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	BBC News \| russian mafia \| The rise and rise of the Russian mafia
		The Russian mafia is not a new phenomenon but its rapid growth and increasing willingness to use extreme violence is worrying law enforcement officers worldwide.
		Russian emigre communities in New York's Brighton Beach district, in Israel, Paris and London were seeded with mafia spawn.
		The Russian mafia is said to have poured £2.5bn ($4bn) into the Israeli economy.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/special_report/1998/03/98/russian_mafia/70095.stm (801 words)

	Russian Mafia - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Russian Mafia is a name given to various groups of organized criminals in Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union.
		Many of the bosses and main members of the Russian mafia are believed to be ex-Soviet Army and ex-KGB officers who lost their posts in the reduction of forces that began in 1993 after the end of the Cold War.
		Some Russians tend to deny the existence of the Russian Mafia, claiming it to be a thing of the past and that it has considerably decreased in influence since the 90's.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Russian_mafia (857 words)

	The Russian Mafia
		In the United States, Mafia was adopted to describe immigrant Italian organized criminal groups engaged initially in gambling, loan-sharking, and in illegal liquor trafficking that became famous during the era of the Prohibition.
		The Russian Mafia is consistent with conventional use: criminal activity protected by the authorities, against which the ordinary recourse of going to the police proves unproductive.
		Even when the criminal activities of a local mafia are reported to higher authority, there is as a rule no attempt to crack down on them, and the mafia then has a chance to round on those who tried to have their crimes exposed.
	www.anairhoads.org /calderon/russianmafia.shtml (2020 words)

	News: Russian Mafia threatens Net
		The Russian Mafia is operating in 50 countries, including the U.S., with representatives in every major city, according to Jeffrey Robinson, an expert on the Russian Mafia and author of The Merger.
		Russian hackers pose one of the biggest threats to the United States' vibrant e-commerce and computer industry, said Julie Fergerson, a fraud detective and co-founder of ClearCommerce, a security company for e-commerce firms in Austin, Texas.
		Security experts said the Russian Mafia hacking rings are often run by former KGB agents who recruit hackers in their 20s to do the dirty work.
	www.periwork.com /peri_db/wr_db/2002_November_14_18_11_48/Russian_mafia/zdnet.htm (1022 words)

	Russian Mafia in America: Immigration, Culture and Crime Demokratizatsiya - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Russian Mafia in America, the definitive work on Russian organized crime in the United States, also makes significant contributions to the general literature on organized crime.
		Unlike the classic Mafia, the Russian Mafia is not hierarchical, nor can one identify "families" that have continuity over time and engage in multiple criminal activities.
		Further, unlike the classic mafia, the Russian Mafia in the United States is not focused on protection rackets.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3996/is_200010/ai_n8909673 (700 words)

	GANGSTERS INCORPORATED - THE RUSSIAN MAFIA
		Russian Organized Crime can now be found everywhere, from the US to Israel to Spain.
		The Russians can be considered together with the Italians (Cosa Nostra, Ndrangheta, Camorra) and the Colombians to be the most powerful criminals in the world.
		Russian criminals are active in: Fraud, transnational money laundering, extortion, drug trafficking, weapon smuggling, auto theft, white slave trafficking/prostitution, hostage taking, extortion of immigrant celebrities and sport figures, transportation of stolen property for export, insurance (staged auto accidents) and medical fraud (false medical claims), counterfeiting, credit card forgery, and murder.
	gangstersinc.tripod.com /Rus.html (270 words)

	Russian Mafia
		Because such a variety of persons can be considered a part of the Mafia, Russians rightfully believe that the blame for the commission of Mafia crimes, violent or non-violent, can fall equally upon an organized crime group member or a corrupt government employee.
		While some experts still consider the vory to have important status and influence among the Russian Mafia, other experts state that the vory have very little involvement and are reduced to common street crimes.
		While the Russian Mafia has produced severe detrimental affects on the economy in Russia, it is currently seen as only the third strongest threat to the economy.
	www.agentsnotes.com /redfellas.html (2779 words)

