Legal Correspondent: Bandidos-trial opens possibility for more groups to be disbanded

Bandidos Club Disbanded, Opening Possibility for More Groups to be Dissolved

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*Legal Correspondent:* Bandidos decision opens the way for more groups to be dissolved

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The Bandidos motorcycle club has been disbanded by court ruling. The club immediately appealed the court's decision to the Supreme Court.

The well-known Bandidos vest with club insignia may not be worn by members in Denmark, as the motorcycle club has been permanently banned. (Photo: © Emil Nicolai Helms, Ritzau Scanpix) 23 minutes ago

After a ten-month long trial with 30 court days, the motorcycle club Bandidos has been disbanded by court ruling.

A temporary ban on the club has therefore become permanent, meaning that Bandidos will also in the future have to keep clubhouses and rocker houses closed, stop parade rides and avoid wearing vests with club insignia.

However, today's ruling does not only pose problems for members of Bandidos.

According to Trine Maria Ilsøe, who is a legal correspondent at DR, there are likely other bands and motorcycle groups that will keep an eye on whether they are the next.

She says this in today's P1 Orientation ( https://www.dr.dk/lyd/p1/p1-orientering/p1-orientering-2025/onsdag-29-oktober-2025-11802510443 ).

- But it is also a decision where I think that there must be some other groups around in Denmark and just raise their eyebrows.

- We already have a justice minister who has threatened to also go after other groups. And there are certainly some of them and closely reading the ruling - if it will be their turn next time, she says in P1 Orientation.

It was a unanimous decision by the district court in Helsingør, which earlier in the afternoon ruled that Bandidos is illegal and must be disbanded.

The club immediately appealed the ruling, meaning that the case will go to the Supreme Court.

The presiding judge explained in a brief statement for the ruling that the court has determined that Bandidos - in addition to a legal purpose - also has an illegal purpose.

This is due to the criminality committed by the club's members.

The motorcycle club has been disbanded under the Danish Constitution's paragraph 78, which allows citizens to form associations for any legal purpose.

Justice Minister Peter Hummelgaard (S) believes that the ruling against Bandidos will contribute to combating criminality. (Photo: © Søren Bidstrup, Ritzau Scanpix)

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Minister wants to dissolve more groups

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Bandidos is an international club, and it is estimated that the organization has thousands of members worldwide.

The organization came to Denmark in the beginning of the 1990s and was part of the large Nordic rocker war against Hells Angels.

Since May 2024, there has been a temporary ban on the club in Denmark, and it is now made permanent.

Previously, the band Loyal To Familia (LTF) has also been disbanded by court ruling, and more groups may risk the same fate.

At least if it is up to Justice Minister Peter Hummelgaard (S). He is "very satisfied" with the fact that Bandidos has been disbanded by court ruling in the district court.

- The ruling is a significant contribution to combating rocker and motorcycle groups and organized crime in Denmark, he says to DR News and adds, according to Ritzau, that he will ( https://www.ritzau.dk/nyhed?mym=d9f0d657-bdab-4d36-bd61-f9edff8f8528 ) go after getting more motorcycle groups dissolved.

Whether it in the end works to ban bands and motorcycle clubs in order to reduce violence and crime is still hard to say clearly, says Trine Maria Ilsøe.

- It is indeed a big discussion topic, whether it works at all. Also because we can see that the now banned band LTF is involved in several conflicts, even though they are on paper banned, she says.

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