Satudarah MC is a one-percenter

outlaw motorcycle club An outlaw motorcycle club is a motorcycle subculture generally centered on the use of Cruiser (motorcycle), cruiser motorcycles, particularly Harley-Davidsons and chopper (motorcycle), choppers, and a set of ideals that purport to celebrate fre ...

that has spread the globe since being founded in the Netherlands town of

Moordrecht Moordrecht () is a town and a former municipality in the province of South Holland, the Netherlands, situated along the river Hollandse IJssel. In September 2006, 93% of the population of Moordrecht chose by referendum to pursue a merger with the ...

in 1990. It differs from most other outlaw motorcycle clubs in the fact that it welcomes all races into its club, owing to its historical creation by a group of

Moluccans Moluccans are the Austronesian-speaking and Papuan-speaking ethnic groups indigenous to the Maluku Islands (also called the Moluccas), Indonesia. The region was historically known as the Spice Islands, and today consists of two Indonesian provin ...

and

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

friends. ''Satu darah'' in

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and

Malay Malay may refer to: Languages * Malay language or Bahasa Melayu, a major Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore ** History of the Malay language, the Malay language from the 4th to the 14th century ** Indonesi ...

means "one blood".

Criminal activities

Members of Satudarah MC are frequently brought into connection with

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murder Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification (jurisprudence), justification or valid excuse (legal), excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human with malice aforethought. ("The killing of another person wit ...

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and

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Conflict with the Angels

Denmark, February, 2014. Between the 22nd and 23rd of February, 2014, members from the club were in a fight with the rival club, the Hells Angels MC. The fight first started at a sports bar named “Lions and Barrels” and then continued in a nearby park, followed by a parking lot. One of the Satudarah Motorcycle Club members and two Hells Angels MC members were injured in the fight with stab wounds. There were also reports of gun fire, however no gun shot wounds were mentioned in the reports. That was noted to be one of the first main fights between the club and rival clubs in the country. A total of 28 people were arrested as a result of the fight. Less than a week after this fight occurred it was reported that the club held a meeting with Hells Angels MC.

Global distribution

Satudarah MC has 44 chapters throughout the Netherlands and has opened in Belgium, France, Ireland, Spain, Indonesia, Malaysia, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Morocco, Norway, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam, Curacao, Suriname, Switzerland, South Africa, Canada, Australia and Turkey.

Australia

The national president of Satudarah, who is based in Melbourne, said in 2018 that chapters had been established in all Australian states, as well as a club in Canberra that had recently been patched over. The Sydney chapter had been shut down several years previously. In 2019, splinter groups in Western Australia were said to be bashing each other's members.

Netherlands

In the Netherlands, Satudarah MC is considered extremely violent and ruthless, more so than the

Hells Angels The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club (HAMC) is a worldwide outlaw motorcycle club whose members typically ride Harley-Davidson motorcycles. In the United States and Canada, the Hells Angels are incorporated as the Hells Angels Motorcycle Corporatio ...

. On 18 June 2018, the Dutch justice system announced a complete ban on the motorcycle club. The Court sentenced an immediate civil ban of all chapters and related clubs. The ethnic makeup of the club includes Dutch,

Ambonese The Ambonese, also known as South Moluccans, are an Indonesian ethnic group of mixed Austronesian and Melanesian origin. They are majority Christians followed by Muslims. The Ambonese are from Ambon Island in Maluku, an island group east of Sula ...

, Surinamese and others.

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