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