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An independent 1%er OMCG which originated in Germany, and has since expanded into England, Spain and Canada. Odin's Warriors MC 1971 Brisbane, Australia [119] [120] [121] Original Red Devils Motorcycle Club: 1948 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Canada's oldest outlaw motorcycle club. patched over to Bacchus MC in 2014 [122] [123] [124] Osmanen Germania
The Bandidos Motorcycle Club, also known as the Bandido Nation, [1] is an outlaw motorcycle club with a worldwide membership. [6] [7] [8] Formed in San Leon, Texas, in 1966, the Bandidos MC is estimated to have between 2,000 and 2,500 members [5] and 303 chapters located in 22 countries, [4] making it the second-largest motorcycle club in the world behind the Hells Angels.
The Bandidos Motorcycle Club is classified as a motorcycle gang by law enforcement and intelligence agencies in numerous countries. While the club has denied being a criminal organization, Bandidos members have been convicted of partaking in criminal enterprises including theft, extortion, prostitution, drug trafficking and murder in various host nations.
Despite this, the club is actively monitored by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). In 2014, the ATF publicly released records of their recent surveillance on Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (OMG). The Iron Order MC was named in the record regarding their significant rivalry with other OMGs and their propensity for violence.
The Road Rats initially emerged as a London street gang in the early 1960s before evolving into a motorcycle club. [1]In the late 1960s and early 1970s, a number of homegrown British outlaw biker clubs, in reaction to the international publicity of the Hells Angels in the United States, began adopting the Hells Angels' name and insignia without authorisation from the American club. [1]
Additional chapters were subsequently formed in Devon and on the East Coast of England. [4] The club expanded into Scotland when a Fife chapter was established in Dunfermline . [ 5 ] The Satans Slaves' Tayside faction was created in October 1986 after three bikers from Dundee began "prospecting" for the Fife chapter the previous year. [ 4 ]
On September 24, 1998, Diablos club member Raymond "Stoney" Stone and seven other members were charged with various crimes (including Stone's confession in his involvement in the 1992 murder of rival gang member Mike D'Amato of Wallingford, Connecticut's James Gang MC for which he would be sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment). [14]
Their fifth album, Return of the Pistoleros was released in 2015 on Rob Da Bank's label Sunday Best Recordings. Their sixth album Crazy Diamonds was released in 2017 followed by their seventh album Addict , released in October 2020.