The changing face of outlaw gangs and organised crime groups is increasingly blurring the lines between friends and enemies, as traditionally warring factions join forces to make quick cash. | epearson_3 and davidestcourt
Like tattoos, allegiance to outlaw motorcycle gangs used to be for life. So it seemed strange when prominent Melbourne bikie Toby Mitchell, who has been shot seven times, lasered Bandido ink off his hands in 2015 to later replace them with Mongols ink on other parts of his body.
In turn, working out who is behind public displays of intimidation and violence, as seen during the failed assassination of ousted Mongol and professional fighterAbdulrahim, a professional boxer known as “The Punisher”, is now recovering in hospital from multiple gunshot wounds. He is visited regularly by fellow former bikies including Mitchell, kicked out of the club in April, who has promised to stop by daily.
Amid violent factional conflict, emerging alliances and new identities jostling for power, it’s hard to tell who is responsible for what, though Patton says the state’s most recent spate of gun violence is related to Middle Eastern organised crime. Last Saturday, simmering tensions in Melbourne’s underworld hit boiling point when bikie outcast Abdulrahim was shot multiple times as he drove away from a funeral in Fawkner.Police say there is nothing to suggest the shooting was bikie related but it’s raised questions about who in Melbourne’s crime world is feuding and why.
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