Russian Mafiya from Moscow runs shit in Europe. Even the local Latvia groups are forced under Moscow organizations. All Eastern Europe states are Russian infested. Spain has like a shitload of them, but mainly in Spain Russian criminals go on holidays, it's like a resort for them. Sweden and Finland even threathened to close down the Shengen borders because of the large count of Russian criminals immigrating there.
In Germany the Russian organized crime groups are very active too. In the UK, Netherlands, Ireland,...Russian groups have actually very little direct influence even though from time to time they are linked to some prostitution rackets or some scams. In Belgium the 'Russian' ( actually they were mostly Georgians and Ukrainian Jews back in the day ) influence has severely decreased.
Spain is indeed mostly a holiday resort for Russian criminals, although some Georgians have committed some crimes over there. For those interested in Spain : the so-called Costa del Crime is still alive and kicking with Brits involved in almost all criminal activities known to man.
Costa del Crime
