Last week’s arrest in Moscow of Semyon Mogilevich was a surprise not because he was so elusive, but because he had apparently been living unmolested in the Russian capital for some time (even, reportedly, maintaining an office in the Ukraina Hotel). The Ukrainian-born reputed organized crime boss is wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for alleged fraud and racketeering and has been probed by Ukraine’s security service for alleged involvement with RosUkrEnergo, the shadowy Swiss-registered gas trading company that is half-owned by Gazprom and acts as a middleman in Russian gas exports to Ukraine. The question, then, is why Mogilevich was arrested now. According to some leading analysts, the answer may be found in the power struggle between influential Kremlin clans that has been sparked by the impending end of Vladimir Putin’s presidency and his decision to back First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as his successor.
Read full article here: http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=33330
Monday, January 28, 2008
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Moscow police nab suspected Israeli-Russian mafia boss
Moscow police are questioning Israeli-Russian businessman and suspected mafia kingpin Semion Mogilevich, who is wanted around the world for alleged tax evasion, money-laundering, prostitution and uranium smuggling.
Israeli citizen Mogilevich is considered to be the "leader of the Red Mafia," one of the biggest Russian-based organized crime groups in the world.
Mogilevich is wanted by the FBI, among others, and was arrested late Wednesday night, along with his bodyguard, in a supermarket in Moscow, where police waited next to his luxury car. He was detained under the name Sergei Schneider, believed to be one of his many aliases.
Read full article here: http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/948510.html
Israeli citizen Mogilevich is considered to be the "leader of the Red Mafia," one of the biggest Russian-based organized crime groups in the world.
Mogilevich is wanted by the FBI, among others, and was arrested late Wednesday night, along with his bodyguard, in a supermarket in Moscow, where police waited next to his luxury car. He was detained under the name Sergei Schneider, believed to be one of his many aliases.
Read full article here: http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/948510.html
Friday, January 25, 2008
Semyon Mogilevich, the 'East European mafia boss', captured in Moscow
One of the world’s most feared mafia bosses accused of arms dealing, drug running, uranium trafficking and multiple murders has been captured by around 50 police commandos in Moscow.
The pock-marked Semyon Mogilevich, known as the “Brainy Don” because of his economics degree, has reportedly ruled a powerful Eastern European organised crime ring since the 1990s.
He is thought to be worth around $100 million. He is wanted by the FBI, Interpol and the UK police for numerous international crimes including fraud, racketeering and money laundering.
Read full article here: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3253243.ece
The pock-marked Semyon Mogilevich, known as the “Brainy Don” because of his economics degree, has reportedly ruled a powerful Eastern European organised crime ring since the 1990s.
He is thought to be worth around $100 million. He is wanted by the FBI, Interpol and the UK police for numerous international crimes including fraud, racketeering and money laundering.
Read full article here: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3253243.ece
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