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Thursday 28 March 2013

(USA) Inspectors cite biker club over illegal bar

Garages adjacent to the Thunderguards Motorcycle Club on Northeast Boulevard in Wilmington are the scene of activity Wednesday afternoon. / WILLIAM BRETZGER/THE NEWS JOURNAL

A routine fire safety inspection Tuesday led to the discovery of an illegal bar with gambling machines inside some leased garages behind the Thunderguards Motorcycle Club in Wilmington’s northeast section, city officials said.

The garages where the bar was located had not been inspected in 10 years, Wilmington Fire Chief Anthony Goode said.

“They completely built another room inside three of the six garages, like a bar with liquor stored inside, tables and chairs, pool tables, flat screen TV, and a bathroom,” Goode said. The biker club was not licensed to sell liquor.

The other three garages were used to store tools and motorcycles, authorities said.

Goode said fire officials notified city police and inspectors with the License and Inspections Department and they seized the alcohol and gambling machines.

The city Fire Marshal’s Office conducts inspections of commercial businesses every other year. Goode said during previous inspections the garages were not accessible.

“When marshal deputies can not make access, it’s put on the back burner for two years,” he said.

“When they arrived there Tuesday, there were people closing up the garage door and (inspectors) went to the owner because the garage doors had just been opened,” Goode said.

The property is owned by RM Auto Service, which leases the garages to the Thunderguards, he said.

Both the Fire Marshal’s Office and License and Inspections on Tuesday cited the clubhouse for numerous code violations.

The bar room had one way in and one way out, leaving the bar and its patrons without fire protection. Inspectors also found other violations, such as the exit blocked, emergency lighting not working, sprinkler system issues, and outdated fire extinguishers.

At the direction of a DATE officer at the scene, Wilmington police confiscated the two gambling machines and all of the alcohol on the premises, said Kimberly Holland Chandler, spokeswoman for the state Department of Homeland Security.

“There was enough alcohol to fill a van,” Goode said.

Charges will be filed against the building’s owner and those using the targeted buildings, said a spokeswoman for the city.

Over the years, the area near the clubhouse, located in the 2800 block of Northeast Blvd., has been the site of several shootings and murders.

Early Saturday, for instance, two men were hospitalized following a double shooting outside the club that’s still under investigation.

A 30-year-old Wilmington man was slain outside the club in early November and a woman wounded. A few days later, local and federal authorities raided the motorcycle club and arrested eight people in an alleged drug ring.

A triple shooting that left one man dead in 2009 prompted city officials to temporarily shut down the biker club, started in 1965.

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20130328/NEWS01/303280069/Inspectors-cite-biker-club-over-illegal-bar?nclick_check=1

Posted by ace on Thursday 28 March 2013 - 11:56:34

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Wednesday 27 March 2013

(USA) Santa Cruz judge drops gang allegation against alleged Hells Angel

A Santa Cruz County prosecutor said Monday that he has refiled a gang allegation against a county man arrested last spring in South County for allegedly carrying a loaded gun, participating in a gang and possessing drugs.

The charge was dismissed last week by Judge Samuel Stevens, who was filling in for Judge Timothy Volkmann, gang prosecutor Charlie Baum said.

Miki Macias, 39, was stopped after midnight on June 16 near Casserly and Wheelock roads for a vehicle code violation, sheriff's deputies said earlier.

Deputies determined he was under the influence of a controlled substance and then found approximately 0.8 grams of suspected cocaine in his pants pocket, according to Santa Cruz County sheriff's deputy April Skalland. Deputies arrested him and searched his truck, finding a loaded 9 mm handgun and two high-capacity 9 mm magazines, Skalland said earlier.

Deputies said they also found gang paraphernalia associated with the Hells Angels. Macias was booked into County Jail and listed his occupation as a tattoo artist. He has bailed out.

Baum said the gang charges against Macias were dismissed after a preliminary hearing Thursday.

