词条 | Chechen mafia |
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| name = Chechen mafia | image = | caption = | founded = | founding location = {{flagicon|Soviet Union}} Soviet Union {{flagicon|Chechen Republic of Ichkeria}} Chechen Republic of Ichkeria {{Flagicon image|Конфедера́ция го́рских наро́дов Кавка́за (КГНК).png}} North Caucasus{{flagicon|Germany}} Bremen, Germany | founded by = {{flagicon|Chechen Republic of Ichkeria}} Nikolay Suleimanov | leaders = | years active = Currently active | ethnicity = Predominantly Chechens | territory = Bremen/Bremerhaven and also Active in many parts of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union (mostly Moscow). | criminal activities = Money laundering, racketeering, extortion, arms trafficking, cybercrime, human trafficking, prostitution, drug trafficking, arson, fraud, larceny, murder | allies = Dagestani mafia | rivals = Russian mafia, Cossacks and other Slavic crime groups }} The Chechen mafia ({{lang-ce|Нохчийн мафи}}, Noxçiyn mafi; {{lang-rus|Чеченская мафия|Chechenskaya mafiya}}) is one of the largest ethnic organized crime groups operating in the former Soviet Union next to established Russian mafia groups. StructureWhile most Slavic and Caucasian gangsters in the Soviet era followed the thieves in law subculture, Chechens largely resisted this, instead preferring to use the tribal structure of the teip as well as the concept of an abrek, the outlaw-hero.[1] In MoscowThe Moscow branch of the Chechen mafia, also known as the Obschina or "community", was founded by gangster Nikolay Suleimanov during the 1980s. Suliemanov operated a second-hand car business and made the bulk of his profits through tax evasion. The group later moved into extortion as capitalism penetrated the Soviet economy, and at this point Khozh-Ahmed Noukhayev, at the time a university student and part of an underground student movement dedicated to Chechen independence, was brought in as an enforcer. The more ideological Noukhayev imposed an additional condition on businesses under his "protection", which was that they must invite a Chechen into their workforce. Facilitating Chechen migration into Moscow would mean his organisation became a formidable force in the underworld. Boris Berezovsky was one of the businessmen associated with the Chechens during this period.[2] The Chechen reputation for violence was formidable, and before long they became the dominant crime group in Moscow.[3] This brought them into conflict with the Slavic gangs, including the Solntsevskaya bratva and the Orekhovskaya gang, who formed an alliance to oust the Chechens from the city. They were supported by the FSB, who were concerned at the growing links between organised crime and the Chechen separatist movement.[4] Connections to Chechen separatismKhozh-Ahmed Noukhayev claimed that he started racketeering as a student to help raise funds for the Chechen nationalist cause. Indeed, over the course of his activities, Noukhayev became acquainted with Dzhokhar Dudayev, who recognised his important role in Moscow's Chechen community and took him on as an unofficial aide, before helping him escape from prison in 1991. Noukhayev played a prominent role in the lead-up to the First Chechen War, participating in last-minute negotiations with the Russian government. He later fought in and was wounded in the Battle of Grozny. After the war, Noukhayev continued to play a key role in Chechen politics and set up a holding company, the Caucasian Common Market, which aimed to bring prosperity to Chechnya by building an oil pipeline between Europe and Azerbaijan.[5] But the Second Chechen War ended this initiative. In the chaos of war-torn Chechnya, many of the insurgent forces turned to criminality in order to raise funds. Kidnapping became a key business for both rebels and local bandits, including Arbi Barayev's Special Purpose Islamic Regiment. In one particularly notorious case, four British engineers were abducted and beheaded. Oil theft and smuggling also became a major source of income. During its brief period of independence, Chechnya quickly fell into anarchy, becoming a major hub for arms trafficking (with a gun market in central Grozny), mobsters using local banks to launder profits from criminal activities, and rival warlords, armed gangs, and Islamist terrorists all fighting each other for control. It was this atmosphere of lawlessness that exacerbated tensions with Russia and helped provide justification for the Second Chechen War.[6] Connections to the Chechen governmentUnder the rule of Ramzan Kadyrov, the criminalisation of Chechnya has taken a somewhat different turn to the wartime chaos that preceded it. Government officials have been accused of embezzling billions in state funds from Moscow, turning Chechnya into something of a financial "black hole", as well as demanding kickbacks for construction projects.[7] The Kadyrovtsy are also believed to be responsible for a number of murders and attempted murders, some of them political as in the case of the Yamadayev brothers, and some business-related, such as the attempted hit on banker German Gorbuntsov in London in 2012.[8] In popular culture
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References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://inmoscowsshadows.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/blood-brotherhood-chechen-organised-crime/|title=Blood Brotherhood: Chechen organised crime|work=In Moscow's Shadows|accessdate=17 July 2015}} 2. ^Khlebnikov P. Conversation with a Barbarian: Interviews with a Chechen Field Commander on Banditry and Islam. Moscow, Detekiv-Press, 2003 3. ^Gentelev, Alexander; Thieves by Law; 2010 4. ^McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld. Misha Glenny 5. ^The Making of a New Empire, Jos de Putter, 1999 6. ^Zurcher, Christoph; The Post-Soviet Wars: Rebellion, Ethnic Conflict, and Nationhood in the Caucasus; NYU Press, 2007 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4091635.stm|title=BBC NEWS - Europe - War racketeers plague Chechnya|publisher=|accessdate=17 July 2015}} {{Zabyelina, Y. (2015). ‘Buying Peace’ in Chechnya: Challenges of Post-Conflict Reconstruction in The Public Sector. Journal of Peacebuilding and Development, 8(3), pp. 37-49.}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/mar/30/russian-banker-london-clues-moscow|title=Attack on Russian banker in London leaves trail of clues back to Moscow|author=Luke Harding|work=the Guardian|accessdate=17 July 2015}} Further reading
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