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| Founded | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Founded by | Klaas Otto |
| Founding location | Zundert, the Netherlands |
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Territory | Netherlands, 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 |
| Ethnicity | Multiethnic; 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, 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 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]
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]
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- ^ Pascoe, Robin (2018-09-07). "Public prosecutor asks court to ban No Surrender biker gang". DutchNews.nl. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
- ^ 'Oprichter Klaas Otto verlaat motorclub No Surrender' (Dutch), nu.nl
- ^ Fredericks, Bob (15 October 2014). "Outlaw bikers fighting ISIS in Iraq". New York Post.
- ^ "Dutch bikers join fight against Islamic State in Iraq". BBC News. 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
- ^ "Netherlands says OK for biker gangs to fight Islamic State". Yahoo News. AFP. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
- ^ "Badass Dutch Biker Gang Fighting ISIS in Iraq". New York magazine. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
- ^ "Dutch biker who survived fighting Isil killed by tram". The Daily Telegraph. AFP. 5 Jun 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ "Inval bij clubhuis No Surrender in Emmen". 13 January 2017.
- ^ "Justitie: No Surrender broeinest van drugshandel en geweld". 13 January 2017.
- ^ "Hoge Raad: No Surrender blijft verboden motorclub".
- ^ De eerste explosie was op dinsdagnacht 26 juli bij een huis aan de Goedenrade in Den Bosch.