Macias has pleaded not guilty to the other charges. His attorney, Scott Warden of Beverly Hills, declined comment.

http://www.mercurynews.com/central-coast/ci_22874495/gang-allegation-dropped-against-alleged-hells-angel

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(USA) Traffickers with links to Hells Angels sentenced for role in meth ring

SAN DIEGO - Two men with links to the Hells Angels motorcycle gang have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a methamphetamine distribution ring.

The U.S. Attorney's Office says David Raymond Garcia and Jason Scanlon were prosecuted as part of an FBI investigation that ultimately resulted in 36 defendants being charged with conspiracy to distribute the drug.

Garcia was sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison, and Scanlon was sentenced to more than 15 years.

The offense is Garcia's ninth felony conviction.

Court documents state that Garcia and co-defendant Michael Ottinger Jr., the sergeant-at-arms for the San Diego chapter of Hells Angels, used violent force and intimidation to control the meth trade in San Diego.

Ottinger was sentenced in December.

http://www.10news.com/news/traffickers-with-links-to-hells-angels-sentenced-for-role-in-meth-ring

Posted by ace on Wednesday 27 March 2013 - 12:18:00

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(USA) Brotherhood motorcycle member, girlfriend arrested for drugs, weapons

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (KRNV & MyNews4.com) -- A Brotherhood motorcycle member and his girlfriend were arrested for drug and weapons charges.

South Lake Tahoe Police Department (SLTPD) says on Mar. 25, Officer Travis Cabral was conducting an investigation related to 29-year-old Ryan Marino, an ex-felon and member of the local Brotherhood Motorcycle Club, trafficking in methamphetamine. From prior incidents with the police, Marino is known to possess concealed weapons.

Cabral witnessed Marino purchase methamphetamine in the parking lot of a business in the area of the “Y” (the intersection of Hwy 50 and Hwy 89 in South Lake Tahoe). He rode away from the drug transaction on his unregistered motorcycle. Officer Cabral initiated a traffic stop of Marino’s motorcycle and Marino stopped in front of his residence at 1845 10th St., where other people were inside.

Officer Cabral saw a fixed blade hunting type knife under Marino’s arm, affixed to his vest. Officer Cabral secured this weapon and frisked Marino for any additional weapons. During this search, Officer Cabral says he located hypodermic syringes inside Marino’s vest and a clear plastic packages of methamphetamine of about a half ounce each. Marino was then arrested.

In the room Marino shares with his 37-year-old girlfriend, Shaleen Pierson, officers say they found a sawed off shotgun, 12 gauge shotgun ammunition, a flare pistol and paraphernalia used to package illicit drugs for sale. Pierson who was present at the time, was also arrested. Both were charged with maintaining a residence to sell controlled substances, as well as a variety of drug and weapons offenses.

The investigation is continuing and additional arrests may be forthcoming.

http://www.mynews4.com/news/local/story/Brotherhood-motorcycle-member-girlfriend-arrested/XdiBeFgvt0y5DQfsQ0qbdg.cspx

Posted by ace on Wednesday 27 March 2013 - 12:16:37

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(AUS) Council will not lease clubrooms to motorcycle club

THE American Motorcycle Club will not call the Dean Recreation Reserve home.

The Hepburn Shire Council last week decided not to proceed with leasing the Dean Recreation Reserve clubrooms to the American Motorcycle Club, which wanted to renovate the facility and use it as a meeting space.

The council will now stage a public meeting seeking expressions of interest in the clubrooms.

It comes after a strong public backlash against the American Motorcycle Club’s proposal.

The council received 36 submissions in opposition to the lease and just three in favour.

In addition, a petition was submitted by 24 people opposing the lease.

Moving the motion, Creswick Ward councillor Greg May said the community’s opposition to the American Motorcycle Club’s plan was “pretty overwhelming” at a public meeting on the issue last month.

He said the motorcycle club’s proposal had caused some concern and angst in the community.

“There was some ill-informed concern,” he said.

“Credit should be given to the motorcycle club that they are prepared to undertake some repairs to the building at their own expense.”

Referring to last month’s public meeting, Creswick Ward councillor Don Henderson said he had never seen a large turn out in such a small community.

