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- ↑ MC-kriget som skakade Norden Ulf Kristiansson, Helsingborgs Dagblad (11 January 2014)
- ↑ Tre års fengsel for Hells Angels-leder Verdens Gang (25 February 2003)
- ↑ Hells Angels-leder fikk tre års fengsel Dagbladet (4 November 1998)
- 1 2 3 4 Retten løslot eks-presidenten i Bandidos Per Annar Holm, Aftenposten (30 August 2013)
- ↑ Disse ble tatt Kjetil Kolsrud, Arild M. Jonassen and Lene Li Dragland, Aftenposten (31 August 2004)
- ↑ 2003: Dømt for bestialsk tortur 2004: Raner under permisjon Aftenposten (31 August 2004)
- 1 2 Bandidos-Harnes dømt til åtte års forvaring Jon Theodor Hauger-Dalsgard, Romerikes Blad (20 February 2006)
- ↑ Tidligere Bandidos-topp i retten for tredje gang Frode Sætran, Aftenposten (21 January 2020)
- ↑ Harnes dømt til fengsel etter besøk hos kjent kriminell – er ferdig med å sone Kenneth Fossheim, TV 2 (12 June 2020)