Ousted Mongols hit out at club for ‘collapse of standards’

Disgruntled bikies ousted from the Mongols say a relaxation in the quality of members being admitted caused mayhem within the club.

Departed Mongols have hit back at the current regimen lashing a “collapse of standards” in the notorious bikie gang in recent months.

A leadership takeover in April led to an exodus of dozens of members across Australian chapters, due to a bitter power struggle that emerged between rival OMCG factions.

High-profile departed members including Fawkner shooting survivor Sam Abdulrahim, Mark Balsillie, Toby Mitchell and Jason Addison clashed with new bosses including Gold Coast-based national president Nick “The Knife” Forbes, sergeant-at-arms Phil Main and national vice president Tyrone Bell.

Underworld sources said the bitter stoush between the cliques erupted after a vast “difference in opinions” when it came to the unwritten criminal code.

National president Nick “The Knife” Forbes. Picture: Floss Adams

Mark Balsillie was one of the high-profile members booted from the club. Picture: David Crosling

It is understood a key point of contention between Mongols members was the relaxation of admission standards, as the club focused on bolstering its base.

Sources said the admission of some new members in recent years, among them Georgiou Sakkidis, ruffled feathers.

Mr Sakkidis is understood to be the godfather of vice president Tyrone Bell’s children.

“The club’s integrity was questioned with certain admissions,” a well connected underworld source said.

“The new Mongols’ version of staunch and solid is different to what it once was.”

It is understood the Victoria eastside chapter voted against Mr Sakkidis joining the OMCG.

Some say the admission of Georgiou Sakkidis to the Mongols caused disharmony within the club.

Once a no-go for decades, the feared bikie gang now has a media spokesman working the phones in a bid to get the club’s key messaging into the public domain.

“They have dropped their standards,” the underworld source said.

“Now there is a media spokesman. That has never been done before.”

Abdulrahim, Balsillie, Mitchell and Addison departed the club in April this year but have not joined rival OMCGs.

Abdulrahim, who survived being shot multiple times at Fawkner cemetery in June, has the strong backing of Melbourne’s Middle Eastern organised crime network.

In October he said he would never join a bikie gang again.

“A lot of people take the bikie world the wrong way. I’ve been a bikie and it’s not as bad as people make it out to be,” he told Sam Newman’s You Can’t be Serious podcast.

“I wouldn’t recommend it. I’ll never join (a bikie gang) again.”

Eyes remain peeled on what the quartet do next.

The Mongols were contacted for comment.