“Most of the people I spoke to in Dean weren’t concerned about the integrity of the people who were members of this chapter of the motorcycle club,” he said. “They were concerned about the noise.”

He said it was regrettable to say no to a group that wanted to make something of the facility and now it was up to the Dean community to bring the clubrooms back to life through other ideas.

“They have a wonderful facility there and there are a number of opportunities,” he said.

The Goldfields chapter of the American Motorcycle Club had approached the Hepburn Shire Council with a proposal to lease the clubrooms for the purposes of having a meeting point for club members when taking part in recreational rides.

The council resolved at its January meeting to draw up a draft lease and publicly advertise the proposal ahead of a council vote.

The Dean Recreation Reserve Committee is responsible for the management and operation of the reserve, but is not currently active and does not hold regular meetings.

It has no revenue stream because the facility is not being used by groups.

http://www.hepburnadvocate.com.au/story/1390024/council-will-not-lease-clubrooms-to-motorcycle-club/?cs=1515

Posted by ace on Wednesday 27 March 2013 - 12:15:03

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(AUS) Jail bosses prepare to segregate rival bikies

JAIL authorities are preparing to segregate members of rival bikie clubs within maximum-security units in Victoria's Barwon Prison amid a crackdown that will see bikies jailed for up to five years under new anti-association laws.

The Australian has learnt that the prison management has been preparing space in its maximum-security units to house the bikies, including members of the feuding Hells Angels and Bandidos clubs. This follows the proclamation last week of Victoria's new anti-association laws, which will allow police to go to the Supreme Court to seek the banning of deemed criminal organisations.

Members who breach bans will face up to five years' jail and the confiscation of property involved in the breach. Interstate orders will be registered and enforced in Victoria.

The High Court upheld the validity of similar laws in Queensland, and other states are expected to redraft laws that will lead to a national anti-gang framework. The federal government has also announced plans to enact national anti-association laws.

"The ridiculous thing about this new law is that you will be thrown in jail for associating with your mates. In jail you will be associating with your mates again and also other hardcore criminals. It makes no sense," a senior bikie said.

It is expected that the new laws will boost the population of bikies in jail, creating tensions between clubs in conflict on the outside.

According to jail sources, authorities plan to house the rival bikies in separate high-security units at Barwon so their paths will never cross. Members of rival factions during Melbourne's gangland war were housed in Barwon's Acacia unit and were allowed to mix with with two or three other inmates. The method was successful until Carl Williams was killed by cellmate Matthew Johnson in April 2010.

A spokesman for Corrections Victoria did not deny the segregation plans but said there were "no plans to set up a bikies-only facility".

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/state-politics/jail-bosses-prepare-to-segregate-rival-bikies/story-e6frgczx-1226607158002

Posted by ace on Wednesday 27 March 2013 - 12:10:25

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(AUS) NSW EAGER TO USE NEW ANTI-BIKIE LAWS

The NSW police force has admitted it is already preparing a test case to have a bikie gang banned, a day after legislation allowing such moves was passed by the state parliament.

The new anti-bikie laws revive and revise laws which were originally struck down by the High Court a few years ago.

The former Labor state government introduced them in 2009 after a bikie associate was killed at Sydney Airport when a brawl broke out between two rival groups.

New South Wales Police Minister Mike Gallacher says the new laws will be used soon, but is giving no further details away.

"I don't intend to run commentary for those bikies when they can expect the hammer to fall," he said.

"The work has continued to be done by police and it'll be a matter for police, who then take that matter forward to the courts now that the legislation has passed the Legislative Council."

NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione says the police force is also raring to go.

"I'd like to see it tomorrow but let's just let these investigators get on with it and do what they have to do," he said.

"We'll be continuing to build up, and as we move towards a declaration we'll be looking to do that as quickly as we can."

The NSW laws are similar to Queensland anti-bikie rules, which earlier in the month survived a High Court challenge by the Finks bikie gang.

The NSW Government wanted to wait and see what happened in Queensland before it proceeded.

