Red Mafiya
Subtitle: how the Russian mob has invaded America
By: by Robert I. Friedman.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
Subjects: Organized crime -- United States.; Organized crime -- Russia (Federation); Russian American criminals -- United States.
Description: "The black-market corruption of the Brezhnev era proved the perfect breeding ground for organized crime. Beginning in the 1970s, Soviet emigres - including a large number of felons and murderers the USSR was happy to get rid of - began arriving in the United States and a number of them quickly established themselves as a major criminal force in New York, Las Vegas, and elsewhere.".

"But it was the breakup of the Soviet Union that made the Russian mob what it is today. In a weakened, impoverished Russia, it quickly became the dominant power. And it has now spread to every corner of the United States, infiltrating its banks and brokerage firms - and American law enforcement is just waking up to this enormous problem."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes index.