The Armenian mafia is a general term for organized criminal groups composed of ethnic Armenians, structured in clans called yekhpayrutyuns. Based in Armenia, it operates internationally in countries including Germany, France, Spain, Russia, and the United States. The groups are involved in drug trafficking, extortion, money laundering, and other crimes. They have been the subject of investigations by German, French, and Spanish authorities.
CRIMENET has extracted 21 linkages for this organization, including 15 cooperative ties across 10 organizations, 5 conflicts across 3 organizations, 1 other connections and footprints in 4 countries.
the French police conducted an operation codenamed VORS 69-01 against a criminal syndicate operating in France and Belgium, which included Azerbaijani mafiosi, Georgian mafiosi and Armenian gangsters.
French Gendarmerie with on-the-field support of Europol targeted suspects across France believed to be part of an Armenian mafia group involved in large-scale poly-criminal activities...
A BKA report concluded that Armenian organized crime groups exist in Germany and possess considerable financial resources...
Spain's Civil Guard arrested 15 people in an investigation into tennis match-fixing... 'A criminal group of Armenian individuals used a professional tennis player...'