| ID: | 3874 |
| Title: | Moscow’s Criminal Groups Playing by New and More Dangerous Rules - http://www.newcriminologist.com/article.asp?nid=2166 |
| Description: | Like Don Carleone at the end of the Godfather films, organized crime criminal groups in the Moscow increasingly are moving into legitimate businesses and government even while retaining ties with their criminal base. But because there is no single authority, the groups are increasingly fighting among themselves, according to Russian officials. |
| Category: | Organized Crime: Russian Mafia: News Articles: 2009 |
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| Date Added: | October 11, 2009 01:46:30 PM |
| Number Hits: | 3 |
| Berlin is the centre of the Russian mafia in Europe http://flarenetwork.org/blog/2009/02/03/berlin-is-the-centre-of-the-russian-mafia-in-europe/ It’s called Russian Mafia. But the organized crime with culprits with origins from the former Soviet Union has nothing in common with the Italian Cosa Nostra. In the European continent Berlin is regarded to be the centre of that criminal organization. The police of Berlin investigates discreetly, with tact and sensitivity. Details | Report |
| Ganglords 'targeting debt-ridden developers' http://www.independent.ie/national-news/ganglords-targeting-debtridden-developers-1641110.html THE Government was urged yesterday to strengthen the law to prevent "Irish criminals and the Russian mafia" entering the debt collection business. Details | Report |
| We've 'nothing to fear' from Russian mafia http://www.independent.ie/national-news/weve-nothing-to-fear-from-russian-mafia-1660291.html THE Russian Deputy Prime Minister yesterday assured Irish businesses that they have nothing to fear from the Russian mafia. Details | Report |
| FBI agents search for Russian mafia in Moscow http://www.mosnews.com/world/2009/04/23/1266/ FBI agents have arrived in looking for Russian mafia members, who committed crimes on territory, Russian website Lenta.ru reports. The FBI agents will start their work in close collaboration with Russian police on April 23. Details | Report |
| Moscow’s Criminal Groups Playing by New and More Dangerous Rules http://www.newcriminologist.com/article.asp?nid=2166 Like Don Carleone at the end of the Godfather films, organized crime criminal groups in the Moscow increasingly are moving into legitimate businesses and government even while retaining ties with their criminal base. But because there is no single authority, the groups are increasingly fighting among themselves, according to Russian officials. Details | Report |