	The Wild East - Part 2 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Siberia and the Russian Far East are among China’s major timber suppliers, Russia as a whole ranked among the three main exporters of timber to China in the past two decades, and has ranked first in recent years.
		Russian loggers are often forced to work under conditions equivalent to slavery.
		This relatively strong reaction by the Russian government can be partially attributed to Russians’ overall concern about Chinese commercial activity and residence on Russian soil, but it also reveals the increasing involvement of Chinese firms in the selection, harvest, and export of timber.
	www.forestsmonitor.org /reports/russia/twe2.htm (2971 words)

	THE RED MAFIA: A LEGACY OF COMMUNISM
		The evidence suggests that the Russian mafia phenomenon is a direct outgrowth of the informal economy and related corruption that was a significant part of the economy of the Soviet Union.
		A mafia, then, is a group that is characterized by profit-oriented criminal activity, that uses violence or the threat of violence, that expends resources to discourage cooperation of its members with the police, and that corrupts legitimate governmental authority.
		Mafias tend to be extraordinarily persistent, probably because the governments that control law enforcement are themselves beneficiaries of the underworld through corruption or other benefits provided by the mafia organizations.
	andrsn.stanford.edu /Other/redmaf.html (9998 words)

	The Sexy Russian Mafia
		Thus was the Russian Mafia added to the legends and literature of crime in America.
		Russian enforcement agencies, not understanding the difference between entrepreneurship and crime, arrested and imprisoned entrepreneurs for a variety of "crimes." When they discovered that the business system was profitable, they pushed out the struggling young entrepreneurs and took over.
		With the fading of the Italian Mafia mythology, the assimilation of the sons and daughters of "made members" into the ranks of lawyers and doctors and stockbrokers, there is a search for a substitute.
	members.tripod.com /~orgcrime/russexy.htm (4259 words)

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		The Russian Mafia is made up of former KGB Agents, former Spetnaz Special Forces, Afghan Veterans and ex-gulag prisoners.
		when people say "russian mafia" this also includes the georgian mafia, ukrainian mafia, etc, etc. (the armenian mafia is all through russia and is the most feared of all).
		HiloBill RE:The Russian Mafia vs Al Qaeda 3/7/2005 2:58:27 PM The Russian Mafia is a strategic arm of Russian intelligence, part and parcel of the long-range strategic plan of deception foisted on the West.
	www.strategypage.com /militaryforums/30-40032.aspx (1593 words)

	Russian Mafia: Organized Crime Is Big Business for the KGB (Site not responding. Last check: )
		"The Russian mafia and the KGB are allies, not enemies, and in many cases they are one and the same," says Zarycky.
		About 55% of Russian capital is in the hands of 'the mafia.' Approximately 80% of all shares eligible to vote are in the hands of organized crime.
		The spectral menace posed by the Organizatsiya provides the Soviet strategists a number of propitious benefits, not the least of which is a plausible pretext (to the gullible, that is) for an expansion of Soviet military power to combat these forces of mayhem and anarchy.
	www.stoptheftaa.org /artman/publish/article_36.shtml (1003 words)

	The Russian Mafia
		The power and presence of the Russian Mafia is one that transcends the daily life of its country.
		According to Finckenauer and Waring, those who comprise the Russian Mafia can include someone in an organized crime group, those who control the economic and political power in various regions of Russia, corrupt government employees, or in the past, the Communist Party itself (171).
		The second perspective believes that the roots of the Russian Mafia began during the Bolshevik Revolution in the early 1900's when many professional criminals sided with the Bolshevik revolutionaries.
	maps.unomaha.edu /Peterson/funda/Sidebar/RussianMafia.html (1479 words)

