Notorious (gang)
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Notorious is a gang based in Sydney
, Australia
. They are considered to be an outlaw motorcycle club
however, not all members ride motorcycles. Its emblem features a turbaned skull brandishing twin pistols with "Original Gangster" beneath it, with the motto "Only the dead see the end of war". Labeled as one of Australia's most dangerous gangs, they have been feuding with larger and well-known motorcycle gangs including the Hells Angels
and the Bandidos
.
Nomads branch was disbanded. The newly-formed gang, founded by Alan Sarkis, then started to recruit youth of Middle Eastern background and aligned itself with street gangs to boost its numbers to gain supremacy over rival gangs.
Police have named John Ibrahim
, a celebrity Nightclub entrepreneur and his three brothers Sam, Fadi and Michael Ibrahim as senior members of Notorious. Allan Sarkis has been named as the president of Notorious but Police believe Sam Ibrahim formed the gang and is the driving force behind it, Ibrahim denies creating Notorious but admits knowing its members.
, Sarkis stated:
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. They are considered to be an outlaw motorcycle club
Outlaw motorcycle club
An outlaw motorcycle club is a type of motorcycle club that is part of a subculture with roots in the post-World War II USA, centered on cruiser motorcycles, particularly Harley-Davidsons and choppers, and a set of ideals celebrating freedom, nonconformity to mainstream culture, and loyalty to the...
however, not all members ride motorcycles. Its emblem features a turbaned skull brandishing twin pistols with "Original Gangster" beneath it, with the motto "Only the dead see the end of war". Labeled as one of Australia's most dangerous gangs, they have been feuding with larger and well-known motorcycle gangs including the Hells Angels
Hells Angels
The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club is a worldwide one-percenter motorcycle gang and organized crime syndicate whose members typically ride Harley-Davidson motorcycles. In the United States and Canada, the Hells Angels are incorporated as the Hells Angels Motorcycle Corporation. Their primary motto...
and the Bandidos
Bandidos
The Bandidos Motorcycle Club, also known as the Bandido Nation, is a "one-percenter" motorcycle gang and organized crime syndicate with a worldwide membership. The club was formed in 1966 by Don Chambers in Texas. Its slogan is We are the people our parents warned us about. It is estimated to have...
.
Creation
Established in 2007, Notorious was formed by senior members and associates of the Nomads motorcycle gang, after the ParramattaParramatta, New South Wales
Parramatta is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located in Greater Western Sydney west of the Sydney central business district on the banks of the Parramatta River. Parramatta is the administrative seat of the Local Government Area of the City of Parramatta...
Nomads branch was disbanded. The newly-formed gang, founded by Alan Sarkis, then started to recruit youth of Middle Eastern background and aligned itself with street gangs to boost its numbers to gain supremacy over rival gangs.
Members
The exact number of Notorious members is unknown to police but sources claim the gang has up to 200 active members . Its members are sometimes called "Nikie bikies", for wearing expensive sneakers, fashionable t-shirts, being clean shaven and listening to RnB, Hip Hop and Rap music, in contrast to the traditional bikie image of dirty jackets, leather boots and beards.Police have named John Ibrahim
John Ibrahim
John Houssam Ibrahim , a Lebanese Australian, is a Kings Cross nightclub owner. Police allege Ibrahim is a "major organised-crime figure" and was labelled as the "lifeblood of the drugs industry of Kings Cross" during the 1995 Wood royal commission however, Ibrahim strongly denies being involved in...
, a celebrity Nightclub entrepreneur and his three brothers Sam, Fadi and Michael Ibrahim as senior members of Notorious. Allan Sarkis has been named as the president of Notorious but Police believe Sam Ibrahim formed the gang and is the driving force behind it, Ibrahim denies creating Notorious but admits knowing its members.
Involvement In crime
President of Notorious Allan Sarkis denies his club being involved in organised crime and denies any knowledge of a feud with other gangs, He claims the club has a very strict policy on drugs, even though Notorious members as young as 14 have been charged with possession and drugs supply. . In an exclusive interview with The Sydney Morning HeraldThe Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald is a daily broadsheet newspaper published by Fairfax Media in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1831 as the Sydney Herald, the SMH is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia. The newspaper is published six days a week. The newspaper's Sunday counterpart, The...
, Sarkis stated:
Linking us to drugs, or the drug trade, is way out of line. We want to be acknowledged and respected as a motorcycle club, not as gangsters.
- March 2007, Rugby League stars Jarryd HayneJarryd HayneJarryd Lee Hayne is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Parramatta Eels of the NRL. A New South Wales State of Origin and Australian, Fiji international representative winger and fullback, he has played his entire NRL career to date with Parramatta, with whom he got to the...
and Mark GasnierMark GasnierMark Gasnier is an Australian former rugby league player, a state and national representative centre three-quarter. He played eleven top-grade seasons with the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL, interrupted by two seasons of rugby union played with the French club Stade Français. He was a...
were involved in a violent brawl with Notorious members at Sydney's Kings CrossKings Cross, New South WalesKings Cross is an inner-city locality of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately 2 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Sydney...
