Vagos, Mongols, and Outlaws

My Infiltration of America's Deadliest Biker Gangs

By: Kerrie Droban, Charles Falco

Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer

Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins

Publisher's summary

Despite lacking any experience with motorcycle gangs, Charles Falco infiltrated three of America's deadliest biker gangs: the Vagos, Mongols, and Outlaws. In separate investigations that spanned years and coasts, Falco risked his life, suffering a fractured neck and a severely torn shoulder, working deep under cover to bring violent sociopaths to justice. His dedication was profound; Falco spent almost three years infiltrating the Vagos gang and rose to second in command of the Victorville, California chapter. He even served time in San Bernardino's Murder Unit and endured solitary confinement to protect his cover and the investigations.

Falco recorded confessions of gangland-style killings and nearly became a target himself before he sought refuge in the Witness Protection Program. But discontent to remain on the sidelines and motivated by a strong sense of duty, Falco eventually left the program and volunteered his talents again to infiltrate the Mongols and Outlaws, rising in rank to vice president of the Petersburg, Virginia, Outlaws chapter. His efforts culminated in 62 arrests of members for various crimes, including assault and murder. Executing one of this country's most successful RICO prosecutions and effectively crippling the criminal enterprise, Falco's engrossing narrative of the dangers of the biker underworld harkens back to Hunter S. Thompson's classic Hell's Angels, vividly recounting a life undercover.

©2013 Charles Falco and Kerrie Droban (P)2015 Tantor

Critic reviews

"This window into the criminal biker culture offers a tale as grimy and bloody as the world its writer moved through." ( Library Journal)

should have been abridged

the narrator voice is monotone and it gets repetitious the story could have stopped after is infiltration with the vagos and the arrests.

Great read for LEO

good information to those who deal with gangs. Gives LEOs ideas on what and how to address gang affiliations.

Alternative title: Vagos & Outlaws

I will be brief, the story was very well written and performed. This is more than the usual 'tell-all' I have come to expect from this genre, the author has a craft for descriptive details and giving the reader/listener a sense of the world that Falco inhabited-one of addiction, violence, and subterfuge. I was surprised at this book, it is one of the better ones I've read/listened to. Here is my only complaint: The Mongols are barely a footnote in this book, and they aren't covered enough to be advertised on the title.

Other than that it is an excellent book. Very well written.

Great fiction

Falco has done a great job painting 1%ers as a bunch of coked out drunks that have sex with anything that moves... This fiction works out great for the courts. His story's being turned into t.v. shorts has made it
easy for civilians to look down on who we are. Judging us before they even know the whole story. FTP Viva Los Vagos

great

great story,even about a snitch,which both sides use and rue, nobody likes or can stand. But use them to their own ends. But definately a story keeps you awake and interested. Makes you understand why weeds so hard to legalize

Not like the show

It was not much like the show. He could have just wrote about the Vagos and it been ok. Very little Mongol storyline and jumbled Outlaw story. It was alight for an Snitch book.

enjoyable

I liked it, not as fan tasting as the TV show based on it but a good story.

Great book

great book and story kept me interested and wanting to hear more xxxx xxx xxx

Into an Abyss of Bad Actors

Where does Vagos, Mongols, and Outlaws rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

It's one of the best of it's kind. Falco was there, he chewed the dirt as it were and everything is from his perspective.

What other book might you compare Vagos, Mongols, and Outlaws to and why?

Under and Alone comes to mind

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The treatment of women is appalling.

Any additional comments?

I can't believe how badly Falco is treated by the good guys at times. This book really takes you there and exposes the underside of OMG's.

I was expecting more.

I didn't care much for the writing style... Different type of story telling... A bit too artistic and descriptive for me....