	Cyprus :: russian mafia
		Russians suffer under the mafia stereotype, and there may possibly be some element of it here, but it's not evident to the average person (i.e.
		The only mafia in cyprus is the mainland turkish mafia in the occupied areas, they bring over hookers, heroin ect and the tc police take a nice big bribe.
		I don't think all the Russians are making their money in Cyprus, they make too much, I know that one of the first Rolls-Royces purchased in Cyprus was bought by a Russian, he topped up the order with a BMW645 convertable for the Mrs.
	www.cyprus-forum.com /cyprus4545.html (443 words)

	Russian Mafia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Russian Mafia is all over the United States, but Brighten Beach, Brooklyn, in New York City is the place where you can definitely find the Russian Mafia.
		The Russian government is trying to fight against the Russian Mafia, but it's extremely difficult because of the mafia's strong influence in the government.
		The Russian Mafia is considered one of the cruelest organized crime families.
	www.asdk12.org /schools/west/pages/Countries/Russia/Rmafia.html (295 words)

	Definition of Russian Mafia
		The Russian Mafia appears to be organised in similar ways to the legendary Italian mafia.
		Desperate for money, many turned to crime and the Mafia was a natural extension of this trend.
		Many of the bosses and main members of the Russian mafia are believed to be ex-Red Army and ex-KGB officers who lost their posts in the reduction of forces that began in 1993 after the end of the Cold War.
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Russian_Mafia (616 words)

	frontline: mafia power play: the russian mafia in north america: rcmp report
		The Russian hockey system was to have been restored to its former glory on the basis of lucrative transfer fees paid to the Russian clubs by National Hockey League teams eager to sign Russian talent.
		One of the most prominent terms of the new Russian criminal jargon is krysha, which literally means "roof." Throughout the Cold War, Soviet intelligence services used this term to refer to a cover set up for intelligence of officers in a foreign country.
		A krysha mistakenly is thought of as only criminal, that is, a mafia group that intimidates, beats, or murders, but it also can be governmental, able to deploy force from the power ministries for many of the same ends as a criminal krysha.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/hockey/mafia/csis.html (2410 words)

	The Russian Mafia in Asia --- Asia Pacific Media Service
		The Russian mafia in Vietnam is reputed to collect millions of dollars every month in protection money from their many countrymen who want to set up business in the only country in the booming Far East where the Russians have had power and influence for years.
		The strength of the Russian mafia lies in its undisputed role in its home country, its ability to operate openly and with impunity in a society which has collapsed.
		This subordinate role the Russians are playing in Asia is evident in their role as prostitutes and, in the case of the men, the cheapest and most willing drug couriers - and the fact that in both cases they often work for Asian gangs.
	www.asiapacificms.com /articles/russian_mafia (4799 words)

	Russian Mafia - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
		The Russian mafia is the group of super-cool people who pull the strings behind all governments, not just Russia.
		While being initially started by high Swedish Russians, the Russian mob is now the leading force behind all conspiracy theories, and, mysteriously enough, the world's largest supplier of nuclear weapons.
		Currently, as stated before, the Russian mafia owns the majority, if not all, of the world's nuclear weapons, and are known to sell them to everyone, thus cementing the illusion that other nations and organizations own them.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Russian_Mafia (866 words)

	Georgian Sports // English Edition :: Home
		So apparently the Russians assume that it is easier for Yavara-Neva to beat the competition from the Sagarejo (Georgia) and retain the title in Budapest rather than in Tbilisi.
		Everybody really knows that the mafia is italian influenced organised crime except for deluded reporters like the one who did this article.
		Nobody says that there is only Mafia, there is something more, whet your president is part of Russian KGB (КГБ;) you can't ask him to think democratically.
	mamuli.net /geosports/sppro/bpg/publication_view.asp?iabspos=1&vjob=vdocid,433 (510 words)

