Hell's Angels

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Name (Latin)
Hell's Angels
Other forms of name
HAMC (Hells Angels Motorcycle Club)
Hells Angels Motorcycle Club
Biographical or Historical Data
terrorist motorcycle gang in California
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 130118898
Wikidata: Q622188
Library of congress: n 50000646
Sources of Information
  • Hell's Angel, 2001:p. 1 (Hell's Angels; started getting chartered outside of California in the late 1960s)
  • Hells Angels Motorcycle Club World, viewed on Aug. 9, 2016history (first Hells Angels Motorcycle club was founded on March 17, 1949 in the Fontanta/San Bernardino area; HAMC; no relationship to the Hell's Angels Bomber B-17 Group from World War II)
  • Thompson, H. S. Hell's Angels. 1967.
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Wikipedia description:

The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club (HAMC) is an international outlaw motorcycle club founded in California whose members typically ride Harley-Davidson motorcycles. In the United States and Canada, the Hells Angels are incorporated as the Hells Angels Motorcycle Corporation. Common nicknames for the club are the "H.A.", "Red & White", and "81". With a membership of over 6,000, and 592 charters in 66 countries, the HAMC is the largest outlaw biker club in the world. The Hells Angels have a history of involvement in organized crime, such as drug trafficking, and engaging in violent conflict with other outlaw motorcycle clubs. Involvement in organized crime and violence has historically extended to the organization's most senior leadership. Many police and international intelligence agencies, including the United States Department of Justice, the Criminal Intelligence Service Canada, the Australian Federal Police, and Europol, consider the club an organized crime syndicate.

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