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No Surrender Motorcycle Club

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No Surrender MC
Founded2013
Founded byKlaas Otto
Founding locationZundert, the Netherlands
Years active2013–present
TerritoryNetherlands, Australia, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Canada, France, Georgia, Germany, Italy, Lebanon, Morocco, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States
EthnicityMultiethnic; in particular Dutch, Turkish, and Kurdish[1]
Membership (est.)1,600+ worldwide

No Surrender Motorcycle Club is an international one-percenter outlaw motorcycle club established in the Netherlands. No Surrender was founded in 2013 by Klaas Otto [nl], a former member of the biker gang Satudarah.[2] By 2014, the club claimed over 600 members, and membership exceeded 1,600 in 2022.[citation needed] Its leaders are mainly Dutch Travellers [nl] or of Turkish and Kurdish origin.[1]

On 16 February 2016, Otto announced he had left the club.[3]

In 2014, three members of the group were reported to have traveled to Iraq to fight alongside Kurdish forces in the war against the Islamic State,[4][5] an act which is not in itself a crime, according to authorities in the Netherlands.[6][7]

In June 2015, it was announced that one of the volunteers, Nomad Ron, had died in a traffic accident.[8]

On 13 January 2017 the clubhouse in Emmen was raided by police. According to the authorities, the clubhouse was trading in hard and soft drugs.[9][10] The club expanded to Canada, with members in Alberta/Quebec, and a national chapter in Peterborough, Ontario. On 22 April 2022 the Supreme Court of the Netherlands reaffirmed previous 2019 and 2020 bans on No Surrender in the Netherlands,[11] making it a permanent ban.

On 26 July 2022 an explosion occurred in the 's-Hertogenbosch residence of Gracia K., who had recently started dating former No Surrender leader Klaas Otto.[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b "No Surrender MC". No Surrender MC. Archived from the original on October 16, 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  2. ^ Pascoe, Robin (2018-09-07). "Public prosecutor asks court to ban No Surrender biker gang". DutchNews.nl. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  3. ^ 'Oprichter Klaas Otto verlaat motorclub No Surrender' (Dutch), nu.nl
  4. ^ Fredericks, Bob (15 October 2014). "Outlaw bikers fighting ISIS in Iraq". New York Post.
  5. ^ "Dutch bikers join fight against Islamic State in Iraq". BBC News. 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  6. ^ "Netherlands says OK for biker gangs to fight Islamic State". Yahoo News. AFP. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  7. ^ "Badass Dutch Biker Gang Fighting ISIS in Iraq". New York magazine. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  8. ^ "Dutch biker who survived fighting Isil killed by tram". The Daily Telegraph. AFP. 5 Jun 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  9. ^ "Inval bij clubhuis No Surrender in Emmen". 13 January 2017.
  10. ^ "Justitie: No Surrender broeinest van drugshandel en geweld". 13 January 2017.
  11. ^ "Hoge Raad: No Surrender blijft verboden motorclub".
  12. ^ De eerste explosie was op dinsdagnacht 26 juli bij een huis aan de Goedenrade in Den Bosch.
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