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...has been a consistent image of Russia as a nation that is caught in the vise-like grip of organized crime. While there is some truth to this image, there are also misconceptions that have been explored by scholarship over the last several years. The following discussion of the Russian mafia looks at the history of this criminal element, as well as its growth and current impact on society, in order to offer an evolutionary analysis.
According to Paulo Alteri, who teaches criminal justice at Jefferson Community College in New York, the Russian mafia is one of the most feared criminal organizations globally (Dinmore and Pimlott 5). Russian gangsters specialize in “arms trafficking and cyber-crime” (Dinmore and Pimlott 5) and reputed to have a presence in “at least 26 countries” (Varese 411). While precisely the extent of Russian activity in these countries is often imprecisely categorized by authorities and the media, it is known that the Moscow-based Solntseno organization has attempted to create offshoots of its criminal network...