Over de grenzen van de wet: het spanningsveld tussen de bestuurlijke aanpak van 'outlaw motorcycle gangs' en fundamentele rechten

Municipal authorities play an important role in preventing and disrupting (organized) crime. With the administrative approach to outlaw motorcycle gangs (OMCG), this is reflected, among other things, in the initiation of stop conversations, and in the way in which local catering regulations and the general local ordinance are adjusted to make it more difficult for OMCG-members to visibly participate in society. On the basis of a criminological-legal analysis, the authors show how this approach can interfere with human rights enshrined in the Dutch constitution, in particular the right to freedom of association (art. 8), the right to freedom of assembly (art. 9) and the right to freedom of expression (art. 7, par. 3).