Russian Mafia
The Russian Mafia, also known as the Organizatsiya, is a name given abroad to groups of organized criminals of various ethnicity which appeared from the Soviet Union after its disintegration. Apart from ethnic Russians, the term comprises the Chechen, the Georgian, the Armenian, the Ukrainian, the Azeri mafiosi, as well as so called "mafia" groups from other former USSR republics.
References and further reading
- James O. Finckenauer & Elin J. Waring, Russian Mafia in America: Immigration, Culture and Crime, Northeastern University Press Boston, 1998, ISBN 1-55553-374-4.
- Robert I. Friedman, Red Mafiya, Penguin Group, 2002, ISBN 0-42518-687-3.
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