Criminal bikie gangs boost numbers with young Muslim and Eastern European recruits

SUBURBAN Sydney has become the breeding ground for a new generation of bikies, as Gold Coast gangs target young Muslim and eastern European men.

Police sources said gangs such as the Bandidos were embracing multiculturalism, signing up Lebanese, Turkish and Balkan members from across Sydney as they seek to beef up their ranks.
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It mirrors the early stages of the rise of crime gangs in Sydney and Melbourne that recruited from ethnic groups, police sources said.
It comes amid revelations some of Sydney's toughest bikies are spearheading the latest gang turf war terrifying holiday-makers and locals on the Gold Coast.

Bandidos Brisbane Centro president George Bejat. Source: Supplied

Senior police sources said that Bandido enforcers from Sydney were flown in to boost numbers for a brawl with Finks members, as the rival outlaw gangs fight for control of the Gold Coast's multi-million dollar drug trade.
Criminal bikie gangs boost numbers with young Muslims
The police sources confirmed Sydney bikies have muscled in to claim a piece of the action on the Gold Coast - where the lucrative drug trade had spread and also threatens tourists, including the Sydneysiders who flock there in their thousands.
Meanwhile, police have found proof of the growing threat posed by the patch-over of the Finks to US powerhouse the Mongols.
A pair of known Finks members who were stopped over the weekend for routine vehicle checks, but allowed to continue on, were in possession of caps bearing the Mongols MC name and logo.
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"That's the first time I've seen any Mongols gear here,'' Senior Sergeant Arron Ottaway said.
"That is a really important sign that the intel we are receiving in regards to the Mongols is real.''

Police descended on the Gold Coast recently in a show of force after a bikie rampage. Picture: Luke Marsden Source: News Limited

The Daily Telegraph has reported that at least 90 per cent of Finks across Australia were planning to patch across and join the Mongols, making them arguably the most powerful outlaw gang in the country.
It can also be revealed that one young Bandido who is currently facing charges of violence on the Gold Coast is a Muslim convert and a member of Muslim brotherbood Ummah United.
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Ummah United - whose members wear black hoodies and T-shirts with a crossed dagger logo - describes itself as a community group to help keep Muslim youth on the straight and narrow.
A spokesman has emphatically denied any bikie associations.