Father of Former UFC Fighter Arrested for connections to the Russian Mafia

57-year-old "thief-in-law" Gela Jojua was detained in Tbilisi after risking a return to his homeland to support his 29-year-old daughter, Liana, former UFC Fighter, a mixed martial artist known by the nickname "She Wolf."

On December 14, after a two-year hiatus, Liana Jojua, defeated her Brazilian opponent, Jacqueline Ferreira, by technical knockout in the first round during a GFC tournament in Tbilisi. Liana's record now includes eight victories and six losses.

As for the father of the former Fight Nights Global champion, Gela Jojua joined the "thieves' family" in 1996, a year after his daughter's birth. While becoming a parent sometimes motivates a young person to change their lifestyle, this was not the case for Gela.

Before his recent arrest, Gela had already faced four convictions. His first sentence—eight years—was handed down in 1986 by the military tribunal of the Kutaisi garrison for robbery and possession of weapons. This lesser-known detail of his early biography likely indicates that he served in the Soviet Army. A year later, while serving his sentence in Rustavi prison, Jojua received an additional six years for escaping. His subsequent convictions—a year in 2006 and six months in 2012—came when he was already a recognized "thief-in-law" and were handed down by Moscow district courts for drug-related offenses.

Since then, Jojua has grown a long beard and no longer resembles his former self. However, if the Georgian authorities see through his benign appearance and identify him as a member of the criminal elite, Gela could face a new prison term for his status in the highest criminal caste.

Russian Criminal World

In many of its rules or "laws", the Georgian mafia parallels the Sicilian Mafia.

This is true, alot of the Thieves Laws, Rules and Customs are pretty similar, like the code of silence or no corporation with the Police or State Authorities, similar to the Omertà.

During WW2 for example Vory who decided to go to War to fight against Germany were considered Bitchs/suki and when those prisoners returned to the gulags a real all out war broke between them and the Vory who stayed in the gulags - The Bitch Wars.

Even today not one Thief in Law (Who currently hold this title) went to the front, there are Vory who probably would die in prison before they be released but none of them took the opportunity to go to the front for 6 months to get released.

Thieves-in-law love western and southern Europe. Berlin Spain, Greece and Southern France.
Also London aka Londongrad