According to published reports in Australia, about 90 percent of the Finks Motorcycle Club has joined the Mongols Motorcycle Club. The Mongols previously had Australian chapters in New South Wales, Victoria, Adelaide and Perth. The reports describe the patch over as amicable. The Brisbane Courier Mail reports that there will now be about 400 Mongols in Australia
Australian police have become increasingly hostile to motorcycle clubs since the enactment of a series of so-called “bikie laws” began in 2009. The original law in New South Wales was called the “Criminal Organisations Control Act.”
The bikie laws ban membership in motorcycle clubs based on “criminal intelligence.” The laws vary from one Australian state to another. Some laws specify that the ban must be made public before it is implemented. Some states allow the ban to be kept secret. Generally, the “intelligence” on which a ban is based can be kept secret.