Alleged One Order MC member faces gun charges

Toronto, Ontario, Canada (July 10, 2024) - A man and a woman are facing more than a dozen firearms-related charges each after investigators executed a search warrant last month. The OPP-led Biker Enforcement Unit (BEU) seized ammunition, two firearms, One Order Motorcycle Club vests and two cellphones on June 21.

 

Police said one of the individuals arrested is a member of the One Order Motorcycle Club. The One Order Motorcycle Club includes former street gang members and has had a close association with the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, Det. Insp. Scott Wade from the BEU said.

The BEU, a joint forces unit led by the OPP’s organized crime bureau, says its mandate is to “disrupt and dismantle organized crime groups” and to lessen the criminal activities of what they call “Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs.” Police say motorcycle gang members often take part in illegal, profit-driven activities like drug trafficking, extortion, intimidation and murder.

The 49-year-old man and a 46-year-old woman from Etobicoke are each facing 15 charges, including unauthorized possession of a firearm, possession of a weapon for dangerous purpose and possession of a firearm obtained by crime. They are both scheduled to appear in court next month and have been released from custody.

Alleged Vagos MC leaders arrested in raid

Bakersfield, California, USA (July 3, 2024) - The alleged president and sergeant at arms of the Antelope Valley chapter of the Vagos Motorcycle Club have been arrested on suspicion of multiple weapons offenses. John Anderson, the alleged president, and Ulisses Navarette, the alleged sergeant of arms, were arrested this week.

 

According to sheriff’s officials, deputies on June 14, 2024 received reports of Vagos MC members harassing customers at a business in Tehachapi. Deputies searched Navarette’s home and allegedly located several Vagos MC jackets, one with a loaded gun in a pocket. Investigators allegedly found another gun hidden in a motorcycle, a fully automatic machine gun and a 40mm launcher.



One of the jackets had a MC patch identifying Navarette as the clubs sergeant of arms. Anderson was arrested at home in Rosamond. Navarette is scheduled for a court hearing Friday in Mojave. Anderson is due in court Monday.

Gypsy Joker MC San Francisco

Gypsy Joker Motorcycle Club in San Francisco, California 

 

Photo by: Alain Dister cir. 1968

Government goes after Bandidos Motorcycle Club

Copenhagen, Denmark (April 10, 2024) Today, Denmark’s government said that it wants a court to formally dissolve the Danish chapter of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club, because of violence. Under Denmark’s constitution, an organization that promotes or incites violence can be dissolved by court order, meaning that it would be illegal for the group to have clubhouses, hold meetings or wear their insignias.

“The freedom of association was not created to protect vicious criminals,” Justice Minister Peter Hummelgaard said at a news conference Wednesday, adding that the Bandidos had engaged in especially “brutal behavior.”

 

The Danish chapter of the Bandidos MC was created in 1993. Three years later, a feud between them and the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club broke out in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark, ending with 11 dead and nearly 100 wounded. In recent years, members of the Bandidos MC in Denmark have been jailed for murder, attempted murder, assault and drug-related crimes. On Tuesday, two members of the Bandidos MC were sentenced to 13 years each for a murder south of Copenhagen. Three other people linked were sentenced up to two years for gross violence in connection with the assault.

Hummelgaard said the government would seek a dissolution order against the Bandidos MC and that other similar organized groups could also face dissolution. “I would like to have them all banned if it is legally possible,” he said. The head of the Danish police’s National Special Crime Unit, Lasse Boye, told broadcaster DR that the Bandidos were the largest and “most violent” group in Denmark, and that the group has been "expanding very significantly in recent years.”