"OUTLAW motorcycle gangs are bad news - violent people whose history shows their links to crime such as murder, illegal firearms, illicit drugs, prostitution, extortion, assault, arson, theft, vehicle rebirthing, fraud and corruption. They scare people. They are also highly visible targets for politicians wanting to be 'tough on crime'.
In South Australia, then Opposition leader Mike Rann pledged to bulldoze bikie fortresses as part of a macho law-and-order campaign by Labor in the lead-up to the 2002 election.
'We are not just dealing with meatheads on motorbikes, we are dealing with basically the foot soldiers of organised crime,' Rann said at the time.
Three election victories later, not a single fortress has been demolished under Rann's leadership. At least eight major complexes still stand in Adelaide, housing gangs such as the Hells Angels, Descendants, Finks, Gypsy Jokers and Rebels. And there are no plans to bulldoze any."
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Police raid properties after bikie brawl - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Police raid properties after bikie brawl - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "WA Police have searched 20 properties from Geraldton to Mandurah in a series of coordinated raids targeting outlaw motorcycle gangs.
The search warrants are part of an investigation into a violent brawl involving members of the Finks, Coffin Cheaters and Club Deroes motorcycle gangs at the Kwinana Motorplex on Sunday.
Police say they were searching for weapons including baseball bats, knives and a handgun.
Inspector Paul McMurtrie from the Specialist Crime Squad says a number of people have been arrested.
'There's been numerous drug, firearm and property charges resulting from the execution of the search warrants,' he said.
Meanwhile, a body representing bikie gangs in Perth has disputed police claims that up to 20 people were involved in the brawl."
The search warrants are part of an investigation into a violent brawl involving members of the Finks, Coffin Cheaters and Club Deroes motorcycle gangs at the Kwinana Motorplex on Sunday.
Police say they were searching for weapons including baseball bats, knives and a handgun.
Inspector Paul McMurtrie from the Specialist Crime Squad says a number of people have been arrested.
'There's been numerous drug, firearm and property charges resulting from the execution of the search warrants,' he said.
Meanwhile, a body representing bikie gangs in Perth has disputed police claims that up to 20 people were involved in the brawl."
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