Thursday,
May 15, 2008
Italian Mafia is History, While Jewish
Russian Mafiya and Israeli Kosher Nostra Take Charge
The
ANNOTICO Report
While
the Media is obsessed with "glamorous" Italian organized crime,
related to neighborhood drugs, prostitution, and sports betting, over the last
15 years, the Jewish Russian mob, based in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, has grown
into an intimidating force - a lucrative international enterprise stretching
from Moscow to Israel to Thailand to the United States, blending old-fashioned
brutality with high-tech skills.
Their
activities involve Diamond and arms dealing, Cigarette smuggling, Health care
and credit card fraud, Cyber crime, an appetite for violence, and no qualms about murdering people. It gets
better, they have connections with high-ranking Russian Generals that offers his government
Undercover Look Inside
The Russian Mob
CBS
May
13, 2008
(CBS) The Justice Department is launching a bold
21st Century attack to combat what Attorney General Michael Mukasey
calls the "growing threat" that international organized crime is
posing to "U.S. security and stability." 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, Thick and Thin. Partially disguised, they
talked for first time to CBS News about their nearly 10 years as
undercover agents for the FBI.
"What were kind of roles you guys played here?" Keteyian
asked.
"Well, we portrayed ourselves as not only high rollers but wise guys from
Atlantic City," Z said.
They had big-time U.S. Customs connections, and a bankroll to match.
"The $2,000 dinners. The fancy
cars. And, yes, I did fit in them," Z laughed.
More than 100 nights a year, Z and Louie wined and dined their way around
· Diamond and arms dealing
· Cigarette smuggling
· Health care and credit card
fraud
· Cyber crime
· An appetite for violence
"They have no qualms about murdering people," Z said.
"If they have to kill you, they kill you?" Keteyian
asked.
"Absolutely," Z said.
CBS News has learned that hundreds of FBI agents in
In the last three years, in
"The public has the perception that organized crime has largely gone
away," said Mark Mershon, the FBI assistant
director in charge of
Over the last 15 years, the Russian mob, based in
The Russians
"They would dye it blue. They would label it windshield washer fluid, ship
it to
In time, Louie and Z left the shores of the Atlantic for
"We
The danger was driven home last week with the
That
Italian organized crime, neighborhood drugs, prostitution, sports betting. Traditional stuff. This is this is way up the ladder.
"Exactly," Z said.
Keteyian asked: "And if they
"It
Those are wise words from a couple of unlikely wise guy who played their part in the war against the Mob.
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