ABSTRACT
Organised crime, as understood nowadays in the form of organised crime groups (hereafter OCGs) and other criminal alliances cooperating with extensive partner networks is a relatively new phenomenon in Finland (NBI, 2012). The first international outlaw motorcycle gangs, Hells Angels and Bandidos, entered the country in the 1990s. Since then, organised crime has become more serious and professional operating both in illegal markets and the legal economy. Although organised crime groups, and particularly motorcycle gangs, are hierarchically structured and governed by formal rules (Mölsä, 2008), their criminal activities are exercised through flexible networks and skilled criminal alliances with varying actors and compositions (Junninen, 2006).
