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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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- 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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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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Wikipedia: Russian Mafia
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American Russian Law Institute: Russian Organized Crime
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Southern Methodist University: The Russian Mob: Organized Crime in a Fledgling Democracy (2006)
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MSNBC: Korea Scientist Paid Russia Mafia for Mammoth
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@revengepsycho | November 09, 2009 09:56 PM -
@hool36 I was teasing ;) Nobody believes me when I tell them I have a client whose servers were brought down by the Russian mafia. True.
@potentiate | November 09, 2009 08:40 PM
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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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