A collective of various organized crime groups originating and operating in Russia, also known as bratva. It emerged and expanded significantly after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, becoming a highly organized and globalized criminal network. The Russian mafia engages in a wide range of criminal activities including human trafficking, drug trafficking, and money laundering. It operates internationally, with presence in post-Soviet states, the European Union, Israel, the United States, and Australia.
CRIMENET has extracted 65 linkages for this organization, including 46 cooperative ties across 27 organizations, 8 conflicts across 7 organizations, 11 other connections and footprints in 14 countries.
Territory: Post-Soviet states , European Union , Israel, United States, Australia
made ties with the American Mafia and Colombian drug cartels
establishing strongholds in Western European countries such as United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Germany and France, as well as in Hungary and Israel and Czech Republic.
Russian authorities recently confiscated over 1.5 metric tons of cocaine hidden in banana crates from Ecuador
Komarovskaya OPG ... organize the supply of cocaine from South America into Russia, Finland, Scandinavia and Europe
establishing strongholds in Western European countries such as United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Germany and France, as well as in Hungary and Israel and Czech Republic.
establishing strongholds in Western European countries such as United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Germany and France, as well as in Hungary and Israel and Czech Republic.
establishing strongholds in Western European countries such as United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Germany and France, as well as in Hungary and Israel and Czech Republic.
establishing strongholds in Western European countries such as United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Germany and France, as well as in Hungary and Israel and Czech Republic.
establishing strongholds in Western European countries such as United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Germany and France, as well as in Hungary and Israel and Czech Republic.
establishing strongholds in Western European countries such as United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Germany and France, as well as in Hungary and Israel and Czech Republic.
establishing strongholds in Western European countries such as United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Germany and France, as well as in Hungary and Israel and Czech Republic.
In 1992, it was agreed that Vyacheslav 'Yaponchik' Ivankov would be sent to Brighton Beach, U.S., allegedly because he was killing too many people in Russia and also to take control of Russian organized crime in North America.
Vanuatu was a preferred location for Russian mafia laundering money.