No Surrender Motorcycle Club Explained

No Surrender MC
Founded:2013
Founding Location:Zundert, the Netherlands
Founded By:Klaas Otto
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
Ethnic Makeup:Multiethnic; in particular Dutch, Turkish, and Kurdish
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, a former member of the biker gang Satudarah.[1] By 2014, the club claimed over 600 members, and membership exceeded 1,600 in 2022. Its leaders are mainly or of Turkish and Kurdish origin.[2]

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pascoe. Robin. 2018-09-07. Public prosecutor asks court to ban No Surrender biker gang. 2023-07-31. DutchNews.nl. en-GB.
  2. Web site: No Surrender MC. No Surrender MC. 17 October 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141016035607/http://nosurrendermc.nl/. October 16, 2014.
  3. http://www.nu.nl/binnenland/4215991/oprichter-klaas-otto-verlaat-motorclub-surrender.html 'Oprichter Klaas Otto verlaat motorclub No Surrender' (Dutch)
  4. News: Fredericks. Bob. Outlaw bikers fighting ISIS in Iraq. New York Post. 15 October 2014.
  5. News: 2014-10-15. Dutch bikers join fight against Islamic State in Iraq. en-GB. BBC News. 2023-07-31.
  6. Web site: Netherlands says OK for biker gangs to fight Islamic State. AFP. Yahoo News. 15 October 2014.
  7. Badass Dutch Biker Gang Fighting ISIS in Iraq. New York magazine. 15 October 2014.
  8. News: Dutch biker who survived fighting Isil killed by tram. 5 June 2015. AFP. The Daily Telegraph. 5 Jun 2015.
  9. Web site: Inval bij clubhuis No Surrender in Emmen. 13 January 2017 .
  10. Web site: Justitie: No Surrender broeinest van drugshandel en geweld. 13 January 2017 .
  11. Web site: Hoge Raad: No Surrender blijft verboden motorclub.
  12. https://www.nu.nl/den-bosch/6221115/klaas-otto-en-gracia-k-mogen-na-explosie-weer-naar-huis-ook-in-het-belang-van-de-kinderen.html De eerste explosie was op dinsdagnacht 26 juli bij een huis aan de Goedenrade in Den Bosch.