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2 results foundAuthor: Kego, Walter Title: Russian Speaking Organized Crime Groups in the EU Summary: The transnational character of Russian speaking organized crime, when coupled with its high degree of sophistication and ruthlessness, has attracted the world’s attention and concern to what has become known as a global “Russian Mafia.” Along with this concern, however, has come a fair amount of misunderstanding and stereotyping with respect to this problem. The paper presents a multilateral analysis of Russian speaking organized crime groups in EU, providing a general overview of its origins, development and impact on the European society. The authors tried to explore the full magnitude of the problem, presenting the possible ways of counteracting. Details: Stockholm: Institute for Security & Development Policy, 2011. 66p. Source: Internet Resource: Stokholm Paper: Accessed April 14, 2011 at: http://www.isdp.eu/images/stories/isdp-main-pdf/2011_kego-molcean_russian-speaking-organized-crime.pdf Year: 2011 Country: Europe URL: http://www.isdp.eu/images/stories/isdp-main-pdf/2011_kego-molcean_russian-speaking-organized-crime.pdf Shelf Number: 121340 Keywords: Organized Crime (Europe)Russian MafiaRussian Organized Crime |
Author: Kego, Walter Title: Russian Organized Crime: Recent Trends in the Baltic Sea Region Summary: A new criminal landscape is emerging in Europe. A key factor behind the dramatically increasing crime levels is Russian organized crime. While these groups are often comprised of Russians, they are not based solely on eth-nicity, often members are also from former Soviet repub-lics. According to Europol, these groups are among the most dangerous criminal groups operating in Europe to-day. They are involved in every type of illegal activity and excel in exploiting new opportunities in the economic and financial sectors. They make exorbitant amounts of money from illegal activities such as money laundering, human and drug trafficking, smuggling and extortion. Their activities have grown and spread to other countries to such an extent that they pose a serious problem affect-ing all EU member states. This report documents recent trends. Details: Nacha, Sweden: Institute for Security & Development Policy, 2012. 102p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 11, 2012 at: http://www.isdp.eu/images/stories/isdp-main-pdf/2012_kego-molcean_russian-organized-crime-recent-trends.pdf Year: 2012 Country: Europe URL: http://www.isdp.eu/images/stories/isdp-main-pdf/2012_kego-molcean_russian-organized-crime-recent-trends.pdf Shelf Number: 124923 Keywords: Drug TraffickingExtortionMoney LaunderingOrganized Crime (Europe)Russian Organized CrimeSmuggling |