RT Article
T1 Criminal nomads: The role of multiple memberships in the criminal collaboration network between Hells Angels MC and Bandidos MC
JF Global crime
VO 23
IS 2
SP 193
OP 215
A1 Mondani, Hernan
A2 Rostami, Amir
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1837028265
AB Outlaw motorcycle gangs (OMGs) have received increased attention from both law enforcement agencies and the research community. This study investigates the criminal collaboration patterns of two OMGs with a long history of hostilities. We use government data on individuals registered as belonging to Hells Angels MC, Bandidos MC and individuals with multiple OMG memberships, and suspicion data from 2011 to 2016 to build co-offending networks. Our results show that members of multiple OMGs tend to have higher centrality and clustering. These members also have the highest levels of suspicions per capita, and most of the co-offending is related to nexus links involving multiple membership individuals. They can be described as ‘criminal nomads’, collaborating with individuals from different organisations. Our results suggest that core members tend to engage in white-collar crime to a greater extent than those on the periphery, which tend to engage more in violence and drug crime.
K1 Bandidos MC
K1 Hells Angels MC
K1 Nexus
K1 criminal network
K1 Organised Crime
K1 outlaw motorcycle gangs
DO 10.1080/17440572.2022.2086124