He says one of the biggest changes in organised crime in New Zealand, detailed in Underworld, is the rise of the so-called “Nike Bikey gangs” – a new, slicker generation of criminals that are vastly different from their counterparts in the 1980s and ‘90s. Savage says the war on drugs around the world has shown the need to tackle not just the supply of drugs, but the demand for it – by helping those struggling with addiction. “I hope people would… understand not just the fact that there is this big problem that we’ve got, but also some of the reasons as to why somebody might join a gang, why someone might sort of enter that world of drug-dealing.
Author: Matt Burrows
Published at: 2025-07-27 22:49:32
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