• A "thief in law" (or thief with code, Russian: вор в зако́не, romanized: vor v zakone) in the Soviet Union, the post-Soviet states, and their respective...
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  • criminal enterprises, gangs and syndicates Russian mafia Thief in law "Recherche". Le Soir (in French). Retrieved May 23, 2023. "Казанская ОПГ-2 // Золотая...
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    criminal leader or thief in law from a political prisoner. The practice grew in the 1930s, peaking in the 1950s and declining in popularity in the 1970s and...
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  • Tariel Oniani (category Thieves in law)
    Georgian mafia boss and 'Thief in law'. He is reportedly a member of the "Kutaisi" criminal gang. Born in the mining town of Tkibuli in the former Georgian...
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  • Look up thief in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A thief is a person who takes another person's property or services without consent. Thief or thieves...
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  • Vyacheslav Ivankov (category Thieves in law)
    and thief in law who was believed to have connections with Russian state intelligence organizations and their organized crime partners. He operated in both...
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  • Corruption in Russia Crime in Russia List of post-Soviet mobsters Mafia state Russian oligarch Thief in law Russian mafia in popular culture Russian mafia in Germany...
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  • organizations largely based in countries of Europe. Many Brothers' Circle's members share a common ideology based on the thief in law tradition, which seeks...
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  • Zakhariy Kalashov (category Thieves in law)
    Shakro" (Шакро Молодой), is a Russian mafia boss, notorious gangster and thief in law, who is widely believed to be one of the most prominent members of the...
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    Nadir Salifov (category Deaths by firearm in Turkey)
    guli caught and released in Europe. Azerbaijani mafia boss ‘Lotu Quli’ nabbed in Istanbul 'Greetings to all!' - Thief in law Nadir Salifov - 'Guli' Crime...
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  • Aslan Usoyan (category Thieves in law)
    ethnic Yezidi-Kurdish mobster and thief in law, who began his career operating in Georgia and Kurdistan, continued in Moscow, Ural, Siberia, Uzbekistan...
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  • Alexander Solonik (category 1997 murders in Greece)
    Russian "thief in law" Viktor Nikiforov, and six months later he murdered another important Russian Mob boss. This time the victim was thief-in-law Valeri...
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    Black Dolphin Prison (category Prisons in Russia)
    where she died from typhus Tariel Oniani (born 1952), mafia boss and thief in law, was detained at Black Dolphin from 2010 to 2019 after being convicted...
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  • Solntsevskaya Bratva (category Organizations established in the 1980s)
    unemployed, aggressive young men as foot soldiers and also made use of thief in law Dzhemal Khachidze to enhance their reputation amongst established criminals...
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  • football midfielder from Russia Zakhar Kalashov, notorious gangster and thief in law in the Russian-Georgian Mafia Zakhar May (born 1969), modern Russian musician...
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  • Mkhedrioni led by former thief-in-law Jaba Ioseliani. Due to an absence of any other means of funding, the militias engaged in protection rackets and smuggling...
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  • Kamchy Kolbayev (category Thieves in law)
    Kyrgyz prison earlier in his life, however. After the death of Rysbek Akmatbayev in 2006, Kamchy was allegedly crowned a thief in law in a ceremony attended...
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  • Gldani prison scandal (category Thieves in law)
    of a man who is repeatedly asked if he was thief in law answers of which were all: "I am a thief in law!". In the fourth video is shown youth detention...
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    In English legal history, a thief-taker was a private individual hired to capture criminals. The widespread establishment of professional police in England...
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    Jaba Ioseliani (category Thieves in law)
    Georgia, writer, thief-in-law and leader of the paramilitary organisation Mkhedrioni. Born in Khashuri, Georgia, Ioseliani majored in Oriental studies...
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  • Azerbaijani mafia (category Organized crime groups in Azerbaijan)
    Gardabani-born Azerbaijani thief in law operating from Poland. The criminal band is believed to be extensively engaged in extortion of vendors in the Lilo Mall market...
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    organized crime, the Japanese yakuza, Indian mafia, the Russian mafia, Thief in law and Post-Soviet Organized crime groups, the Chinese triads, Chinese Tongs...
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  • making the most of their imposing size". In 2018, National Police of Spain arrested 129 people from a Thief in law Armenian criminal organization, and carried...
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  • copyedited, typeset and formatted manuscript Vor v zakone, or thief in law, a rank in the Russian Mafia This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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  • business founder Vyacheslav Ivankov (1940—2009), Russian mafia boss and thief in law Merab Kostava (1939—1989), national hero and anti-Soviet activist Zurab...
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  • Rysbek Akmatbayev (category 2006 crimes in Kyrgyzstan)
    having died during a prison riot orchestrated by another Kyrgyz criminal, thief in law Aziz Batukayev. Ryspek subsequently associated Batukayev with prime minister...
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  • Fenya (category Crime in Russia)
    officers. The article Cant lists similar languages in other cultures Mat (Russian profanity) Thief in law Moe. "Отдельные вопросы этимологии блатной фени...
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    the prison system of the USSR Thief in law Prisoners' Union - A Russian human rights organization Political prisoners in Russia Roth 2006, p. 231. "Краткая...
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  • White Swan (prison) (category Prisons in Russia)
    Aslan Usoyan, mafia boss and thief in law, first detained at White Swan in the 1980s after being sentenced to 15 years in prison and then transferred....
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    Theft (redirect from Theft in English law)
    person who engages in theft is known as a thief (pl. thieves). Theft is the name of a statutory offence in California, Canada, England and Wales, Hong...
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