The Moscow Times
Activist Takes Aim at Gunvor Trades
The Moscow Times, Russia - 1 hour ago
The port project failed, amid clashes with local mafia, the FT said. Gunvor co-founder Torbjorn Tornqvist denied that the Swiss-registered firm enjoyed ...

ArtCal Zine
"The New People" at Deitch
ArtCal Zine, NY - 5 hours ago
In fact, according to the Forbes list of the richest men in the world, number three, following Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, is the Russian mogul Roman ...

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Analysis: Kremlin's Most Secretive Figure Moves To Cabinet
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Czech Republic - 8 hours ago
... in vague terms that seem more appropriate for a mafia boss than for a top-level official in charge of the most dynamic sectors of the Russian economy. ...

Russia enters pact to fight mafia
The National, United Arab Emirates - 19 hours ago
“Anecdotal evidence suggests that a Russian mafia is growing increasingly influential in prostitution and the narcotics trade,” a 2004 International ...

UAE to work with Russia against crime
The National, United Arab Emirates - 2 hours ago
... a Georgian businessman known as “el hombre invisible” and who is believed to have been the head of the Russian mafia in Spain, was arrested in Dubai. ...

Комсомольская правда
Kosovo killers. Part 2
Комсомольская правда, Russia - 6 hours ago
The EU can't explain why the Albanian mafia was given a republic to rule after massacring the Serbian population. But the Albanians know how to play the ...

CBS News
Undercover Look Inside The Russian Mob
CBS News, NY - 17 hours ago
CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian looks inside one of the most dangerous threats: The Russian Mob. They were known as Z and Louie, ...

Russia judge demands swifter Bank of NY Mellon suit
Reuters - 1 hour ago
The Russian government says it was never compensated for the massive flight of capital, but its claim, which the bank says is without merit, has been bogged ...

Not a quick fix
GulfNews, United Arab Emirates - 12 hours ago
It is not quite the Bankers' War of the mid-1990s, when feuding mafia gangs who dominated the sector left a trail of corpses in their wake, but the level of ...

inthemix
Goa rave murder movie planned
inthemix, Australia - 4 hours ago
... officer had been sent to Goa by Russian authorities on an undercover mission to investigate persistent reports of Russian mafia operating in the state, ...

Gov't official arrested on suspicion of approving entry visas for ...
Ha'aretz, Israel - 22 hours ago
... out dozens of entry visas to people not allowed to enter Israel, including a number of known criminals suspected of being involved with the Russian mafia.

Times Now.tv
Mystery over Russian drug mafia nexus
Times Now.tv, India - May 10, 2008
Police sources told TIMES NOW that the Russian undercover agent had come to investigate this nexus, but fell foul of the mafia before he could expose the ...

The missing multi-millionaire: A cut-throat mystery for the new ...
Independent, UK - May 10, 2008
Did the Russian mafia take revenge for a deal? Has another critic of Putin's regime been silenced? That is what his partner is said to fear. ...

Telegraph.co.uk
Can Dmitry Medvedev clean up the wild East?
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 5 hours ago
It is not quite the Bankers' War of the mid-1990s, when feuding mafia gangs who dominated the sector left a trail of corpses in their wake, but the level of ...

The tragedy of Goa
Times of India, India - May 10, 2008
If ‘Masala Mike' (no less), is scared of the mafia there and fears for his life, what chance do we stand? Discuss this story with other readers. ...

PSL man convicted in killing avoids life in prison
TCPalm, FL - May 9, 2008
... to the jury whether Alvyn Ranchurejee died after a fight with Luc Zephyr or because Zephyr left him with gun-wielding members of the Russian Mafia. ...

Mother Russia, Why Do You Cry?
Gather.com, MA - May 9, 2008
Even the Russian Mafia left in droves. Why? The reason is simple: because the real gangsters have taken charge there again. The Soviet hierarchy was nothing ...

The Australian
Fast comfort food for gadget-loving execs
The Australian, Australia - May 9, 2008
I've never felt more like a member of the Russian mafia. It turns out this S63 has been given the Designo treatment, which is Mercedes flirting with fashion ...

Erudite action man
Sofia Echo, Bulgaria - 13 hours ago
Actually, he's been driving across Bulgaria, pursued by Russian mafia villains. Don't get alarmed. You see, the academic also has a penchant for killing ...

Press: Poison arrows, letters of support fly ahead of vote
B92, Serbia - May 5, 2008
News from the Tobacco Mafia case and the cigarette smuggling group's alleged kingpin is reported under, "Cane reveals who he paid racket to". ...

Feds to work on changes to NMI immigration this year
Marianas Variety, Micronesia - 11 minutes ago
... organized crime groups, such as the Japanese Yakuza, the Chinese Triads, and the Russian Mafia have made inroads into the Marianas ,” the report stated. ...

Комсомольская правда
The land of stolen Mercedes
Комсомольская правда, Russia - 5 hours ago
Albanian is a language isolate that complicates life for the police in the EU as they track the Albanian mafia across the continent. ...

Mystery shrouds death of Russian cop
Herald Publications, India - May 4, 2008
He was reportedly an anti-narcotics officer, possibly on an undercover investigation into Goa’s powerful drug mafia. The autopsy report gives no opinion ...

Mystery shrouds Russian cop’s death in Goa
Hindustan Times, India - 49 minutes ago
He was reportedly an anti-narcotics officer on an undercover investigation into Goa’s powerful drug mafia. Evgeny Kuzmin (25) was found dead in Mandrem, ...
How Goa is going out of favour GulfNews
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Russian Life thrives in Montpelier
Barre Montpelier Times Argus, VT - 54 minutes ago
"We certainly have written stories on controversial things from the Mafia to the crackdown on the press to spies," he said. "No, we haven't really run into ...

It's the black economy, stupid
guardian.co.uk, UK - 6 hours ago
Russia's mafia is there, of course, as is an unemployed Transylvanian nurse who became part-owner of a Hungarian gas company whose turnover leapt instantly ...

The week in your words: EULAs, AMD and We7
PC Pro, UK - 7 hours ago
Pcernie, however, had some suggestions for the malware writers: "Have they considered just putting 'Property of the Russian Mafia - not to be distributed ...

How Goa is going out of favour
GulfNews, United Arab Emirates - 8 hours ago
And there is talk of the Russian mafia investing in land and running call girl services for rich clients, including the noveau riche. ...

Czech Daily Profiles Georgian Co-Owner of Firm Involved in Russian ...
RedOrbit, TX - 17 hours ago
David Mamaladze laughs at his brother's reputation as the financier of the "Georgian mafia" for about half a minute and makes sure three times whether he ...

NDTV.com
Goa choking on its tourism success
NDTV.com, India - 18 hours ago
Cankaya said allegations about the ''Russian mafia'' among tourists were untrue sensationalism. He said some 25000 Russians visit Goa each year and, ...