Illicit Drugs and Bikers in Australia

approximately 25,000 members total, with 250,000 affiliates in Canada, South America, Australia, and parts of Europe. They are also known to collaborate with other international organized crime groups from all over the world. According to the DOJ, other organized crime groups include: Russian mobsters who fled to the U.S. in the wake of the Soviet Union’s collapse; • Groups from African countries like Nigeria that engage in drug trafficking and financial scams; • Chinese tongs, Japanese Boryokudan, and other

Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (OMCG’s) inhabit an active presence in all states and territories in Australia. Some members of these gangs are responsible for serious organised crime and yet the total gang and membership numbers of Australian OMCGs is rising. According the Australian Crime Commission1. (ACC), Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs are among the most detectable components of Australia’s criminal landscapes and because unlike other criminal organisations who try and keep themselves anonymous, OMCGs on