hope those days haven't returned, yet 

now my friends, we now have good reasons to

believe that this violent situation will only get 

worse.