No Surrender Motorcycle Club

No Surrender Motorcycle Club is an international one-percenter outlaw motorcycle club established in the Netherlands. No Surrender was founded in 2013 by Klaas Otto, a former member of the biker gang Satudarah.[2] By 2014, the club claimed over 600 members, and membership exceeded 1,600 in 2022. Its leaders are mainly Dutch Travellers or of Turkish and Kurdish origin.[1]

No Surrender MC
Founded2013
Founded byKlaas Otto
Founding locationZundert, the Netherlands
Years active2013–present
TerritoryNetherlands, 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
EthnicityMultiethnic; in particular Dutch, Turkish, and Kurdish[1]
Membership (est.)1,600+ worldwide

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 January 13, 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 April 22, 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 July 26, 2022, an explosion occurred in the 's-Hertogenbosch residence of Gracia K., who had recently started dating former No Surrender leader Klaas Otto.[12]

References
  1. "No Surrender MC". No Surrender MC. Archived from the original on October 16, 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  2. Pascoe, Robin (2018-09-07). "Public prosecutor asks court to ban No Surrender biker gang". DutchNews.nl. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  3. 'Oprichter Klaas Otto verlaat motorclub No Surrender' (Dutch), nu.nl
  4. Fredericks, Bob (15 October 2014). "Outlaw bikers fighting ISIS in Iraq". New York Post.
  5. "Dutch bikers join fight against Islamic State in Iraq". BBC News. 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  6. "Netherlands says OK for biker gangs to fight Islamic State". Yahoo News. AFP. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  7. "Badass Dutch Biker Gang Fighting ISIS in Iraq". New York magazine. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  8. "Dutch biker who survived fighting Isil killed by tram". The Daily Telegraph. AFP. 5 Jun 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  9. "Inval bij clubhuis No Surrender in Emmen". 13 January 2017.
  10. "Justitie: No Surrender broeinest van drugshandel en geweld". 13 January 2017.
  11. "Hoge Raad: No Surrender blijft verboden motorclub".
  12. De eerste explosie was op dinsdagnacht 26 juli bij een huis aan de Goedenrade in Den Bosch.
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