The Russian mafia means business

Article Abstract:

Russian businesses are worse affected by crooked bureaucrats than by ordinary hoodlums. Companies have improved security, which deters conventional criminals, but officials may impose fines for fictitious offenses. Foreign companies can simply demand a written request for what bureaucrats wish to know, and why they wisk to know it. Foreign companies have tended not to be affected, except in business areas such as tobacco where criminals are heavily involved, or in contested takeovers. Crime still deters foreign investment and hits small local companies.

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Crime without punishment

Article Abstract:

Russia leads among world kleptocracies, as is shown by a money laundering scandal involving funds from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Funds ave been lent to Russia for political reasons, and Russia has been seen as a special case, but organized crime has made it a special case in a new way. Organized crime was hidden in the Soviet Union, and the communist government was able to confiscate assets at will. Lawlessness has become more visible and has apparently worsened, but is not a new phenomenon.

International Monetary Fund, Cover Story, International relations, Russian foreign relations, Money laundering

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Gangs in the heartland: crime

Article Abstract:

Gang-style crime in smaller cities such as Appleton, WI; Bloomington, IL; and Springfield, MO, are attributed to the growth of big-city gangs into ever-widening turf. The December '95 FBI investigation of a crack ring in Springfield run by the Chicago 'Gangster Disciples,' is analyzed.

Innovations, Investigations, Rural areas, Gangs, Springfield, Missouri, Crime prevention, Organized crime investigation, Rural crimes, Appleton, Wisconsin, Bloomington, Illinois

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