Denmark looks to dissolve Bandidos motorcycle club

Denmark's government will investigate whether the Danish arm of the Bandidos motorcycle club can be dissolved, saying "the criminal group's brutal violence and socially subversive activities create insecurity in the neighbourhoods in which they live".

The Danish chapter of Bandidos MC was created in 1993.

Three years later, a feud between them and rivals the Hells Angels broke out in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark and ended with 11 dead and almost 100 wounded.

In recent years, members of the Bandidos in Denmark have been jailed for offences including murder, attempted murder, drug-related crimes and assault.

"Behind their violent assaults hide, among other things, miserable relatives and shocked witnesses who have nothing to do with the environment," Justice Minister Peter Hummelgaard said.

Hummelgaard said a specialist police unit would probe disbanding the chapter, adding the investigation should be done by the end of the year.

A court of law would have to judge whether there was a legal basis for a dissolution.