The headquarters of Interpol believes that the Solntsevo criminal group was created on the model of the American Mafia of the 1930s. We continue to publish a report by the International Organization on the Solntsevsky.
Following the arrest of Mikhailov, the “Adjutant” by Mikhailov Arnold Tamm, which was produced in October 1996 by the Switzerland authorities, headed from Moscow to Geneva in order to observe the organization of operations, since Mikhailov was imprisoned. Together with Viktor Averin, they used Mogilevich’s office premises in Budapest in order to lead the operations of the Solntsevo group, while Mikhailov was waiting for the court in the Swedish prison86.
July 22, 1999, Anatoly Katrich sent a petition to withdraw the ban on his entry into the Czech Republic, but was refused. In January 2000, the Czech authorities of the NCB Interpol in Moscow sent information that Mikhailov, Mogilevich and Averin planned to go to the Czech Republic. According to their plan, they intended to pay a certain person to ensure that their names would be removed from the database of unwanted persons. Peter Gorbaty was instructed to make contacts with this person.
The Solntsevo group includes several groups that operate in Austria, Belgium, Great Britain, Hungary, Israel, Liechtenstein, Cyprus, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama and the USA87.
In accordance with the data of the NCB Interpol in Rome, since 1991, like a model used by the American mafia in the 1930s, the organization began to introduce its members into the highest circles of the most significant companies in Moscow. The organization created a “common fund” (common funds), which received part of the profit received illegally. In addition, they created an information network through corruption of police officers, and strong relations with representatives of the political world were established. They used political ties at the highest level to cover their activities. They penetrated the banking and financial sector, which allowed the organization to expand the sphere of their economic activity. The main activity of the organization was the laundering of money through Russian and foreign banks, which allowed it to have some influence on trade and credit companies. In addition, the Solntsevo group was involved in the illegal circulation of weapons and drugs, theft of vehicles and abduction in order to obtain a ransom. The organization received a monopoly on imports and the distribution of cocaine from South America in Moscow. The leaders of the Solntsevo group regularly visited Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Israel, France, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico and other states in order to invest illegally obtained funds in foreign states and create channels through which these “washed” funds would return back. They eliminated the leaders of competing groups, absorbed their members and gained control over their territory88.
Following the arrest of Mikhailov, the “Adjutant” by Mikhailov Arnold Tamm, which was produced in October 1996 by the Switzerland authorities, headed from Moscow to Geneva in order to observe the organization of operations, since Mikhailov was imprisoned. Together with Viktor Averin, they used Mogilevich’s office premises in Budapest in order to lead the operations of the Solntsevo group, while Mikhailov was waiting for the court in the Swedish prison86.
July 22, 1999, Anatoly Katrich sent a petition to withdraw the ban on his entry into the Czech Republic, but was refused. In January 2000, the Czech authorities of the NCB Interpol in Moscow sent information that Mikhailov, Mogilevich and Averin planned to go to the Czech Republic. According to their plan, they intended to pay a certain person to ensure that their names would be removed from the database of unwanted persons. Peter Gorbaty was instructed to make contacts with this person.
The Solntsevo group includes several groups that operate in Austria, Belgium, Great Britain, Hungary, Israel, Liechtenstein, Cyprus, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama and the USA87.
In accordance with the data of the NCB Interpol in Rome, since 1991, like a model used by the American mafia in the 1930s, the organization began to introduce its members into the highest circles of the most significant companies in Moscow. The organization created a “common fund” (common funds), which received part of the profit received illegally. In addition, they created an information network through corruption of police officers, and strong relations with representatives of the political world were established. They used political ties at the highest level to cover their activities. They penetrated the banking and financial sector, which allowed the organization to expand the sphere of their economic activity. The main activity of the organization was the laundering of money through Russian and foreign banks, which allowed it to have some influence on trade and credit companies. In addition, the Solntsevo group was involved in the illegal circulation of weapons and drugs, theft of vehicles and abduction in order to obtain a ransom. The organization received a monopoly on imports and the distribution of cocaine from South America in Moscow. The leaders of the Solntsevo group regularly visited Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Israel, France, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico and other states in order to invest illegally obtained funds in foreign states and create channels through which these “washed” funds would return back. They eliminated the leaders of competing groups, absorbed their members and gained control over their territory88.
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