November 7, 2012

Australia’s law enforcement and Commonwealth agencies have joined forces to establish a national Task Force to target the Rebels motorcycle club.

The Attero National Task Force is aimed at “targeting, disrupting, disabling, dismantling and investigating” criminal activity.

The Task Force comprises all State and Territory Police agencies as well as the Australian Crime Commission, Australian Federal Police, Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, Australian Tax Office, Australian Securities and Investments Commission and Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre.

Serious and Organised Crime Coordination Committee chairman David Hudson said the task force would focus on “breaking the business model” of the Rebels,  the largest motorcycle club of its kind in Australia.