Russian Mafia Is Big Business For The KGB

The New American ^ | February 19, 1996 | William F. Jasper

[Fennie]

In his new book The Red Phoenix, Hans Graf Huyn, the German expert on Russian deception, provides some details on the extent of the recent transformation: "The Russian mafia has direct control over 40.960 commercial enterprises, among them 449 banks, 37 stock exchanges, 678 markets and 566 joint ventures with Western participation. About 55% of Russian capital is in the hands of "the mafia." Some 693 gangs have in the meantime founded their own "legal" institutes for laundering money...

[FixitGuy]

Say....isn't Putin "ex"-KGB?

[Dante3]

The Russian Mafia has also established itself in this country, and it appears that our government could care less.

[Cowboy Bob]

an Mafia Is Big Business For The KGB

Note to Author: The KGB no longer exists. It was replaced by the FSB.

[starbase]

I saw that too, the article was written in 1996, still interesting though.

[SauronOfMordor]

People should have wondered what happened to the old rulers of the USSR.

They are still there. They still rule by the use of fear, and their ability to make people disappear. But instead of being called the KGB, they are now called the Russian Mafia.

[Tailgunner Joe]

Russia: Billions Lost To Corruption -- Official - February 21, 2007 - Russian central bank Chairman Sergei Ignatiev told parliament Feb. 20 the Russian economy loses $19 billion to $30.5 billion a year from "fictitious" cash withdrawal transactions, Kommersant reported Feb. 21. Ignatiev also said the majority of the transactions are used to bribe officials.