, where a Notorious member ended up firing a number of shots toward the football stars. It was later revealed that the incident was Notorious's "coming-out party", the first time the new gang appeared on police radar. - October 2008, Allan Sarkis escaped death after a bomb exploded under his luxury car. The $90,000 car was parked under his exclusive Lane CoveLane Cove, New South WalesLane Cove is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. An affluent suburb, Lane Cove is located 9 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the Municipality of Lane...
apartment complex. It is believed the ComancherosComanchero Motorcycle ClubThe Comanchero Motorcycle Club is an outlaw motorcycle gang in Australia, with chapters in Strathfield and Erskine Park. The Commancheros are participants in the United Motorcycle Council of NSW, which has recently convened a conference aimed at addressing legislation aimed against the "bikie"...
were behind the bombing. - On 5 October 2008, senior Notorious member Todd O'Connor was executed in a back street in the Sydney suburb of TempeTempe, New South WalesTempe is a suburb in the inner west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Tempe is located 9 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Marrickville Council....
. The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Notorious is believed to be involved in a dispute with other outlaw motorcycle groups for control of the drug trade in Kings Cross and Oxford StreetOxford Street, SydneyOxford Street is a major thoroughfare in Sydney, Australia running from Whitlam Square on the south-east corner of Hyde Park in the central business district of Sydney to Bondi Junction in the Eastern Suburbs. Close to the CBD in particular, the street is lined with numerous shops, bars and...
. - October 2008, champion kickboxer Mustafa Assoum who volunteered at a Muslim youth centre was executed next to a phone box he was using, Notorious have been linked to the shooting.
- January, 2009, Notorious is suspected of being behind the shooting of a tattoo parlour and bombing of a Hells AngelsHells AngelsThe Hells Angels Motorcycle Club is a worldwide one-percenter motorcycle gang and organized crime syndicate whose members typically ride Harley-Davidson motorcycles. In the United States and Canada, the Hells Angels are incorporated as the Hells Angels Motorcycle Corporation. Their primary motto...
clubhouse. - February 2009, several Notorious members wearing balaclavaBalaclavaA balaclava , also known as a balaclava helmet or ski mask, is a form of cloth headgear that covers the whole head, exposing only part of the face. Often only the eyes or eyes and mouth are left exposed...
s entered a clubhouse and shot three members of the Nomads motorcycle gang. - 20 March 2009, relatives of Notorious members were the targets of several drive-by shootings across Sydney. The Bandidos are suspected of being behind the Shooting.
- 22 March, 2009, a wild shootout between Notorious and Banditos members took place in a Sydney street, involving six homes in three streets, leaving two men aged 18 and 17 in hospital.
- 29 March 2009, an un-exploded bomb was placed by Notorious members at the family home of a senior Bandidos member – police received a tip-off from the public and the Bomb Squad rushed to the scene but the Bandido member and his family refused to leave their home.
- June 2009, Fadi Ibrahim, brother of John Ibrahim and a member of Notorious, survived a murder attempt. He was shot five times while sitting in his Lamborghini parked outside his Castle Cove mansion.
- September 2009, Fadi Ibrahim and younger brother Michael were charged after a plot to murder bikie associate John Macris was uncovered by detectives.
- May 2010 - Jihad Murad, a senior member of Notorious and his girlfriend came under attack after a car pulled up next to them at a street light and fired 12 shots into their car. Those in the vehicle survived but police believe the ComancherosComanchero Motorcycle ClubThe Comanchero Motorcycle Club is an outlaw motorcycle gang in Australia, with chapters in Strathfield and Erskine Park. The Commancheros are participants in the United Motorcycle Council of NSW, which has recently convened a conference aimed at addressing legislation aimed against the "bikie"...
, who are involved in a violent feud with Notorious were responsible for the attack. - August 2010, Hameed Ullah Dastagir was charged with attempted murder for allegedly stabbing 21-year old Giovanni Focarelli in the stomach and chest outside his father's Hindley StreetHindley Street, AdelaideHindley Street is located in the West End of the centre of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It runs between King William Street and West Terrace. The street was named after British parliamentarian and social reformist, Charles Hindley....
tattoo parlour in Adelaide, South Australia. Dastagir was wearing a Notorious jumper during the attack and witnesses claim hearing Focarelli say "Notorious got me" while stumbling back into his father's tattoo parlour. - October 2010 - president Allan Sarkis and another senior member of Notorious were charged by police after attacking two members of the Comanchero Motorcycle Club at a cafe in BondiBondi, New South WalesBondi is an eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Bondi is located seven kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Waverley Council. The postcode is 2026.-Location:...
. One of the Commancheros had his ankle broken by one of the Notorious members during the attack. - November 2010, Armani Stelio - the sister of the Ibrahim brothers had her family home peppered with bullets. More than 20 shots were fired into her home and nearby cars. Lawyers for the Although the Ibrahim family claim they were "wrongly targeted", investigators fear revenge attacks.
- November 2010, just hours after the drive-by shooting of Armani Stelio's family home, Saber Murad, a member of Notorious was gunned down outside his home. In a statement, police revealed There are links between the Notorious crime gang and both locations.
- December 2010, "Coogee Ink", a tattoo parlour owned by senior Commancheros was firebombed with Notorious being the prime suspects. The parlour is owned by Comanchero national president Daux Ngakuru and his right-hand man Mark Buddle. The Daily TelegraphThe Daily TelegraphThe Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B...
revealed Mark Buddle, 32, was attacked by Notorious members outside a Bondi cafe in October 2010. - January 13, 2011, oldest brother Sam Ibrahim was shot in the legs in a drive-by outside his parents' home in MerrylandsMerrylands, New South WalesMerrylands is a suburb in western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Merrylands is located 25 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the local government area of the City of Holroyd...
in Sydney's south west.