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"The Mafia"

I bet a large proportion of you thought I was talking about the Sicilian Mafia when you entered here, but I am actually referring to the Russian Mafia - an organized crime syndicate far larger than the Italian's effort. I did some searching on the net about this, and it churned up some depressing and shocking results. I don't have any links, but take a look around and you will see how large and dug in the Russian Mafia is, not just in RUssia but other countries as well.

Robby Caparzo.

That would be my chosen gangster name.
Yes.

Yep, the breakup of the Soviet Union and reforms such as perestroika are the main causes.

I did actually think if the Russian Mafia to be honest.

Countries full of low paid/unpaid military personnel + loads of military hardware + poor accountability and book keeping of that hardware + nuclear weapons + organised crime = Russian Mafia.

The Italian Mafia was never a potential world threat, the Russian Mafia is, though from what little is released of events involving them they seem quite happy to kill/steal from any terrorists/nations which try to deal with them.

I know, what about the chinese mafia though - the triads - they are a huge organisation also.

I bet a large proportion of you thought I was talking about the Sicilian Mafia when you entered here, but I am actually referring to the Russian Mafia - an organized crime syndicate far larger than the Italian's effort. I did some searching on the net about this, and it churned up some depressing and shocking results. I don't have any links, but take a look around and you will see how large and dug in the Russian Mafia is, not just in RUssia but other countries as well.