It is also the third attempt by the state Coalition Government to get the new powers.

Legal challenge

The Government hopes the new laws will be strong enough to stand up to any legal challenge.

And it may not have to wait long.

Barrister Wayne Baffsky, who is the honorary counsel for the United Motorcycle Council of NSW - which represents the majority of outlaw motorcycle clubs - is responsible for the successful challenge against the previous anti-bikie laws in NSW.

"There's every chance that this legislation will be taken to the High Court or to the Supreme Court once the police go after whom ever they go after," he said.

"One of the problems with these laws - and particularly the way they're being spoken about - is the premise that all members of outlaw motorcycle clubs are criminals, and all outlaw motorcycle clubs are criminal organisations.

"Now that is just false.

"It may be true that some of the members might be involved in organised crimes - I really don't know to what extent that is correct - but I would accept as a matter of common sense that maybe some of these members are involved in organised crime.

"I would not accept that all members and all clubs are."

Civil liberty groups are also concerned, saying the laws could be used to target clubs which are not even related to motorcycle groups.

Cameron Murphy, the president of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties, says "everybody in New South Wales ought to be seriously concerned'.

"It puts far too much power in the hands of police and it really doesn't address any of the underlying problems," he said.

"Everyone in the community wants something done about the random, violent, and dangerous shootings we see in western Sydney, but this government is incapable of providing police with the direction to deal with that."

http://au.news.yahoo.com/latest/a/-/article/16450713/nsw-eager-to-use-new-anti-bikie-laws/

Posted by ace on Wednesday 27 March 2013 - 12:07:21

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(AUS) Bikie clubhouse gutted by fire

The clubhouse of the Rebels bikie gang in Hervey Bay has been destroyed in a suspicious fire.

The clubhouse, tucked away in an industrial estate, was well ablaze when fire crews arrived just before midnight yesterday.

It took them two hours to extinguish the fire.

Queensland police are treating the blaze as suspicious.

http://www.skynews.com.au/topstories/article.aspx?id=858165

Posted by ace on Wednesday 27 March 2013 - 12:06:41

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(AUS) Victoria Police launch Taskforce Eagle to fight possible inflitration by bikie gangs

CHIEF Commissioner Ken Lay has revealed there are "around 10" current investigations into police members with links to outlaw motorcycle gangs.

But he warned "there is other intelligence coming in which is causing considerable concern" and "may well translate into other (further) investigations".

Mr Lay said outlaw motorcycle gangs (OMCGs) had been attempting to "cultivate, compromise and corrupt" Victoria Police members and even bikie members trying to join the force themselves.

"We are seeing OMCGs reaching their tentacles into the debt collection industry, into the transport industry, the liquor industry, the security industry, into tattoo parlours and also into police," Mr Lay said.

"These tentacles and these attempts, they are pervasive and they are very dangerous."

"There is no doubt we are seeing some evidence of information sharing. Whether that is undermining investigations or not, that’s not absolutely clear. But I am not going to stand here and say to members of the Victorian community that this is not occurring. I think that would be enormously naive.

"OMCGs are very, very good at what they do – they understand the information they need, they understand how to get it and unless our members are alert and unless they are sensible and act with integrity, investigations will be put at risk and our member’s safety will be put at risk," he added.

Asked if OMCGs had been able to infiltrate its members into Victoria Police’s rank and file officers, Assistant Commissioner of Professional Standards Command, Emmett Dunne, said he could not rule it out.

"It would be stupid of me and silly of me to say that hasn’t occurred.

"It is most unlikely, in reality, because of the vetting processes and the commitment they have got to make to join our organisation over a number of years - but to say OMCGs have not embedded someone in our organisation, I’m not going to say that.

"It would be most unlikely, but we are alert to the risk," he added.

Mr Lay said he would be "super aggressive" against the issue to ensure Victoria Police’s integrity in the future.

"We are at the stage with these OMCGs where it’s starting to emerge and develop, we think we are at the front end of it.

