Jul 09 2008
Mafia Bosses Detained from the Air
The large-scale operation of Russia’s enforcement bodies, which involved even a helicopter, was held in Pirogovo conservation reservoir of the Moscow region’s Mytishchi district. Photo: Ignaty Savransky
Russia’s enforcement officers broke up Monday last years’ biggest underworld convention of criminals, which venue was the Moscow region. The officers detained 39 mafia bosses, but the better part of them got liberty by Tuesday evening.
A large-scale operation of Russia’s enforcement bodies, which involved even a helicopter, was held in Pirogovo conservation reservoir of the Moscow region’s Mytishchi district. In an effort to prevent anyone from interrupting their talk, the criminals had leased a pleasure craft for their get-together. But their hopes for a tranquil meeting failed to materialize.
A helicopter with the task force officers of Interior Ministry appeared when the boat sailed away from the bank. As if in some western action movie, the officers used ropes to descend to the deck, captured the cabin and ordered the captain to moor.
Shocked by the air attack at first, the bosses came to their senses in no time. Some of them attempted to flee from police and jumped overboard, but the water was too cold for swimming that day and the criminals preferred to return to the captured craft.
As a result, the officers detained over 50 high-ranked criminals, including 39 mafia bosses. Amid them were such big names as Tariel Oniani, Jamal Khachidze and Rolanda Gegechkori. Exactly Oniani had arranged the convention, attracting the criminals from every corner of Russia to decide on sorting out a deathly conflict with another clan, the one led by Aslan Usoyan (Grandfather Khasan). But enforcement officers stepped in to prevente the criminal world from finding any solution of the problem that day.
Mafia Bosses Detained from the Air – July 09, 2008 – kommersant.com – This story was found at: http://www.kommersant.com/p910636/Mafia_meeting_police/
