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Billionaire US art dealer Hillel “Helly” Nahmad admits to running $100m...
Alec Luhn MoscowA high-flying New York art dealer has admitted to leading a multi-million-dollar international gambling ring in a case that also involves Russian mobsters and a Hollywood “Poker...
View ArticleRussian gangster, who killed 19 in small town, sentenced to life in prison
Russian gangster Sergei Tsapok, the leader of a criminal gang in the town of Kushchevskaya, was sentenced to life imprisonment. Two of his accomplices will also spend the rest of their lives behind...
View ArticleRussian Mafia Graves on Display in London Photo Exhibit
WASHINGTON, November 23 (RIA Novosti) – A series of photographs of the extravagant and kitsch gravestones of Russian mobsters has gone on display at an art gallery in London, marking the first time the...
View ArticleRussian police arrest shadow bankers funding Hizb ut-Tahrir
Russian police have arrested, in a large-scale operation, six chiefs of a criminal ethnic community that were engaged in illegal banking transactions, with a capital turnover making up 1.5 billion...
View ArticleProducer of Showtime's 'Ray Donovan' gets 2 years of probation in NYC...
NEW YORK — A Hollywood producer who had a role in a high-stakes sports betting business prosecutors say was linked to organized crime has been sentenced in New York to two years of probation.Bryan...
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Russian Diplomats Charged With $1.5M In US Medicaid Fraud
By Lecia Bushak Forty-nine Russian diplomats were charged with massive health care fraud after attempting to garner health benefits meant for the poor by providing inaccurate information about their...
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Russia charges 'criminal organization' behind Blackhole malware kit
Banking fraud scheme funneled 70m rubles to crooksBy Neil McAllister, 6th December 2013 The Russian government has charged a group of people with organized crime offenses related to the creation and...
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NYPD Officer Accused of Helping Albanian Mob Shake Down Astoria Restaurant Owner
By Jonathan Dienst An NYPD officer is accused of using his squad car to pull over the owner of a restaurant in Astoria and warning him to start paying the Albanian mob $4,000 cash a month or he and his...
View ArticleSpain Police Arrest Eight in Russian Mafia Probe
Spanish police said Wednesday they had arrested eight people on the holiday island of Majorca as part of an operation coordinated by Interpol against a Russian organized crime group.The eight are...
View ArticleRoger Touhy, Gangster: The life and times of Terrible Tommy O'Connor
Roger Touhy, Gangster: The life and times of Terrible Tommy O'Connor: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF TERRIBLE TOMMY O’CONNOR Is it possible that Tommy O’Connor, the Irish mob boss from the V...
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Former high-stakes poker game hostess hostess
s for high-stakes poker games pleads guilty in NY amidNEW YORK — A former high-stakes poker game hostess to the stars has pleaded guilty in New York in a sprawling federal prosecution.Molly Bloom...
View ArticleBoston Bombers' family 'was on the run from Russian mob'
A new report on the family of the two accused Boston Marathon bombers reveals that Tsarnaevs claimed they came to America after the father was kidnapped and tortured by Russian mobsters who then cut...
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Russian star Grigory Leps may appeal US sanctions – White House
MOSCOW, December 23 (RAPSI) – Russian singer Grigory Lepsveridze (better known as Grigory Leps) has the right to seek reconsideration of the sanctions imposed against him by the US, according to a...
View ArticleEarly Gangsters of New York City. 1800-1919. : Criminal gangs offer large...
Early Gangsters of New York City. 1800-1919. : Criminal gangs offer large scale Malware-as-a-Serv...: Brian Karlovsky (ARN) The arrest of masterhacker ‘Paunch’ has led to cybercriminals to revert to...
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Danger at Sochi 2014: All the Shakedowns, Setbacks—and That Pesky Islamic...
By Vanity FairThe 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, which—at $50 billion and counting—will be the most expensive Olympic Games ever. (The Games in Vancouver, site of the previous Winter Olympics,...
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Is Target security breach tied to Russian organized crime?
Staff St. Louis Business JournalThe security breach at Target over the holidays apparently was part of a sophisticated international hacking campaign planned against several retailers, according to a...
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Target attack details suggest organized crime tie, WSJ reports
Jim HammerandDigital editor- Minneapolis / St. Paul Business JournalThe skilled hackers who stole personal information and payment data from Target shoppers may have ties to organized crime in the...
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Alleged Heroin Kingpin Helped Russia Win Olympics for Sochi
By CINDY GALLI, PATRICK REEVELL and BRIAN ROSSRussia won the right to host the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, beating out Austria and South Korea, with the help of a mysterious Russian businessman,...
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Defendants in Taiwanchik US organized-crime case prepare for sentencing
MOSCOW, February 11 (RAPSI, Ingrid Burke) – Nicholas Hirsch, a defendant who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a high-profile US criminal case targeting Russian-American organized...
View ArticleColombia: Operation With US Finds FARC, ELN Link To Russian Mafia
By Charles Parkinson, https://reportingproject.netA newspaper in Colombia has reported a drugs-for-guns arrangement involving the country's two main guerrilla organizations and the Russian Mafia, in a...
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