	'Russian mafia kingpin' accused of fixing Olympic skating result \| Special reports \| Guardian Unlimited
		An alleged kingpin of the Russian mafia was arrested in Italy yesterday on charges of conspiring to fix the pairs figure skating competitions at this year's Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, in which bizarre judging decisions led to a corruption inquiry.
		She and the head of French skating, Didier Gailhaguet, were both banned from the sport for three years by the international skating union.
		In return for the Russian victory, according to the US attorney in Manhattan, James Comey, Mr Tokhtakhounov arranged for the Russian judge to vote for French skaters in the ice dancing competition.
	www.guardian.co.uk /russia/article/0,2763,767270,00.html (587 words)

	russian mafia (Site not responding. Last check: )
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		About: Russian Mafia is a multiplayer IRC game implementation of the popular game, Russian Mafia, which is based on the Russian card game "MAFIA".
	www.learning-gd.com /articles/147/russian-mafia.html (219 words)

	BBC News \| russian mafia \| So who are the Russian mafia ?
		The largest Chechen mafia is the Obshina, who have made much of their money from bank robberies, kidnapping and white collar crime.
		When the Russian mafia began to move into the United States it chose Vyacheslav Ivankov, known as Yaponchik or "Little Japanese", to head its New York operation.
		The rise and rise of the Russian mafia
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/special_report/1998/03/98/russian_mafia/70485.stm (584 words)

	Russian Mafia - AskTheBrain.com
		Groups connected to the Russian Mafia are currently involved in setting up or extending existing networks geared to conduct illegal activities in Southern Africa.
		The Russian mafia bit and the endi ng were lame and overblown, but the movie was better than I thought it would be!
		Mikhailov and the other Russian Mafia bosses took advantage of the confusion in the Russian government and gained control of politicians and gevernment resources.
	www.askthebrain.com /mafia_russian-.html (260 words)

	Russian Brides
		Russian Girl: The pros and cons of age differences, women with children, intuitive search criteria, and other considerations,"city girl versus country girl" and "what if she doesn't speak English?"
		Russian Mafia, their origin, and how they operate now.
		The signs that tell you she is your "bride russian." Letting the other women know of your decision.
	www.russian-luv.com (703 words)

	Cemetery explosion draws attention to Russian Mafia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mitrofan Amosov, an official of the lucrative Afghan Veterans Foundation whose leaders were the targets of the blast, blamed the attack on unidentified "government bureaucrats'' who wanted to "cover up the tracks of big money passing through the fund's accounts.'' He did not elaborate.
		Regardless of whether government officials were involved, Sunday's bombing was widely presumed to be the work of Mafia criminals.
		The fund was established in 1991 to provide medical and social services to the nearly 14,000 servicemen wounded during the Soviet Union's 1979-89 war in Afghanistan.
	www.lubbockonline.com /news/111296/cemetery.htm (208 words)

	FBI Goes Global: New Hungary Office To Hunt For 'Russian Mafia'
		The office opens next month in Budapest, which is home to many Russian mafia leaders, who see the Hungarian capital as a well-situated portal to western Europe and the US.
		"Our objective is to strangle the Russian mafia that operates here," said the US ambassador in Hungary, Peter Tufo, who has been an enthusiastic advocate of the FBI's war on the Russian mafia.
		He said that the Russian mob was a global operation reaching from Moscow to Budapest to New York, Los Angeles and Miami.
	www.commondreams.org /headlines/022200-02.htm (569 words)

	AmericanMafia.com - Feature Articles 270
		Russian organized crime (ROC) refers to criminal groups, the so-called Russian mafia, who are notorious villains from the fifteen republics which includes the former Soviet Union.
		Russian crime gangs operating in western countries, according to Finckenauer, are incorrectly labeled as the Russian mafia.
		Organized gangs, made up of Russian and former Eastern Bloc immigrants, typically commit scams involving financial transactions, bank and credit card fraud, postal theft and forgery.” Although evidence proves Russian mafia recruits organize gang members to commit specific crimes for the mafia organization, the gangs are not inducted members of the Russian mafia.
	www.americanmafia.com /Feature_Articles_270.html (5817 words)

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