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The Mongols Motorcycle Club is considered a motorcycle gang by law enforcement and intelligence agencies in various countries internationally. [3] [12] [13] Mongols members have a long history in the illegal drugs trade (especially methamphetamine), money laundering, robbery, extortion, firearms violations, murder, and assault, among other crimes.
The Mongols Motorcycle Club was formed in Montebello, California on December 5, 1969. [2] The club had ten founding members, the majority of whom were Vietnam veterans. [15] [16] The first national president of the Mongols, Louis Costello, named the club in honor of Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire.
The Mongols had been expanding in southern California. In 2002, the Mongols had 39 chapters in southern California vs. 5 Hells Angels chapters in southern California. [3] On 25 April 2002, Sonny Barger, the Hells Angel leader arrived in Laughlin for the River Run. [4] The Hells Angels stayed at the Flamingo Hilton while the Mongols stayed at ...
Last defendant of Clarksville Mongols Motorcycle gang sentenced to federal prison for RICO, murder, kidnapping and more after years of investigation.
People wearing Mongols motorcycle club vests walk over the new 6th Street Viaduct in Los Angeles on July 9. In 2018, the club was convicted of racketeering. (Damian Dovarganes / Associated Press)
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The Sons of Silence Motorcycle Club (SOSMC) is an international outlaw motorcycle club. Founded in Niwot, Colorado in the United States in 1966, the club has a membership of over 250, with 35 chapters based in 12 U.S. states and in Germany. [ 4 ]
Motorcycle club members meet at a run in Australia in 2009. An outlaw motorcycle club is a motorcycle subculture.It is generally centered on the use of cruiser motorcycles, particularly Harley-Davidsons and choppers, and a set of ideals that purport to celebrate freedom, nonconformity to mainstream culture, and loyalty to the biker group.