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The Guide To Some Of The World’s Most Violent Gangs

by Chris Sullivan
26 December 2013 37 Comments

Men everywhere club together through mutual interests such as sports, arts, cars and adventure, but the guys you are about to meet have far darker motives behind their bonds of brotherhood...

 

The Hell’s Angels

After WWII, thousands of disaffected US ex-servicemen banded together in gangs and roamed the countryside on motorcycles looking for “kicks”. On July 4, 1947, bikers converged upon the town of Hollister (pop. 4,000) and let rip for four days straight. State troopers were called out, 50 were injured and Hollywood made The Wild One based on events. The next year, The Hell’s Angels Motorcycle Club formed in Berdoo, California, as an offshoot of The Pissed Off Bastards club based in Fontana. Under the auspices of Sonny Barger, the Angels Oakland chapter boss, the gang has spread worldwide, its name now synonymous with lawlessness and hard living.

The Pagans

The Pagans rank among the fiercest outlaw bikers in the US with around 44 chapters spread from New York down to Florida. The Pagans are rumoured to make and distribute most of the methamphetamine and PCP in the north-eastern US - about $15m worth annually. They are also said to deal in cocaine, marijuana and “killer weed” (parsley sprinkled with PCP). Pagans act as couriers, enforcers, bodyguards and hitmen for the Genovese and Gambino families in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The Pagan enforcers are 13 gang members called the Black T-shirt Gang. A typical Pagan hit will involve stomping on the victim followed by two shots to the back of the head from a .38 calibre Colt automatic.

The Outlaws Motorcycle Club

In 1935, McCook Outlaws Motorcycle Club was formed in Matilda’s Bar on Route 66. McCook, Illinois. Following the end of WWII, the membership grew, attracting bikers from all over the state. In 1963, the club became a member of the official “One Per Center Brotherhood of Clubs”. Since then the club has been at war with main rivals The Hell’s Angels. The feud culminated with the imprisonment of Angels’ head honcho Sonny Barger in 1988 after he attempted to blow up Outlaws members using gelignite. The gangs’ turf war continues today.

The Road Knights

Biker gangs such as this hold a high position in the New Zealand organised crime hierarchy. Based in the South Island and believed to have an affiliation with the Angels, in 1995 the gang set out to become the country’s top biker fraternity and attempted to seize control of the nation’s lucrative trade in illegal arms, prostitution and of course, drugs. Since then a war has been raging between themselves and The Epitaph Riders of Christchurch. Drive-by shootings and assassinations are now common between rival Australasian biker gangs, whose growing numbers also include The Gypsy Jokers, Highway 61, The Nomads, Satan’s Slaves, Odin’s Warriors and The Coffin Cheaters.

The Bandidos

As with many original American biker gangs, the Bandidos have spread internationally to Europe and beyond. As The Hell’s Angels have tried to control drugs and vice in Scandinavia, Estonia, Latvia and Russia, satellites of original US outfits such as The Bandidos have fought back. In October 1996, the Bandidos attacked the annual Angels’ Viking Party at their clubhouse in Copenhagen with an anti-tank missile nicked from the Swedish Army. Attacks on Bandidos and Angels have taken place in airports, clubhouses, bars and prisons. Bandido leader Uffe Larsen was ambushed and killed at Copenhagen Airport and the subsequent retaliations and counter-shootings have left dozens killed and wounded on both sides.

UK Street Gangs

The Aldenham Glamour Boys

They attended Aldenham Boys Club in north London and fought turf wars with the likes of the rival Highbury and Somerstown mobs. They wore imported Levi’s and silver spray-painted Doc Martens, loved Jamaican ska and became a top skinhead firm of the early Seventies. At least four members of Madness were AGB.

The Brick Lane Massif

Formed in 1979 by local Bengali and Bangladeshi youth to oppose the National Front, they are now London’s top Asian gang and have a starring role in the ever-escalating British Asian gang wars.

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The Bushwhackers

The famed Millwall football firm began as the youthful Half Way Liners. They then became Treatment, who wore surgical headwear on the terraces, and then evolved into F Troop. Finally, they became the extremely lethal and racially-mixed Bushwhackers, scourge of football matches countrywide.

The Cumbie

Formed in Glasgow’s Gorbals in the late Fifties by Jimmy Boyle, Willie Smith and John McCue, the gang fought with other firms such as The Skull and The Clatty Dozen to become the city’s top dogs through their liberal use of razors, hammers and the occasional bullet.

The Docks Boys

This multi-racial crew make up the vast majority of the formidable Cardiff City Soul Crew. When Glasgow Rangers fans had the affront to invade their beloved Docks, they set upon the interlopers setting fire to anything and everything they had travelled down in.

