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The Crime Report » Archive » Blood Brothers: "Even though the average Canadian is probably considered pretty boring by the rest of the world, the average Canadian biker is more dangerous. In the biker war in Quebec in the late 1990s and early 2000s there were more than 160 people murdered. The Hells Angels are absolutely entrenched here. There’s a scramble to feed the American drug market and right down the St. Lawrence Seaway is New York City. But I do think there is a difference in generations. Bikers over 35, many of them have long-standing marriages and kids in college. They know that if you get charged with something it’s like being fined hundreds of thousands of dollars even if you beat the charge. For those guys, moving a little bit of drugs just isn’t worth it. The younger guys are more ambitious—and more dangerous."