Mar 31 2007
KIEV, March 27 (Reuters) - A Russian businessman wanted by Ukraine for alleged links to organised crime was shot dead on Tuesday by an unknown assailant as he left a court in Kiev, where he had been standing trial on blackmail charges. Continue Reading »
Feb 02 2007
Chinese hackers are the big threat, say Russian security experts
Russian security professionals Eugene and Natalya Kaspersky dropped by Network World this week en route from Moscow to the RSA Conference in California. In a wide-ranging interview with Features Editor Neal Weinberg, the Kaspersky Lab duo discussed the Russian mafia, the latest in hacker tricks and their view that the bad guys are winning. Continue Reading »
Jan 31 2007
Russian mafia groups are taking over hundreds of major industrial companies as part of a move away from the violent criminal business of the early post-Soviet years, police and analysts said.
“Our analysis shows that more than 2,000 industrial entities have fallen under criminal control,” Alexander Yelin, deputy head of the interior ministry’s department on organised crime, told the Izvestia daily. Continue Reading »
Jan 31 2007
MOSCOW - As of now, there are 446 organized gangs in Russia, Deputy Interior Minister Oleg Safonov said in an interview with the Rossiiskaya Gazeta newspaper published on Wednesday.
“If we were to answer the question several years ago, we’d use such terms as “approximately,” “according to some reports,” but now we don’t permit even the slightest margins of error,” Safonov said, “there are 446 organized criminal groups with a complex internal structure operating in Russia.” Continue Reading »
Jan 20 2007
The Russian crime syndicates have spread their tentacles all over the world
The Russian mafia has steadily grown roots and gained notoriety ever since it came to be noticed internationally in the ’90s after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Often controlled by former KBG agents, the crime syndicates may be nebulous but have a presence worldwide and are into political assassinations, robberies, arms trade, drug trafficking, prostitution and dealing in prize artefacts. Continue Reading »
