Home base: San Leon, Texas, USA
Criminal activities: Drugs (production, transportation and distribution), arms dealing, money laundering, murder, extortion.
Don't let the rather silly, pot-bellied figure in their emblem mislead you: the Bandidos go by a very straightforward slogan, one this multiracial biker gang has been backing up since forming in the 1960s: "F**k the world. We are the people our parents warned us about." With about 2,500 members worldwide in 14 countries on 4 continents, the Texas-born Bandidos represent the fiercest and most violent opposition to the Hells Angels. The U.S. Department of Justice regards them as the second largest biker gang in the U.S. and considers them a "growing criminal threat" to the country.