In a special Two Steps East series, CEE private detective/risk intelligence expert and investigator Preston Smith examines the history of the Thieves-in-Law/Vory v Zakone crime groups and how Russian spy games, modern organized crime a North Ossetian murder gang and an NGO all became entwined in one of the largest money-laundering schemes ever--and how they came under the eye of Spanish police and Polish authorities both.
In this introduction episode: a brief history of the Vory, their evolution move west and the rise of more "modern" Russian crime gangs such as the Tambovskaya or more infamous Solntcevskaya Bratva.
(Bonemusic [intro and outro] copyright Preston Smith and Marek Tymkoff)
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By PrestonIn a special Two Steps East series, CEE private detective/risk intelligence expert and investigator Preston Smith examines the history of the Thieves-in-Law/Vory v Zakone crime groups and how Russian spy games, modern organized crime a North Ossetian murder gang and an NGO all became entwined in one of the largest money-laundering schemes ever--and how they came under the eye of Spanish police and Polish authorities both.
In this introduction episode: a brief history of the Vory, their evolution move west and the rise of more "modern" Russian crime gangs such as the Tambovskaya or more infamous Solntcevskaya Bratva.
(Bonemusic [intro and outro] copyright Preston Smith and Marek Tymkoff)