Soup number | 98 |
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Date | 09.02.2023 |
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Profession | Crime boss |
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Country of origin | The russia |
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Semion Mogilevich
In today’s #vatnik soup I’ll introduce a Ukrainian-born, Russian Mafia boss Semion Mogilevich. He’s been described by the FBI as “the most dangerous mobster in the world” & he’s been accused of weapons trafficking, contract murders, extortion, drug trafficking & prostitution.
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... and the place was raided by the Czech police. It’s believed that Mogilevich had been warned about the attempt by a senior figure working for both the Czech police and for Russian mafia.
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He was also suspected in taking part in a scheme where untaxed heating oil was sold as highly taxed car fuel. This operation resulted in massive tax losses for several Central European countries, and for example in Czech Republic the scheme is estimated to have cost ...
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... around 5 billion USD, all paid by the Czech taxpayers. A journalist uncovering the scandal also became a target of an assassination attempt.
Since 1998, Mogilevich’s Inkombank participated in a money laundering scheme through the Bank of New York - this operation ...
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Since 1998, Mogilevich’s Inkombank participated in a money laundering scheme through the Bank of New York - this operation ...
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According to the FBI, Mogilevich was their key money-laundering contact during the 80s. Cable leaks published by WikiLeaks in 2010 suggested that the gang continues racketeering operations under the protection of the FSB.
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Based on Taras Kuzio, a non-resident fellow at Johns Hopkins-SAIS’ Center for Transatlantic Relations, “Fursin was a senior figure in the Mogilevich criminal organization”.
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Semion currently lives freely in Moscow, and will remain a free man as Russia probably has no intentions of extraditing him to the US.
More information: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm…
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More information: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm…
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