Angels of Death : Inside the Biker Gangs' Crime Empire

by Sher, Julian

• ISBN13: 9780786717446
• ISBN10: 0786717440
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-04-16
• Publisher: Perseus Books Group

Summary

"For millions of motorcycle riders, it is the ultimate dark, seductive fantasy - to be a Hells Angel. But as two of today's top investigative journalists have discovered, the reality of the world's foremost bikers' gang is darker and deadlier than anyone could imagine - indeed, they are America's major international crime export. With an estimated 2,500 full-patch members in twenty-five countries, the Hells Angels have inspired a global structure of biker gangs that are among the most feared and violent underworld players." "Julian Sher and William Marsden take readers to Arizona, inside the biggest American police undercover operation to penetrate the brotherhood; to British Columbia, where wealthy bikers dominate the organized crime pyramid of Canada; to Australia, where the "bikies" shoot it out with police; to Curacao, where terrorist organizations funnel drugs to Dutch bikers; and to the streets of Oslo, Copenhagen, and Helsinki, where a murderous biker war turns Scandinavia into a battle zone. Police who have infiltrated biker gangs reveal the challenges, fears, and horrors they've discovered going undercover. The authors show how law enforcement agencies worldwide are trying to stop - with little success - the biker gangs from spreading their violent outlaw creed around the world."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Julian Sher is the author of the Canadian bestseller UNTIL YOU ARE DEAD: STEVEN TRUSCOTT'S LONG RIDE INTO HISTORY (Knopf Canada), a finalist for the Writers’ Trust of Canada Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing and the winner of the Canadian Authors Association Biography of the Year. For 10 years he was an investigative reporter with CBC’s "the fifth estate," where his work garnered a Gemini and the Michener Award for Meritorious Public Service. His web page, JournalismNet, is ranked among the top five journalism sites in the world by Google.

William Marsden is the senior investigative reporter for the MONTREAL GAZETTE and also works for the Washington-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. His exposés on the Quebec justice system, smuggling and terrorism have won him two Newspaper Awards, three Judith Jasmin Awards, Quebec’s highest award for journalism, and an Investigative Reporters and Editors Award in the U.S.

Julian Sher and William Marsden’s THE ROAD TO HELL: HOW THE BIKER GANGS ARE CONQUERING CANADA (Knopf Canada, 2003), was a national bestseller in both the English and French languages. THE ROAD TO HELL won the 2004 Arthur Ellis Award for Best True Crime and was nominated for the Writer’s Trust of Canada’s Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.