The Elephant Boys

In the Fifties, The Elephant Boys comprised some of London’s hardest families such as the Reyburns, Brindles, MacDonalds and last, but not least, the Richardsons. Former member Brian MacDonald says they supplied “the heavy mob which kept the West End gang lords in power”. The gang grew out of the squalor of the south London slums of Elephant And Castle and Berdmondsey in the early 1900s. For decades they fought long and vicious battles with Darby Sabini’s gang from Little Italy in Clerkenwell over the profitable racecourse protection rackets. Their most famous altercation occurred at the Lewes racecourse in 1936. Some 60 combatants were involved and the battle hit the headlines inspiring Graham Greene to replicate the event in Brighton Rock. Today, the descendants of many of the same families control certain aspects of life in the area.

The Vendetta Mob

The Vendetta tangled with The Coons, an East End Jewish firm led by Isaac “Darky The Coon” Bogard on September 10, 1911. Mr Justice Avery, when passing sentence on their leader Arthur Harding, stated: “The Vendetta Mob simply besieged Old Street.” He added the incident was “a riot in which some of the accused were armed with revolvers and it took place within the precincts of a court of justice.” Harding went on to later win the Military Medal for gallantry in World War 1.

French Gangs

The Apaches

Ruling Paris’ criminal underworld at the turn of the 20th Century, they began as a Bellville street gang and then grew into a major force. Members sported striped shirts and inspired the famous Apache dance sequence in the film Singing In The Rain.

The Grags

Mainly North African from the Val Fourre housing estate in Mantes-la-Jolie, Paris, the Grags fought a pitched battle with their sworn enemies from the La Cite de La Noye estate in Chanteloup in the biggest shopping complex in Paris. The encounter took place on a Saturday afternoon in February 2001 and lasted for over two hours. It involved 200 police, a battalion of the CRS riot squad and over 400 gang members.

Zazous

During the occupation of France (1940-44), a gang of pacifist youths adopted a style akin to the zoot suit to defy German clothing restrictions. Collaborationist groups like Jeunesse Populaire decided to “scalp the Zazous” and went about with clippers to cut their clothes and hair.

Pre 20th Century Gangs

The Bowery Boys

One of New York’s fiercest pre-Civil War gangs, The Bowery Boys were usually bouncers, butchers or mechanics, and most definitely volunteer firemen, Irish, huge and prone to stamping adversaries to death

Beginning their bank-robbing spree in 1866 at the Clay County Savings Association in Liberty, MO, near Kansas City, the gang terrorised the Midwest for eight years, stealing whatever they wanted and killing those in their way

The Charlton Street Gang

Led by the excellent “Sadie the Goat”, this crew sailed the Hudson River between Manhattan and Poughkeepsie from 1869, robbing and kidnapping as they went. Sadie loved employing the headbutt, flew the Jolly Roger and was said to have made more than one victim walk the plank.

The Dead Rabbits

This lot went into battle with a dead rabbit skewered atop a pike for a standard and wore an identifying blue stripe down their trousers. One of their number, “Hell Cat Maggie”, reputedly filed her front teeth to points and wore false fingernails of sharpened brass. One brawl between The Dead Rabbits and The Bowery Boys began on July 4, 1857, and raged over ten New York City blocks for two days involving 1,000 thugs armed with guns, swords, knives and even the odd cannon or two.

Canal Street Gang

To challenge The Hip Sing - the established Tongs who have ruled New York’s Chinatown since the 1900s - these young Vietnamese immigrants allied themselves with another Vietnamese clique, the immensely powerful Born To Kill. Many of the gang members have parents who emigrated to America after the fall of Saigon. Traditionally, CSG like to use axes for killings - and usually employ them in public places for maximum effect.

The Whyos

Active until the 1890s in New York, The Whyos hung out at a Bowery boozer called “The Morgue”, where the owner bragged that his booze “was equally efficient as a beverage or embalming fluid” Whyo member “Dandy” Johnny Noland, the Beau Brummell of gangland, would not appear in public unless his hair had been properly oiled and his forelock tastefully curled. He was also known for the invention of a copper eye gouger that when attached to the thumb “performed this important office with neatness and dispatch.”

The Molasses Gang

Contemporaries of The Whyos, the Molasses Gang were led by Jimmy Dunnigan and Blind Maloney - in reality as blind as his name implies - and were in the main sneak thieves and cutpurses who distinguished themselves via a rather innovative if messy scam. They would enter a store and ask the shopkeeper to fill one of their hats with sorgh um molasses. Once the hat was full, they’d jam it over the grocer’s head. Blinded, the storekeeper would struggle to free himself while the gang emptied his till.

