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How Meth Turned New Zealand's Biker Gang Scene Upside Down: Mongrels, Black Power and Killer Beez

2021/11/30
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Sean Williams和Danny Gold探讨了新西兰黑帮的演变以及甲基苯丙胺对帮派活动和社会的影响。他们指出，新西兰表面上看似平静，实则存在着严重的毒品问题和黑帮暴力。文章详细描述了两个主要帮派——恶棍帮（Mongrel Mob）和黑人力量（Black Power）——的起源、发展和内部冲突，以及它们与国际犯罪组织的联系。他们分析了毒品交易的巨额利润如何吸引国际犯罪分子，以及澳大利亚政府驱逐罪犯回新西兰加剧了这一问题。此外，他们还探讨了毛利文化、社会经济差距以及种族关系等因素如何影响帮派活动。 Sean Williams和Danny Gold深入分析了甲基苯丙胺（P）对新西兰黑帮的影响。他们指出，这种毒品在90年代中期进入新西兰后，导致帮派暴力事件激增，谋杀案也变得越来越频繁。他们还描述了国际犯罪组织，如前南斯拉夫雇佣兵、越南洗钱集团、三合会、缅甸甲基苯丙胺大亨以及南美毒枭，如何参与到新西兰的毒品交易中。他们强调，这些国际犯罪组织的介入使得新西兰的黑帮冲突更加复杂和危险。

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The introduction of methamphetamine in the mid-90s transformed New Zealand's biker gangs, leading to increased violence and the involvement of international drug syndicates.

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For decades, New Zealand's biker gangs fought each other for turf, cash and kudos. Violence between its two biggest outfits, the Mongrel Mob and Black Power, often turned deadly, and acts of cruelty shocked the public. Then, in the mid-90s, a new, potent drug worth billions arrived on the country's pristine shores - and with it a wave of foreign narcos looking to take control of what might be the world's most profitable black market. The gangs gave thousands of disaffected Maori and Pacific Islanders an identity. Meth—known locally as P—changed everything.

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