When Australia’s SBS Dateline shot a feature about Canada’s crackdown on outlaw motorcycle gangs, I was happy to work as a producer on the project. Australia is coming to terms with its own “bikee” problem, and hopes to learn some valuable lessons from Canada’s experience. Not that our problems are by any means solved. Gang violence and illicit drug use fueled by the Hells Angels’ trafficking networks are leaving their marks across the country.
This program asks why the most open, known and brazen criminal gang members can’t be put away? For some experts, the authorities’ long-term failure to tackle the Hells Angels poses a serious threat. Others believe gangs like the Hells Angels are nearly impossible to wipe out.
