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- Estimated 8,000 groups (each with up to 1,000 members) in Russia during the mid-1990sBBC News: The Rise and Rise of the Russian Mafia
- Controls an estimated 40% of Russian private companiesBBC News: The Rise and Rise of the Russian Mafia
- Also known as: Red Mafia, the Organizatsiya, the Organization
- Many ex-KGB members joined the mafia after fall of Soviet UnionBBC News: The Rise and Rise of the Russian Mafia
- Billions of dollars laundered in foreign banksBBC News: The Rise and Rise of the Russian Mafia
- Brighton Beach in Brooklyn is the center of Russian mafia in AmericaCBS News: Russian Mafia's Worldwide Grip (July 21, 2000)
- Mafia operates in 50 countriesCBS News: Russian Mafia's Worldwide Grip (July 21, 2000)
- Semyon Mogilevich, one of the top Russian mafia bosses of the world, was arrested in January 25, 2008Guardian.co.uk: Russia's Most Notorious Mafia Boss Arrested in Moscow
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The Russian mafia is a wide-reaching, transnational crime syndicate that emerged after the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union.
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Paying the Mafia for a Mammoth?
In 2006, a Korean scientist was indicted for fraud when it was revealed that he secretly used research funding to buy woolly mammoth tissues from the Russian mafia. Hwang Woo-suk said he was trying to clone the ancient, extinct animal.MSNBC: Korea Scientist Paid Russia Mafia for Mammoth (October 24, 2006)
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Russian Mafia Questions
Which players are Russian and playing for the NHL? 1 Answer32 active players from Russia. Go to NHL.com and click on Player Search. Do advanced search, and change the origin country to Russia and the season to 2008-09 a... read more
What are the different types of Russian Submarines? 1 AnswerThough we can never know accurately how many types of submarines or how many any country would have as it tend to be information relating to national security a... read more
How is the Russian economy? 1 Answer1. How strong is the the Russian currency? From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Russia "An important symptom of Russian macroeconomic instability has ... read more
Mafia Wars Successful Heist 1 AnswerSuccess is random. So are the rewards. Just keep hammering away at it. Try different things inbetween heists. read more -
Russian Mafia Timeline
- 1917: Thief in Law, or skilled thieves, begin to occupy an important place in society
- 1945-1953: Many professional Russian criminals are killed in the Suka Wars
- 1970: The Soviet Union Soviet Union begins encouraging emmigration
- 1990: During the economic turmoil caused by the fall of the Soviet Union, organized crime rings form
- 1992-1994: The Russian Mafia take control of the Russian banking system
- 1993-1995: 95 Russian bankers are murdered during the Mafia's takeover
- 1995: The Russian Mafia begins expansion into foreign Russian communities
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