Top 10 Most Dangerous Motorcycle Gangs

Top 10 Most Dangerous Motorcycle Gangs

 

What differentiates a motorcycle club or organization from a group of deadly outlaws? According to the United States Department of Justice, Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (or OMGs) “…are organizations whose members use their motorcycle clubs as conduits for criminal enterprises. OMGs are highly structured criminal organizations whose members engage in criminal activities such as violent crime, weapons trafficking, and drug trafficking.”

 

After extensively researching the most notable and dangerous of these OMGs, I found myself yelling “OMG!!” more than a few times. Much like hit franchises such as The Sopranos seemed to somewhat

romanticize and humanize mafia leaders and members, the same has happened for Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs. The FX hit series Sons of Anarchy revolved storylines around the members and families of a motorcycle gang. Although SOA didn’t shy away or gloss over the components of killing, drugs and other crimes that make these types of motorcycle gang members “outlaws,” the antiheroes of the series along with the wives, girlfriends and other family members that were regular fixtures in each episode made the idea of gangs both compelling and sympathetic. Rather than reel back in fear while watching these gangsters hop on their “hogs” on SOA, audiences of the series would feel sympathy and connection to all of the characters, which are so deftly portrayed by the sensational actors making up the cast.

 

That is all well and good as far as entertainment goes, but we must remember that one keyword—entertainment. The reality of Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs is a dark one that does not offer room for sympathy, except for the rolodex of victims who have been killed by leaders and gang members, and the young naive individuals who are vetted and recruited into these gangs only to become entrenched in a life of violence, crime and—if they aren’t killed first—years or life sentences within the prison system.

 

The history of motorcycle gangs stretches back all the way to the 1930s, and various chapters of the most notorious and dangerous are still regular fixtures in headlines, as members and leaders continue to perpetuate the gangs’ legacies of crime, violence and drugs. Below are the ten most dangerous motorcycle gangs to ever exist. A majority of these are listed as OMGs by the US Department of Justice save for The Warlocks. However, their absence on the US Department of Justice does not take away from the danger this gang poses to society. The gang members’ frequent appearance in headlines for murder and drugs is evidence of how much this group continues to thrive and further a lineage of criminal activity.

 

In fact, let’s elaborate on this fact right now, as The Warlocks mark the number 10 spot on our list.