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[47] [48] It is believed that 27 of the arrested are connected to the Russian mafia Shulaya clan which are largely based in New York. [49] On 26 September 2017, as part of a 4-year investigation, 100 Spanish Civil Guard officers carried out 18 searches in different areas of Málaga, Spain, related to Russian mafia large scale money laundering. [50]
Von Messing, a Russian with Finnish citizenship and whose second husband Andrei Khloev (Russian: Андрей Хлоев) is very close to Kumarin, had acted as a proxy. [37] The court hearings on the investigation of the two Russians were not open to the public. [38] A similar trial in Spain involves the Solntsevo Gang. [39]
He is the most senior member of the Russian mafia to have been arrested outside of Russia. [4] He was subsequently extradited to Spain and found guilty of money laundering and racketeering in 2009. [5] In June 2010, he was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison and fined €20 million. [6]
The term Russian Mafia, 'mafiya' or mob is a blanket (and somewhat inaccurate) term for the various organized crime groups that emerged in this period from the 15 former republics of the USSR and unlike their Italian counterparts does not mean members are necessarily of Russian ethnicity or uphold any ancient criminal traditions, although this ...
The Solntsevskaya gang was founded in the late 1980s by Sergei Mikhailov, a former waiter who had served a prison term for fraud.Based in the Solntsevo District of Moscow, the gang recruited local unemployed, aggressive young men as foot soldiers and also made use of thief in law Dzhemal Khachidze to enhance their reputation amongst established criminals.
Spanish police on Monday said they had arrested three "extremely dangerous" suspected mafia members wanted in Italy for crimes including attempted murder, weapons trafficking and money laundering.
Imre "The Butcher" Arakas – A notorious Estonian hitman, he is known for committing murders in several European countries, such as Estonia, Lithuania, Spain and Ireland, in addition to having killed dozens of members of the Russian Mafia. [70]
Russian: Max: FSB agent turned gang leader, accused of being involved in the Russian apartment bombings: Marat Balagula: Ashkenazi Jewish (Ukrainian Jewish) Was a powerful Ukrainian gangster in the USA. Evsei Agron: Ashkenazi Jewish (Russian Jewish) One of the first Russian gangsters to establish a powerful gang in the USA, thief in law. Ludwig ...