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Originally Posted by ibleedbenjamins
Things may be different in Sweeden than the US but based on personal knowledge of similar groups (with international ties), this is how I would approach the situation. No you don't go around getting quotes lol. I'm guessing at least one or two affected Swedish player(s) know, or have friends or family who could put them in contact with the right people but who knows. Slick hatin' tho!
These gangs do some ****ed up indefensible stuff. At the same time they aren't pricks 100% of the time & the point about protecting the livelihood of their brotherhood, and extending that to friends, or friends of friends as a service or simple favor, is very important to them and obtaining help really isn't that risky compared to not having protection if put in a tough spot. When it comes down to it they're running a business & starting **** with an equally dangerous group is generally a poor decision for these guys, they realize that. Good can definitely come from doing this & it can completely kill an issue. The end result may even be you paying off the gang threatening you through the one protecting/mediating. Either way, once settled between these groups you'll be able to sleep in peace with a pretty high assurance that the issue won't come up again.
You are right if some thugs randomly showed up @ my door threatening to kill me I would probably do what they want (but maybe not if I saw an out, depends on the situation & Im different than alot of people in these types of spots). The minute they walked out the door though I'd pick up the phone. If I received vague threats beforehand, that phone call would've already been made. In the US it would be to the FBI, local police, and a third party, depending on the situation one or more of those organizations may be excluded.
You have obviously watched sons of anarchy really close and are now some expert on MC gangs. It has nothing to do with what happens in Sweden that your post is totally ******ed. I am from England and the same thing applies here and the US and every other country in the whole world.
If you are a poker player/ group of poker players being threatened by a dangerous gang that have already allegedly killed someone involved in poker then the very last thing you would ever do is start asking around for other gangs to get involved.
Not just for the fact then you will be dealing with 2 dangerous groups of killers but also what if your "friend" you asked about was actually not that close to the rival gang and mentioned it to another "friend" who was close with the original gang you were being threatened by? All it would take was someone to over hear it or the wrong person to be told and you could be killed in your bed along with your whole family before the rival gang even knows anything.
But let's say for the sake of it, you did have a friend who was close to a rival gang and they did get you some protection, what if they did not want to negotiate amicably like you believe they would and were just waiting for an excuse to start a full blown war? Then you would be at the center of it all, people could die and the blood would be on your hands.
The best thing these Swede's can do is what they are doing, keep quiet and do things anonymously and nobody should out them or jeapordise their safety. People from the US and elsewhere that are safely away from these gangs should do all they can to investigate and gather evidence and then if there is a major crime going on report it to international authorities and hopefully bring these gangs down.