THE MAFIAS
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Russia isn’t like Italy, Japan, Columbia, Mexico, etc., as those
countries are constitutionally based and their governments know that
organized crime is a minor segment of their economies. In Russia,
with crime being tacitly legal, the international activities of its mafias
are carefully and deliberately co-joined with those of its international
businesses and those of its government foreign service. This began
with crime being exported significantly in 1991. Things began slowly
with car theft (mostly Berlin) but then spread rapidly behind the skirts
of prostitution; the Communist Party had about 700,000 ladies
working full time in the service of (a percentage of) over 10,000,000
male members, and suddenly they had nothing to do. Following
prostitution world-wide came all of the other regular criminal
behaviors, as Russians take to crime with the same instinctive
mentality. For example, Russia is the #2 destination for cars stolen in
Los Angeles and is gaining on Mexico. It would be very difficult to
calculate the value of Russian criminal activity outside the country,
mainly because very little of the income returns to Russia. As with all
financial analyses, the numbers are hard to pin down. The main
thing to keep in mind, to repeat, is that mafias, Russian businesses
working overseas, and the foreign service are all working together to
abet criminal behavior. The best example of this is the fully
comprehensive relationship between Russia and Italy.
countries are constitutionally based and their governments know that
organized crime is a minor segment of their economies. In Russia,
with crime being tacitly legal, the international activities of its mafias
are carefully and deliberately co-joined with those of its international
businesses and those of its government foreign service. This began
with crime being exported significantly in 1991. Things began slowly
with car theft (mostly Berlin) but then spread rapidly behind the skirts
of prostitution; the Communist Party had about 700,000 ladies
working full time in the service of (a percentage of) over 10,000,000
male members, and suddenly they had nothing to do. Following
prostitution world-wide came all of the other regular criminal
behaviors, as Russians take to crime with the same instinctive
mentality. For example, Russia is the #2 destination for cars stolen in
Los Angeles and is gaining on Mexico. It would be very difficult to
calculate the value of Russian criminal activity outside the country,
mainly because very little of the income returns to Russia. As with all
financial analyses, the numbers are hard to pin down. The main
thing to keep in mind, to repeat, is that mafias, Russian businesses
working overseas, and the foreign service are all working together to
abet criminal behavior. The best example of this is the fully
comprehensive relationship between Russia and Italy.