"By being super aggressive and by putting resources at this I want to make sure Victoria Police is not in a position in a decade’s time when we’ve got links with outlaw motor cycle gangs and members of our organisation that are in the middle ranks that have resulted in criminal behaviour - people being killed, corruption issues, investigations that have been undermined - we need to get this right now and it is very challenging.

He added: "If we have members of Victoria Police compromised by these gangs, it puts at risk the integrity of the organisation for a very long time.

"At this stage, I’m fairly confident it’s not systemic, but we are not in a position to say there are not people out there that either joined our organisation with links, or since they joined the organisation have got strong links."

Mr Lay was speaking as Victoria Police declared a major blitz on the potential infiltration of OMCGs into its ranks.

It also comes as Melbourne Comancheros president Amad "Jay" Malkoun denies infiltrating police or having inside knowledge of being the subject of probes.

"It's nonsense. It's not true," Malkoun, a convicted drug trafficker, told the Herald Sun.

Malkoun said he had known three Victorian police officers - one serving and two ex-members - but they had become distant since the force's declarable associations policy.

He rejected the claims of infiltration of police, made in reports in Fairfax media, which also named Bandidos boss Toby Mitchell.

Fears bikies will get hands on stolen guns

The Herald Sun was made aware of an investigation into Malkoun in late 2010, which went nowhere.

Victoria Police offered no explanation when the investigation failed to deliver any results after more than a year.

The taskforce launch comes as Victoria's outlaw bikie numbers are exploding and gangs turn to prisons to recruit new members, while the threat of an all-out war looms.

There are now 1200 fully "patched" outlaw bikies within the state, as desperate efforts to quash a feared conflict continue under Victoria Police's Operation Resound.

Police have vowed more raids on bikie interests and 25 warrants have been executed since March 6 after warnings a bikie war was about to erupt.

Echo Taskforce detective Inspector Ian Campbell said police would continue their strategy to disrupt the gangs.

Bikie gangs are expanding into rural Victoria and almost half the state's chapters are based outside the Melbourne metropolitan area.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/police-launch-taskforce-eagle-to-fight-possible-inflitration-by-bikie-gangs/story-e6frg6n6-1226607223226

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(AUS) Bikie laws a matter of urgency

CHIEF COMMISSIONER KEN LAY HAS CONFIRMED HIS POLICE FORCE HAS BEEN INFILTRATED BY OUTLAW BIKIE GANGS. HERALD SUN

IN an honest and alarming admission, Chief Commissioner Ken Lay has confirmed his police force has been infiltrated by outlaw motorcycle gangs.

This would be disturbing if only a few police were involved.

But Mr Lay admits to "around 10 investigations" into police members with links to bikie gangs.

As if this were not enough, Mr Lay says the gangs are attempting to "cultivate, compromise and corrupt" Victoria Police, with some gang members "trying to join the force to increase the gangs' influence".

They're "very, very good at what they do", says Mr Lay. What the police need to be very good at doing is breaking the hold of the gangs and the Victorian Government needs to support them in doing so.

Not only are outlaw motorcycle gangs effective in evading the law and enriching themselves through their criminal activities, they also have the means to pay high-profile lawyers.

New legislation in Victoria may curtail their activities, but it has taken too long in the making. The Herald Sun has warned the Government repeatedly about the power of the gangs and the need for urgency.

The Government needs to listen to community concerns. Premier Napthine needs to act now.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion/bikie-laws-a-matter-of-urgency/story-e6frfhqo-1226607966746

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(AUS) Officer keeps job after romancing bikie boss

A policewoman who secretly dated a Hells Angels enforcer while he was on bail for a violent crime and a sergeant who maintained close ties to a criminal bikie boss for more than a decade both avoided dismissal in cases that angered senior police.

Constable Lauren Conte was allowed to remain in her job despite being found guilty of illegally accessing the force's confidential database to snoop on an associate of Hells Angels Nomads sergeant-at-arms Paul Peterson.

Constable Conte, who allegedly met Peterson while he was facing serious charges in relation to a violent kidnapping, escaped conviction but was given a 12-month good behaviour bond in 2011 by a Ballarat magistrate, who told her she had ''ruined a promising career''.

