Many businesses or venues across Australia are held to
ransom by biker gangs, drug syndicates or various mafia organisations, for ‘protection’
where a cut of the daily/weekly takings is ‘stolen’ by the gangs.
Information has been obtained by corpau, how recently in
Melbourne a (liquor) licensed venue was approached by a biker gang offering ‘protection’.
The method that is employed by the gang is that, a few biker
members enter the premises, as seemingly innocent customers who ‘just want to
have a beer’.
A while later another group of people enter the premises,
where not long after a disagreement occurs between the newly entered group and
other patrons.
After a scuffle, the bikers (seemingly) intervene in the
brawl, and oust the alleged offenders.
The bikers then approach the management or owners, that they
would like to frequent the premises with other members and would offer ‘protection’
(read extort money), as the venue seems to be troubled.
Owners or management who disagree are followed, later
harassed and if still defiant, beaten into submission.
Reporting matters to police is a futile exercise as corrupt
police dealings with criminal biker gangs is high, no arrests would be made
against any members.
These are not isolated incidents, but rather a form of
business carried out by the criminal organisations that are actually supported
by government.
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