Organized crime in Russia began in the Russian Empire, but it was not until the Soviet era that vory v zakone ("thieves-in-law") emerged as leaders of prison groups in forced labor camps, and their honor code became more defined. Sometimes the initialism is translated and OCG is used. The acronym OPG is Organized Criminal ( prestupnaya in Russian) Group, used to refer to any of the Russian mafia groups, sometimes modified with a specific name, e.g. 'brotherhood'), is a collective of various organized crime elements originating in the former Soviet Union. rússkaya máfiya, IPA: ), otherwise known as Bratva (Russian: братва́, tr. Russian organized crime or Russian mafia (Russian: росси́йская ма́фия, tr. Human trafficking, racketeering, drug trafficking, extortion, murder, robbery, smuggling, arms trafficking, gambling, fencing, prostitution, pornography, money laundering, fraud and financial crimes. Russians, Jews, Belarusians, Ukrainians, Azerbaijanis, Georgians, Armenians, Tajiks, Kazakhs, Uzbeks, Kyrgyz and more ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Īctive mostly in parts of Europe (specifically Russia and other Post-Soviet States), United States (Mostly New York City and Brighton Beach), Canada, Italy, India, Israel, Spain, France, Australia ( Gold Coast, Queensland & Sydney), Hungary, Czech Republic
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