Despite the fact that the official media and the authorities admitted that Russian criminal gangs existed only in the 90s, their history they started much earlier.
OPG (organized crime) has a rather simple, not to say primitive hierarchy.It has a leader that are active participants and partners, collaborators or informants contributing to the commission of crimes.The most common OPG include corrupt officials and officials needed a criminal group for safety.The presence of firearms from members of the group makes it to the gang.
Based on forensic investigations, Russian organized crime groups have different numbers ranging from five to thirty persons, the criminal acts committed in certain strictly limited area or region.The most common crime - assassinations, robberies, extortion, illegal car business, delivery and distribution of drugs and others. Soon, in its activities there are elements of commerce, as there is a need to legalize the proceeds of crime.There are small trading companies, acquired property.
Very often the activities of organized crime groups from Russia depends on the personal qualities of the leader - his own criminal experience, intelligence, and so forth. In addition, it may depend on whether it is acting alone or is a member of a criminal organization.Consequently, Russian organized crime groups are the simplest level in the structure of organized crime.
In 1988 he created one of the most "famous" OPG Russia - Solntsevo.Organized grouping of previous convictions Mihas (Sergey Mikhailovsky) and his chief assistant - Avera Sr. (Victor Averin).It began operations with the control group napёrstochnikami, then they are interested in the South-West area of Moscow and the Olympic Village.Later, under their control and hit Gagarin district.
«Appetites" categories grew in the activities of the criminal group were drugs, did not disdain prostitution and kidnapping for ransom.Thus obtained "income" is embedded in the restaurant business, carried out dubious financial transactions.
In the late eighties group expands, it joined "cherёmushkinskie", "ChERTANOVSKAJa", "Yasenevo."Headed updated group leader "Yasenevo" Sergey Timofeev.The largest group declared war on "peak" (Chechens).Until 1996, the Solntsevo group was the largest and most influential in Russia.
Bauman OPG beginning of his criminal activities in 1988.On it worked thieves.In those troubled years, it was a solid cover.In 1988, as a result of "showdown" with the Chechens in the restaurant "Labyrinth" group leaders were killed - Bazlov, Sevostyanov, Babayev and Dobrikov.Do not save and authority thieves - Chechens do not recognize such a criminal institution.
The leader of OPG Bauman became Vladislav Winner, who was killed in 1994.He worked as a consultant of a large firm "three", was co-founder of "Trinity Motors", one of the owners of the restaurant "Fidan" was a master of the English language, has been convicted three times, was treated in a psychiatric hospital.In 1997, the group had been destroyed by the MUR.
