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The Mongrel Mob (sometimes self-labelled as the Mighty Mongrel Mob or colloquially known as the Mob) is an organised crime street gang and prison gang based in New Zealand. With a network of more than thirty chapters throughout the country and additional operations in Australia and Canada , the Mob is the largest gang in New Zealand . [ 3 ]
It was formed as the "Black Bulls" by Reitu Harris and Māori youth in Wellington about 1970, [4] [5] but was changed to Black Power in 1971. [6] The gang was founded in response to the rival Mongrel Mob gang and white power associated gangs.
Of these, 35% were Mongrel Mob and 33% Black Power, with no other individual gang having more than 5% of the imprisoned gang population. [22] As of April 2013, gang members and affiliates account for over 30% of inmates, with over 10% of New Zealand prisoners being Mongrel Mob members. [23]
The Nomads were originally members of the Black Power, known as the "Black Power Nomads", before a large portion of the gang split and formed their own gang in 1977. [1]In 1997, tensions heated up with the Highway 61 gang and resulted in the murder of Nomad Malcom Munns.
The Gangs Act 2024 is an omnibus bill that seeks to reduce the harmful behaviours caused by criminal gangs and to disincentivise gang membership. It makes displaying gang patches a criminal offence, creates new dispersal powers to stop gang members for gathering in a public area for seven days and create a new non-consorting order which bans specified gang offenders from consorting with each ...
Mongrel Mob - mixed but predominantly Māori and Polynesian. [3] Alameddine crime network [4] - predominantly Lebanese. The gang operates out of Merrylands, New South Wales. 03 District - 3318, 5214 (Edenhope, Goolwa) 03s Main Rival Is Ararat (3377) and Nhill (3418)
Mongrel Mob [3] King Cobras [4] Tribesmen Motorcycle Club [5] Black Power; Killer Beez; BTW (Bad Troublesome Ward) [6] Aotearoa Natives [7] Uru Taha Taranaki [8] 28 ...
Its rivalry with the Mongrel Mob boiled over in June 2008 in Invercargill when the Road Knights' building was burned down and two motorcycles stolen. [2] The motorcycles were later found by police at the local Mongrel Mob headquarters but had been set on fire. [2] Two Mongrel Mob members were charged with the arson. [3]