Spanish police announced the arrest of “three” in the hierarchy of the “Russian mafia”
Spanish national police arrested in Marbella in Andalusia three citizens of Armenia and Georgia suspected of communications with “Russian mafia”. Edition Sur calls them thieves. One of them is considered by the investigators as third in the hierarchy of the Russian mafia around the world, the newspaper notes.
Detained a citizen of Armenia, who lived in Lithuania, and two citizens of Georgia. Agency “RIA Novosti” with reference to the police leads them initials —A. S., L. B. and I. P. were arrested during a meeting to discuss the murder of a member of a rival gang. They were charged with plotting the murder, forgery and participation in a criminal community.
In operation Kus Spanish police have arrested in 2018, more than 120 members of the “Russian mafia”. It was later revealed that most of them were natives of Georgia and Armenia.
Spring in Spain began hearings on another case of “Russian mafia”. It charged defendants in the money laundering through the creation of companies related to real estate. Among them, in particular, the Deputy of the state Duma Vladislav Reznik and his wife Diana Gindin. Mr. Resnick came to the hearings in Spain to prove his innocence.