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Encyclopedia > Semion Mogilevich
Mogilevich in 2001

Semion Yudkovich Mogilevich (June 30, 1946 in Kiev, Soviet Union, in Russian Семен Могилевич, also written as Semyon) is a notorious organized crime boss who is believed to control the largest Russian Mafia syndicate in the world. His business activities are alleged to include arms dealing, drug trafficking, prostitution and money laundering. He is nicknamed "The Brainy Don", because of his business abilities and because he holds a degree in Economics from the Lviv University. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Map of Ukraine with Kiev highlighted Coordinates: , Country Ukraine Oblast Kiev City Municipality Raion Municipality Government  - Mayor Leonid Chernovetskyi Elevation 179 m (587 ft) Population (2006)  - City 4,450,968  - Density 3,299/km² (8,544. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The arms industry is a massive global industry. ... Retail selling Street selling is the bottom of the chain and can be accomplished through purchasing from prostitutes, through cloaked retail stores or refuse houses for users in the act located in red-light districts which often also deal in paraphernalia, dealers marketing merriment at night clubs and other events... Whore redirects here. ... Money laundering is the practice of engaging in financial transactions in order to conceal the identity, source and destination of the money in question. ... Face-to-face trading interactions on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor. ... The building of the University. ...


Mogilevich was born into a middle-class Jewish family At the age of 22 he earned an advance degree in economics from the university in Lviv. In the early 1970s he became part of the Lyubertskaya crime group in Moscow and was involved in petty theft and fraud. He served two terms (3 and 4 years) for currency dealing offenses. “Lvov” redirects here. ... For other uses, see Moscow (disambiguation). ... Everyday instance of theft: the bike which fits on this wheel has disappeared In the criminal law, theft (also known as stealing) is the wrongful taking of someone elses property without that persons freely-given consent. ...


During the 1980s scores of Russian Jews emigrated to Israel, on short notice and without ability to quickly transfer their possessions. Mogilevich offered to buy their properties, sell them on the markets and then send the money. Nothing was ever sent and the money were invested in black economy and crime. // Early History Tradition places Jews in southern Russia, Armenia, and Georgia since before the days of the First Temple, and records exist from the fourth century showing that there were Armenian cities possessing Jewish populations ranging from 10,000 to 30,000 along with substantial Jewish settlements in the Crimea. ...


In 1990, already a millionaire, Mogilevich moved to Israel, together with several top lieutenants. Here he invested into wide range of legal businesses and continued to operate world-wide network of prostitution, arm and drug smuggling through complex web of offshore companies. [1] An offshore company is a company which does not conduct substantial business in its country of incorporation. ...


In 1991 Mogilevich married his Hungarian girlfriend Katalin Papp and moved to Hungary, obtaining Hungarian passport. At the time he was a citizen of Russia, Ukraine, Israel and Hungary. Living in a fortified villa outside Budapest he continued with investment in wide array of enterprises, including buying local armament factory "Army Co-Op" producing anti-aircraft guns. [2] For other uses, see Budapest (disambiguation). ...


Mogilevich is also suspected in participation in large scale fraud where un-taxed heating oil was sold as highly taxed car fuel. Estimates are that up to one third of sold fuels went through this scheme, resulting in massive tax losses for countries of Central Europe (Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia). [3] Central Europe The Alpine Countries and the Visegrád Group (Political map, 2004) Central Europe is the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe. ...


His criminal organisation became one of the largest and most feared in the world, employing private army of brutal killers. In 1993 Mogilevich joined forces with the Solntsevo crime syndicate (Solntsevskaya bratva), one of Moscow’s dominant crime families to trade with art and antiques stolen from churches and museums in Central and Eastern Europe. The Solntsevskaya bratva, or Solntsevskaya brotherhood (Russian:Солнцевская братва) are a powerful organized crime family from Moscow, Russia. ...


