Aslan Gagiev, better known under the nickname Jaco, is one of the most colorful figures in the shadow business of the North Caucasus, his organized crime group was one of the most conspicuated. We publish excerpts of the testimonies of one of the closest associates of Gagiev Georgy Dzugutov (Zhokha) from the Jaco’s case.
“Since October 2007, he has been in a criminal group, which is under the general leadership of Gagiev Aslan Mitiaevich, who has the nicknames“ Jaco ”,“ Brother ”. In their circle, their criminal group by analogy with the Italian mafia was called “family” …
Gagieva A.M … had extensive criminal ties and acquaintances among criminal authorities and “thieves in law”, as well as communications among public servants and law enforcement officers of the Russian Federation and the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania. .. in their “family” there was a strict discipline, instructions of Gagiev A.M. They were performed implicitly, the members of the Family in their criminal activities were provided with all the necessary technical means, radio stations, phones, iPhones for Skype negotiations, a total of about a hundred vehicles, including stolen cars used during the commission of certain other killings, weapons, almost unlimited financial capabilities. The conspiracy in their “family” was at a very high level, the telephone communication was conspiratorial, the SIM card and telephone tubes changed systematically several times a month. Many members of the Family did not know where its other members live. The instructions on the preparation and commission of certain crimes that occurred with the help of a conspiratorial telephone connection … Exit from the “family” or disobedience to its leader – Gagiev A.M. (“Jaco”) were punishable by death … under the indicated meetings, A. Gagiev With the specific head of the criminal group (brigade), before the murder was entrusted to establish, to establish surveillance and observation of the person whom they were going to kill, also during these meetings A. Gagiev Usually, a certain encrypted phrase was developed, which meant that a specific person needs to be killed or hurry up with his murder. The following words could be encrypted with phrases: “Give the hello”, “Buy a car”, “Give a gift”, “Counting money”, or other phrases. The indicated encrypted phrases have always sounded and transmitted in Ossetian, sometimes in Russian. ”
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