Red Mafia

[The Prodigy]

Does any one here heave an intrest in the Red Mafia

[liljellybean]

Do you want to know what people know of it or do you want to find out who's interested? I may know something.

[crazy_boy]

what is the red mafia?

[liljellybean]

what is the red mafia?

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To put it simply, the red mafia refers to the Russian communist group.

Since the breakup of the Soviet Union and the demise of the Communist Party, many more gangs have formed that compete with one another for control of illegal markets and the territories for protection rackets. They began using violence extensively in that competition and against uncooperative legitimate entrepreneurs in early 1992. In Moscow and other major cities murders have increased substantially (many of them associated with gangland-style shoot-outs), as have crimes such as burglary, mugging, car theft, and robbery :angry2:Russian authorities have provided various estimates of the number of crime groups now operating in Russia, ranging from 2,600, of which 300 are "large syndicates" up to 3,000, of which 150 have become "well-organized fraternities" Nine or ten large gangs from other regions of Russia operate in Moscow

Banking and finance are especially targeted by the mafia in postcommunist Russia. Between December 1992 and August 1993, there were eleven violent attacks against bankers, some of which were fatal One reason for blackmailing and threatening bankers is to gain access to their books to determine which enterprises to target and how much to extort