Interpol: Cyber Crime from Russia, E. Europe Expands
Sophisticated attacks on banks, handhelds increasingBY: Bill Gertz Cyber crime originating from Russia and Eastern Europe is increasing in both scale and sophistication, according to a senior Italian...
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Ex-head of Russia’s Komi Republic to remain in detention
RIA Novosti, Vitaliy BelousovMOSCOW, October 21 (RAPSI) – The Moscow City Court on Wednesday upheld the detention of Vyacheslav Gaizer, former head of Russia’s Komi Republic who stands charged with...
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Putin's Mafia Statecraft
By Brian WhitmoreOctober 27, 2015In the past couple years, Russian hackers have launched attacks on a French television network, a German steelmaker, the Polish stock market, the White House, the U.S....
View ArticleRussian Businessman Detained for $46Bln Money Laundering Scheme
Russian businessman Alexander Grigoryev has been detained amid suspicions of heading a scheme involving dozens of banks and hundreds of people to channel $46 billion out of Russia, the Kommersant...
View ArticlePutin Associate Found Dead in DC Hotel
Mikhail Lesin, the former head of media affairs for the Russian government who’s been accused of curtailing the country’s press freedoms, had been staying at Hotel Dupont when he was found Thursday,...
View ArticleSeveral Russian Defense Ministry officials allegedly involved in organized crime
MOSCOW, December 22 (RAPSI) – A criminal case was launched against an organized criminal group that was allegedly operating with the involvement of Russian Defense Ministry officials from the...
View ArticleFrom Communist Gold To Kremlin Power: Spanish Prosecutors Outline Russia's...
Anticorruption campaigner Aleksei Navalny has released a film that accuses Prosecutor- By Viktor Rezunkov and Robert CoalsonDecember 17, 2015ST. PETERSBURG -- Suspicions of connections with organized...
View ArticleRussia: Millions in Global Drug Trade Profits Denounced
Moscow, Dec 16 (Prensa Latina) The barons of international drug trafficking invested about three billion dollars in the past 15 years to bolster the illicit drug trade in...
View ArticleNew Documentary Delves Into Dark Side Of Putin's Rise
By Tony WesolowskyDecember 30, 2015ARussian filmmaker is urging viewers to share his new documentary focusing on the less savory side of President Vladimir Putin’s rise to power, hoping to reach the...
View ArticleNew Documentary Delves Into Dark Side Of Putin's Rise
The new documentary Who Is Mr. Putin looks at the Russian president's ascent to power, starting with his early days working in the St. Petersburg mayor's office. The Many Faces Of Vladimir PutinBy Tony...
View ArticleTskhinvali, Moscow to set up info center to fight organized crime
January 9, 2016 INTERFAXMoscow not ready to accept South Ossetia, despite calls for unificationSOUTH OSSETIAThe interior ministries of South Ossetia and Russia will sign before the end of January a...
View ArticleTskhinvali, Moscow to set up info center to fight organized crime
The interior ministries of South Ossetia and Russia will sign before the end of January a supplement agreement to their Alliance and Integration Agreement, setting up a joint information coordination...
View ArticleThe Moment Russia Went Fully Rogue
Poisoning a British citizen on British soil crossed a line—and presaged nearly a decade of bad behavior.The grave of ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko in London Toby Melville / ReutersBRIAN WHITMOREIn...
View ArticleRussian mob hides cash in IFSC funds and land
Criminals have been buying up ground around Kildare, says Cab boss Maeve SheehanInternational mafia money is being routed through Ireland concealed in massive hedge funds, according to the head of the...
View ArticleRussian Spy Alexander Litvinenko Was ‘Probably Murdered’ On Putin’s Orders
BY DAVID GILBERT @DAITHAIGILBERTUPDATE: 7:05 a.m. EST — The U.K. government has reacted to the publication of the Alexander Litvinenko inquiry report, with Home Secretary Theresa May calling the...
View ArticleThe Daily Vertical: Russia's Spooks And Crooks
RFETIt's not every day that cigarette smugglers get convicted of espionage.But that is exactly what just happened in Estonia -- and it's a sign of the times.Prosecutors announced this week that three...
View ArticleAlleged leader of Russian gang released on bail by Austrian court - report
MOSCOW, March 3 (RAPSI) – A court in Vienna released Aslan Gagiyev, an alleged leader of Russia's organized-crime syndicate that is suspected of being involved in multiple murders, after paying bail of...
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View ArticleAustin developer cleared in 6-year-old fraud lawsuit
Austin real estate developer Peter Barlin has been cleared of any wrongdoing in a six-year-old federal fraud lawsuit.A jury “completely exonerated” Barlin on Feb. 5 after a four-week trial in U.S....
View Article‘Thieves-in-law’: Russia’s close-knit criminal corporation
July 21, 2016 YEKATERINA SINELSCHIKOVA, RBTHIn mid-July, the police detained Shakro Molodoi, or Shakro the Young, a king of the underworld and infamous "thief-in-law," who lived in a lavish...
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