The James/Younger Gang

As a teenager during the American Civil War, Jesse James rode with Quantrill’s Raiders, pro-South guerrillas sabotaging Union trains and depots. At war’s end he turned to crime, enlisting brother Frank and cousin Cole Younger to form the Wild West’s most notorious outlaw gang. Beginning their bank-robbing spree in 1866 at the Clay County Savings Association in Liberty, MO, near Kansas City, the gang terrorised the Midwest for eight years, stealing whatever they wanted and killing those in their way. By 1873, the gang had moved on to holding up trains with their rich pickings of company payrolls, gold shipments and wealthy passengers. Jesse quit the outlaw life in 1881 and moved to St Joseph, MO, under an assumed name but one year later was discovered and shot dead for the bounty sill on his head.

 

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Monkeybutt 11:54 am, 19-Jan-2011

A list of sad, insecure little boys and girls. How tough do you have to be to fight in a gang or with a gang's back up? Not very.

chris sullivan 2:04 pm, 25-Jan-2011

No one is saying they are hard or admirable.Its the motivations, foibles and odd modus operandi that is interesting.Fact is men have always bandied together to either defend or attack the turf and that's how nations have been formed.As they say 'one man's gang is another man's army.'

Ganit 8:12 am, 2-Mar-2011

Dude, i duno where you get your info but its crap as far as new zealands concerned lol do some real research and get facts before you post online about nz clubs mate. RK aint nothin in nz.

Joe90 11:07 am, 20-Apr-2011

Regards: "The Docks Boys" Unfortunately utter, utter misinformation there geezers, probably been fed a little too much bollocks by some 'author'. As a point of reference, Rangers have not been visitors to Cardiff for quite a long while, Celtic on the other hand will know all about the SC and the vast majority of those in attendance were NOT Docks.

chris sullivan 5:30 am, 26-Apr-2011

Answer to both- I have family in NZ and they informed me as to the gangs as did others I knew (this was written about 8 years ago though) and I didn't say they were 'anything' anyway just that they were involved in a gang war and `in 1995 the gang set out to become the country’s top biker fraternity ' which is pretty vague and does not refer to now anyway...so please, as it is obviously so dear to you, read it again and you will get it... As for Cardiff I am from very near there was a Cardiff 'fan' myself and was informed by a former Soul Crew main man named Richard (best mate of Nils who if you know anything about SC you should know) who saw this happen himself thirty years ago...so take it up with him...

Joe90 12:05 pm, 26-Apr-2011

Cheers for the reply Chris, yeah, I know Nils, 30 years would make it early 80's, SC as you may know has been made up of thousands over the years and for every tale there are several counters obviusly....this being one!

Joe90 2:13 am, 27-Apr-2011

CCFC have not played Glasgow Rangers in the last 30 years (if ever) and Celtic were down in the early/late 90's twice to play Inter Cardiff/Inter CableTel in a Euro qualifier and the small group of 40-50 CCFC who turned out and had it with the Celtic were from all over with no one area represented disproportionately. As regards 30 years ago, SC as was the fashion to name firms did not appear until about 83-84ish as was the norm with ICF/HeadHunters etc. One of the most violent games in '80-81 was Crystal Palace-Swansea FA Cup replay played at Ninian Park, one lad was unfortunately stabbed to death, the lad who did it was a well respected fighter who sadly committed suicide.

chris sullivan 2:34 am, 27-Apr-2011

Sorry but I didn't say they played Rangers I said Rangers supporters who I think were there for an international game.I was at it with the twins in the seventies when the now named SC was nameless and that is why I said Docks Boys as the Scots went down the Docks and the locals (some of whom were kids) did them - some of whom went onto become soul crew.I'm from Merthyr and know that the original 70's crew was made up of a good few valley boys and a lot of Cardiff.I stuck the story in to give some of my old pals,such as the Cordles a gee up.Incidentally when I originally wrote it was titled A-Z of gangs and not as above so...

Drew Guy 8:03 am, 10-Dec-2012

Enjoyed this. Good read.

CD 8:58 am, 10-Dec-2012

There are far more organised and terrifying gangs in London than the ones you listed. The ones you listed are defunct and myth.

washishu 10:49 am, 10-Dec-2012

Boys, boys. Now please grow up and play nicely or you'll all go to bed early.

John 12:09 pm, 10-Dec-2012

A genuine 'definitive guide to the world's most violent gangs' would contain virtually nothing about football casuals.

Dirt Dog 6:37 pm, 10-Dec-2012

poofs.

Andy 7:03 pm, 10-Dec-2012

Article about the ZAZOUS if anyone's interested: http://libcom.org/history/1940-1945-the-zazous

T 7:11 pm, 10-Dec-2012

I've had all of these on their toes at some point

Chris 3:07 am, 11-Dec-2012

Gays, gays, you're all gays . . .

CJ 9:19 am, 11-Dec-2012

Hell's Angels are also located in Thiland. They are more popular in the island of Phuket, Pattaya and Bangkok where they control everything from drugs to prostitution.

