https://pamfleti.net/english/anti-m...ne-albania-e-mafies-hungarezo-ru-i246629

Bablok's charter company and "ONE Albania" of the Hungarian-Russian mafia have the same representative, Dhionis Kolila

https://telegrafi.com/en/Russian-mafia-sells-material-for-atomic-bombs-to-ISIS-extremists-video/

The Russian mafia sells material for an atomic bomb to ISIS extremists! (Video)

https://telegrafi.com/en/Spain-hits-the-Russian-mafia-network/

Spain "hits" the Russian mafia network, drugs, human trafficking and corruption - footage of the police action inside the luxury villa is published

https://pamfleti.net/english/anti-m...me-mafien-ruse-e-bilanc-fals-me--i248957

Evidence for SPAK: "ONE Albania" has connections with the Russian mafia and false balance sheet with 125 million Euro loss per year

https://eadaily.com/en/news/2024/10...britain-were-blamed-on-the-russian-mafia

22 tons of cheese stolen in Britain were blamed on the "Russian mafia"
?????????: https://eadaily.com/en/news/2024/10...britain-were-blamed-on-the-russian-mafia

https://telegrafi.com/en/cybercrime

Crime, propaganda and secret connections: How does the Kremlin use the Russian mafia in Europe?

https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/russia-drug-trade-organized-crime/

Breaking Klad
Russia’s Dead Drop Drug Revolution

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70ezyrep1go

Russian criminals helped UK drug gangs launder lockdown cash

https://www.wired-gov.net/wg/news.n...+and+Illicit+Finance+09122024142500?open

Operation Destabilise: Russia, Organised Crime and Illicit Finance

https://thebalisun.com/bali-police-...dnapped-ukrainian-man-in-popular-resort/

Bali Police Confirm Arrest Of Russian Gang Leader Who Kidnapped Ukrainian Man In Popular Resort

https://fudzilla.com/news/60532-russian-mafia-uses-fpv-drone-in-assassination

Russian Mafia uses FPV drone in assassination

https://www.msn.com/en-ie/money/tec...pv-drones-in-lethal-vendetta/ar-AA1yVwyR

Russian mafia turns to FPV drones in lethal vendetta

Following The Afghan War (and later on the Chechen Wars) alot of Veterans form Afghan were sent by the USSR to fight for Communist Ideas and returned to a Capitalistic Russia, they found out they have no support from the authorities, soon enough Afghan Veterans found themselves as the foot Soliders of the Russian Mafia and started to work out for the Vory V Zakone (Thieves in Law), they usually been used as hitman but some of them wanted much more power, some Afghan veterans created their own criminal organization, at first they created common communities - Like the Local Afghan Veterans Unions / Charity across different cities of Russia, some were legitimate organizations helping veterans, but in some places (Like in the city of Nizhny Tagil) those Afghan Veterans Unions were in fact front for Criminal Organization.

Here some posts I made covering the Afghan Veterans (like Valery Ivano and Vladimir Malygin) involvement in the Russian Criminal World - The Afghan Massacre 2000 and The Battle of the Ica Palace.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/33413598/island-bankrupt-cops-lamborghinis-mafia/

ISLAND OF SIN How ‘world’s richest island’ became ‘BANKRUPT’ after cops splashed out on Lamborghinis and Russian Mafia ran rampant

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14386485/Britain-major-crackdown-Russia-cyber-gangs.html

Britain launches major crackdown on Russia's ruthless cyber gangs - as David Lammy vows to tackle Putin's 'lawless Wild West cyber space'

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8d4pl7lemyo

Russian mafia money-laundering ring broken up in Spain

Since the nineties, four criminal networks have been operating in the Netherlands, some of which may have already moved to other countries. 1. A Chechen gang from St. Petersburg. 2. The Podolskaya, a powerful criminal club, with Sergey Lalakin, alias 'The Onion', as its leader. Together with his son, he controls most of the catering industry, construction companies and the stock market in the city of Podolsk. 3. The Pushkinskaya from Moscow, which produces Stolichnaya vodka in the Netherlands for Russia. 4. The Tambovskaya, with Vladimir Barsukov, alias 'The Night', governor of St. Petersburg at the helm, who has acquired a monopoly position in the city's gas and energy supply.

And then sometimes members of a Georgian gang turn up, who are used as relatively cheap hitmen.

Why do these groups operate outside Russia?
According to Europol, money, market control and influential contacts are the main motives for operating internationally. In addition, criminals look at the financial climate, the prison system and the legislation, which in the Netherlands is favourable to them with its relatively low sentences. Another reason that makes a country attractive is the extent to which it has little knowledge of the Russian way of 'doing business'. Members of these gangs prey on the newly rich Russians who form large Russian-speaking communities in some European countries. There is good money to be made there by extorting very successful entrepreneurs who feel safe to continue and expand their business empire. In the Netherlands too, there is a modest Russian-speaking community of less than 60,000 Russian souls.

Has there ever been any research into Russian criminals in the Netherlands?
Certainly, professor of criminology Dina Siegel revealed that the Netherlands is not yet very familiar with the various methods of Russian criminals. This also includes a number of cases in which Russian businessmen met their end in the Netherlands under suspicious circumstances (see boxes). For this investigation, Siegel contacted informants from the Russian-speaking community, who know better than anyone how contradictory and complex Russian life and thinking is. And especially how the upper and underworld are strongly intertwined through corruption. You could even say that criminal organizations have developed from street robbers to filthy rich 'businessmen' who hold positions of power in politics and the economy. In short: organized crime is part of the 'legal' upper world by means of a perfect tango.

What does the Dutch police say?
Russian entrepreneurs pump millions through Dutch financial institutions via money laundering practices. This calls for modern investigation methods, such as calling in the FIOD, to map out money flows and suspicious transactions. And to gain better insight into the presence of twin firms and offshore banking.

THE MURDER OF THE BEAST
In 1994, the Dutch Central Bank gave the green light for the first private Russian bank on Western European soil. It was the Stolichny Bank, which was renamed SBS-Agro after the takeover of Agroprom in Russia. The bank wanted to become a major player from the Netherlands by financing the trade in agricultural products between the Netherlands and Russia. Financial centres such as London and Luxembourg did not dare to do so because of problems with Russian state banks, but our central bank was less strict. Enter SBS-Agro. The Russian branch was located on the Gouden Bocht of the Amsterdam Herengracht, because they would not settle for less, of course. In 1997, the bank was already in the news when, on Monday 19 May, Viktor Balulis, who was also known as 'The Beast' because of his reputation, died in the Van Eeghenstraat after being shot five times in the head and heart. The president of the Russian Stolichny Bank, A. Smolensky, is called to the carpet at the Dutch Central Bank: is there a connection between the bank and this murdered Latvian criminal?

Great is the surprise when it turns out that the director of the Stolichny Bank, A. Drovossekov, lives in the same house as Balulis, the big boss of a criminal gang! Nevertheless, Smolensky is deeply offended that it is even suggested that the bank has ties to criminal organizations.

Later, during an American hearing on Russian money laundering practices in 1999, SBS-Agro was indeed on the list of Russian banks that were allegedly involved in criminal activities.

Vladimir Barsukov. In March 2019, he was sentenced by the Court of St. Petersburg to 24 years in prison for founding The Tambov Gang.

Notice he lost his right arm and a lung by a car bomb I believe his bodyguard was killed.