A 1995 meeting between Mogilevich and Solntsevo group in Prague, Czech Republic, in restaurant "U Holubů" owned by Mogilevich, was raided by police. Two hundred people (including dozens of prostitutes) were detained, thirty expelled from the country. [4] It was rumored that the Solntsevo group intended to execute Mogilevich at the meeting. [5] Nickname: Motto: Praga Caput Rei publicae Location within the Czech Republic Coordinates: , Country Czech Republic Region Capital City of Prague Founded 9th century Government  - Mayor Pavel Bém Area  - City 496 km²  (191. ...


In 1994 Mogilevich group obtained control over Inkombank, one of the largest private banks in Russia. [6], in a secret deal with bank chairman Vladimir Vinogradov, getting direct access to the world financial system. Through the bank he obtained, in 1996, significant shared in Sukhoy, a large military aircraft manufacturer. The bank collapsed in 1998 under suspicions money funelling. [7] Vladimir Vinogradov (Владимир Виноградов in Russian), president of one of the largest banks in Russia called Inkombank. ... Sukhoi (pronounced [suk-oi]) (Сухой) is a major Russian military fighter aircraft manufacturer. ...


In 1997 he allegedly financed selling three tons of stolen enriched uranium (the deal failed when Czech police detained some of its participants in Karlovy Vary, city known as holiday resort of Russian mobsters). These pie-graphs showing the relative proportions of uranium-238 (blue) and uranium-235 (red) at different levels of enrichment. ... Coordinates: Country Czech Republic Region Karlovy Vary District Karlovy Vary Founded around 1350 Area    - city 59. ...


In 1997 and 1998, the presence of Mogilevich, Sergei Mikhailov and others associated with the Russian Mafia behind a public company, YBM Magnex International Inc., trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange, was exposed by Canadian journalists. On May 13, 1998 dozens of agents for the FBI and several other U.S. government agencies raided YBM's headquarters in Newtown, Pennsylvania. Shares in the public company, which had been valued at $1 billion on the TSE, became worthless overnight. [8] Sergei Mikhailov is a Russian businessman suspected to be the head of Solntsevskaya mafia grouping. ... “TSX” redirects here. ... F.B.I. and FBI redirect here. ...


Until 1998 Inkombank and Bank Menatep participated in US$ 10 billion money laundering scheme through Bank of New York. [9] [10] [11] [12] Bank Menatep was a US$29 billion holding company created by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, that had indirect controlling interest in Yukos Oil Company, and was involved in the US$4. ... Money laundering is the practice of engaging in financial transactions in order to conceal the identity, source and destination of the money in question. ... The Bank of New York (NYSE: BK), sometimes BNY, is a global financial services company operating in four primary business areas: Securities servicing Treasury management Investment management Private banking Bank of New York and Mellon Financial Corporation will merge. ...


FBI put Mogilewich in 2003 on the "Wanted by the FBI List" for participation in scheme to defraud investors in Canadian company YBM Magnex International Inc. F.B.I. and FBI redirect here. ...


See also

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References

  1. ^ Article about Mogilevich, also covers early years (English). Retrieved on 2006-10-07.
  2. ^ Article about activities in Hungary (English). Retrieved on 2006-10-07.
  3. ^ Overview of fuels scandal, newspaper Lidové Noviny (Czech). Retrieved on 2006-10-07.
  4. ^ Journal of the Czech ministry of interior, article about Russian mafias (Czech). Retrieved on 2006-10-07.
  5. ^ Biography of Mogilevich, newspaper Lidové Noviny (Czech). Retrieved on 2006-10-07.
  6. ^ New York court document, 2000 (English). Retrieved on 2006-10-07.
  7. ^ Moscow Telegraph on investigation of Inkombank management (English). Retrieved on 2006-10-07.
  8. ^ BBC Panorama's "The Billion Dollar Don" (English). Retrieved on 2007-09-15.
  9. ^ Overview of the money laundering schemes (English). Retrieved on 2006-10-07.
  10. ^ The Wall Street Journal, September 5, 1999: "A Scheme for Ducking Taxes May Be a Key In Russia Money Probe"
  11. ^ Testimony of Thomas Renyi, CEO of the bank, 1999 (English). Retrieved on 2006-10-07.
  12. ^ Senior manager of BoNY indicted, 2001 (English). Retrieved on 2006-10-07.

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