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Nine Network - This Week On Sunday
Author: Nine Network | Mar 10, 2006, 11:45
They say they are the last free men. A brotherhood bound by secrecy. Outlaws.
That’s what defines the so-called 1 per cent clubs…the other 99 per cent of
bikers might live to ride but only the outlaws are committed for life.
Since the 1950s, outlaw bikies have been tagged as the principle villains in
everything from drugs to murder.
They don’t claim to be angels, but nor are they the kings of crime of popular
imagination. This is all about freedom, they say, a way of life they are
determined to protect
So why are governments here and overseas prepared to spend millions to prove the
bikies are the new mafia?
On Sunday, we journey into Australia’s outlaw nation to examine the claim that
bikies are the foot soldiers for organised crime.
We also tell the story of one outlaw who broke the code of silence on Adelaide’s
club land and ultimately paid with his life.
And we meet the most famous outlaw of them all, one of the original Hell’s
Angels, Sonny Barger, who, after 50 years, is still riding his own carefree
highway
In Australia , the Finks Motorcycle Club are regarded by police and rival clubs
alike as amongst the most hard core and righteous of the outlaw world.
They are renowned for finishing a conflict with a massive show of force. It’s
one in all in. But in the organised crime world, they say, the Finks are
strictly small time.
Like most bikie groups, the Finks shun the media. They have not given an
interview in 30 years but this weekend they break this silence as they speak to
Sunday reporter Adam Shand.