But last year a police disciplinary board decided to reinstate the suspended constable in a move understood to have infuriated senior police, including Chief Commissioner Ken Lay.

It is believed Mr Lay sought advice about whether he could intervene in the Conte case but was told he could not.

On Wednesday, Mr Lay confirmed revelations that a policeman with close, long-standing and unapproved ties to Comanchero bikie gang president Amad Malkoun kept his job for years despite being the subject of several internal investigations.

''We didn't have the systems in place … to collect this evidence and actually get this person out of the organisation,'' Mr Lay said of former sergeant Richard Gelemanovic, who resigned four months ago while facing his fourth corruption probe in 10 years.

In 2003, the Australian Federal Police reported to Victoria Police the close association between Mr Gelemanovic and Malkoun, who was convicted of heroin trafficking in 1988 and who took over the Comancheros in 2009. Federal agents investigating Malkoun's suspected drug trafficking in 2003 observed Mr Gelemanovic fly overseas and regularly communicate with the crime boss, prompting the AFP to report its concerns to the Victoria Police Ethical Standards Department and arrange for ESD detectives to conduct surveillance on the pair.

Asked why Mr Gelemanovic had not been disciplined or sacked in 2003, a police spokesman said the ''allegations of a criminal association'' were ''unable to be determined'' by ESD.

Mr Gelemanovic's relationship with members of Malkoun's syndicate was investigated again in 2008 by the state's now disbanded police watchdog, the Office of Police Integrity. But it is understood that the OPI shelved its inquiry in early 2009 after incorrectly assessing that Mr Gelemanovic would not return to work from sick leave.

In 2011, the OPI discovered that Mr Gelemanovic was still working as a policeman after receiving a complaint from another policing agency about the sergeant's continuing association with Malkoun.

Between 2003 and 2012, Malkoun's syndicate was tipped off twice that it was the subject of investigations by secret, multi-agency police drug taskforces, compromising both investigations.

The OPI launched another inquiry into Mr Gelemanovic in 2011 but could not find evidence he was responsible for either leak. But the inquiry confirmed Malkoun's ongoing association with Mr Gelemanovic, who resigned last November, citing ill health and while still under internal investigation.

The OPI probe was run by its tactical investigation unit, which uncovered links between a small number of serving and former police officers and bikie figures.

A Fairfax Media investigation can also reveal that the unit was shut down mid-inquiry last year, sparking serious divisions inside the OPI over claims the agency had prematurely ended the probe.

Constable Conte was found guilty in the Ballarat Magistrates Court in 2011 for inappropriately accessing the police database in connection to her relationship with Peterson. The relationship included regular, unapproved contact and is suspected to have begun in 2007, when the bikie - a known crime figure - was reporting on bail to Constable Conte's station.

Magistrate Michelle Hodgson found Constable Conte guilty of one count of improperly accessing the force database and said she had ruined her career but that, outside of her offending, she was ''an outstanding citizen''.

A police spokesman said in a statement that during a subsequent internal police hearing in May, Constable Conte pleaded guilty to three disciplinary charges and was placed on a 12 month good behaviour bond, shifted to a new station and was denied promotion before May 2014.

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/officer-keeps-job-after-romancing-bikie-boss-20130327-2guq6.html#ixzz2Okxj2KEK

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(AUS) Outlaw gangs could infiltrate police, says Ken Lay

VICTORIA Police could be infiltrated by outlaw motorcycle gangs just as it had been by organised criminals during Melbourne's gangland war, chief commissioner Ken Lay said yesterday.

However, Mr Lay denied reports that bikie infiltration of police ranks was systemic, saying instead it was isolated to a few cases.

Mr Lay confirmed "less than 10 cases" of police having inappropriate relationships with bikies were being investigated.

However, there was often evidence of links between police, outlaw bikies and both illicit and performance enhancing drugs.

"Often these issues are around criminality, often they are around naivete and often they are around stupidity, but in each case there is evidence of outlaw motorcycle gangs trying to reach inside Victoria Police and affect the way we do our business," Mr Lay told a press conference.