Guzzler 6:07 pm, 12-Dec-2012

Weren't 'the treatment' dreamt up by millwall as a one off for the infamous TV doc? From the eighties? It was a one off, because they knew they were being filmed?

Abby 7:39 pm, 13-Dec-2012

Well this was interesting.....

Cliffy 10:29 am, 19-Dec-2012

Why no Philippine gangs on this list? Sputnik are a nasty lot from Manila who operate all over the world. There are dozens of other infamous gangs in the Philippines and they are all pretty nasty.

Owen Blackhurst 10:42 am, 19-Dec-2012

Fancy writing us a piece on them?

suzanne 4:26 am, 29-Dec-2012

i lived in stoke 5 yrs had a small village pub, that was doing well!! a stoke bikers gang destroyed my life, stop at nothing in order to get my buisness! i felt police was against me.. death threats! my son was left for dead new yrs eve last yr. he survived but mentaly killed a 18 yr old inocent boy. these gangs excist so why are we not made aware of them

pete carley 2:29 am, 4-Mar-2013

Berdoo is San Bernadino, called San Berdoo by locals.

Rollin60sCubnasty 10:11 pm, 12-Apr-2013

How can you not mention any of the following gangs who are clearly top of any dangerous gang list? ANY of the Mexican Drug Cartels(especially Los Zetas) MS-13 18th Street.

Lorenzo 5:01 pm, 29-Apr-2013

"The Definitive Guide"? You've embaressed yourself there. How did the American/Sicilian mafia get over-looked? Or for that matter the Camorra from Naples or 'Ndranghetta from Calabria. These guys took street crime to an international level and are the template for organised crime groups.

Truth 5:49 am, 15-Jun-2013

There is no need for these types of gangs in any way shape or form. They need to be eliminated /exterminated. They serve nothing and do nothing good in the world PERIOD.

Jana 12:37 am, 22-Jul-2013

Typical!!! Motorcycle Clubs are NOT gangs. Get your facts straight

soul crew youth 1:31 am, 26-Jul-2013

this is for them people who started arguing bout sc i am a fellow sc associate nd there's one thing i've learned n tht's never name names n i just think it's pathetic tht ur talking bout us, unless ur a member of sc or an associate dnt even make comments

Michael 5:23 pm, 15-Sep-2013

Bambeadoes murder rich family for what they own and take therr idenities monguls do it dude claims hes atrump on tv a bambeado claims the trump identity. Bikers like the mansons are copy caters pagans claim the busch idenity and the gates almost got away with rockifellets ronald gold wyn simpson the pagan with the glove cliaming to be a ditective and made books abour his gang killings bikers kill and claim the vitems died from natrual causes boney ramseyies was killed by bikers the uncle with the red hair not her uncle bikers claim the vics were sayong the bikers thay killed them wete related to them try to prove the bikers wernt and wete killed. Bambeadoes biker stien really not a stien not a trump either but claim they are busch pagans claim the busch idenities gates to

Michael 5:36 pm, 15-Sep-2013

Potters feild nj. A cemetery made for bikers victems bob stien murderd carazro neice marean served. In veitnam murderd benay ramseyies and donald and eva. Trump they are no relatins to the boxer they killed and there no relations to any of there vics lauets murderd dardeen family trump gates and busch and a midle eeight boxer boney ramsies and wad caughr for the murders if rockellers in cal ,lsutes are pagans stiens are bambeadoes and randy aleas laute a hells angel. Ricj people are screwrd there nothing they can do because knowbody knows how there bills are being paid andhow they wrnt from being poor to beingrich the next. Family youth ans serviced is ran by biker. Starve children to death rich. Ones they do and make it the law that the lw helps make vic seem like lieing there not butguess whsts legal murder is as long as everyone benifits from it

Harold Monk 10:57 pm, 30-Nov-2013

There was a gang in Orpington called the Cunts.They were right cunts.

Harold Monk 10:58 pm, 30-Nov-2013

Every Saturday night the Cunts would get together and beat someone up then go up the pub.They were right cunts.

pop 9:00 pm, 1-Dec-2013

Wot no ICF?

stix 4:03 pm, 23-Dec-2013

no satan slaves ? massive club !

Jimmy Balantyne 9:31 pm, 25-Feb-2014

Oh deary me...

Charlie Potato 11:47 am, 28-Mar-2014

ICF - Undefeated for 35 years, except once in Columbia Road E2. Hello Bill lol

Billy Blue 11:22 am, 4-Sep-2014

Interesting site, sadly you see a few people whoworship these gangs. Mostly they are cowardly attacking lesser numbers in superior numbers or resorting to sneak attacks and ambush.Know a man by his deeds. Its pretty pathetic gtown men playing gangs into past middle age. But i guess they love the sycophants and ass kissing.

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