One officer had been investigated in 2003 and 2007 for links with bikies, but police had lacked the evidence to take decisive action. The officer had been suspended after an investigation by the Office of Police Integrity in 2011 and had since left the force.

There had been some evidence of people with strong links to outlaw motorcycle gangs attempting to join the police, Mr Lay said.

Outlaw motorcycle gangs had been "reaching their tentacles" into debt collection, transport, liquor, security, tattoo parlours and the police. "These tentacles and these attempts (to infiltrate) are pervasive and they are very dangerous," he said.

Victoria Police had created a taskforce to investigate suspected links between outlaw motorcycle gangs and serving police.

Mr Lay said it was not clear whether information had been shared that had undermined investigations, but outlaw motorcycle gangs were "very very good at what they do".

"They understand the information they need, they understand how to get it and unless our members are alert and unless they are sensible and act with integrity, investigations will be put at risk."

Mr Lay said there was "not an enormous amount of evidence" this had occurred, but he was "putting the organisation on alert that these people are out there and they are working hard to cultivate police members and often corrupt police members".

The links between police and criminals prior to Melbourne's gangland war had built up over many years, leading to people being killed, corruption, and investigations being undermined, he said. "It's true to say that a decade or so ago we missed some of this. The signs were there but the organisation did not have the intelligence or the wherewithal to take action," he said.

Victoria Police would be "super-aggressive" in preventing what occurred during the gangland war being repeated with outlaw motorcycle gangs.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/state-politics/outlaw-gangs-could-infiltrate-police-lay/story-e6frgczx-1226608010669

Posted by ace on Wednesday 27 March 2013 - 11:55:18

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(CAN) Police: Arrested man in biker gang

Police say a man arrested in Halifax this week is a biker gang member who played a crucial role in alleged drug smuggling at a provincial jail in Dartmouth.

An RCMP officer said Tuesday the arrest of David James Bishop of Halifax is a significant blow to the Bacchus motorcycle club in Nova Scotia and beyond.

Bishop, 30, was picked up Monday night during a search on Chelmsford Place, police said in a news release. He is facing many drug-related and weapons charges, as well as several counts for alleged breaches of court conditions.

RCMP Insp. Joanne Crampton alleged Bishop is a high-ranking member of the Bacchus gang. The group has about 80 members in Atlantic Canada.

Bishop was arraigned Tuesday in Halifax provincial court.

“The Bacchus have a significant presence in Nova Scotia,” Crampton told The Chronicle Herald. “It’s important, though, to recognize that the club works as a large group rather than independently. They’re interconnected with the other groups in the other Atlantic provinces.”

Crampton said Bacchus is “a criminal organization” with longtime links to the Hells Angels. The Angels chapter in this province folded in 2003 after police raids that put most members in prison, CBC News reported in 2010.

During the probe into an alleged drug-mule operation at the Central Nova Correctional Facility in Dartmouth, “police learned that Bishop (allegedly) played a significant role in getting drugs into the institution via correctional employees,” the release said.

The investigation by a joint RCMP-Halifax Regional Police team is continuing, Crampton said. “There’s potential that we’ll still be laying more charges.”

Two former staffers at the jail were among 14 people arrested this month in a police operation targeting drug smuggling at the Burnside Park jail.

Bishop faces numerous charges, including:

•two counts of trafficking cocaine

•trafficking steroids

•possession of steroids for the purpose of trafficking

•resisting arrest

•unsafe ammunition storage

•possession of cannabis resin

•two counts of possession of prohibited weapons

•and many counts of breaching court conditions

The allegations have not been proved in court.

Aside from drugs and prohibited knives confiscated during the search, police also seized “gang-related paraphernalia” and a bulletproof vest, the release said.

Bishop has been remanded and is due back in court Wednesday for a bail hearing.

http://thechronicleherald.ca/metro/1114886-police-arrested-man-in-biker-gang

Posted by ace on Wednesday 27 March 2013 - 11:50:47

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