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I would not want to meet in person with someone of the most famous leaders of the criminal groups in the world. I advise you to look at their faces and never meet them in real life.

One of the bosses of organized crime groups, "Mara 18" Marlon Martinez on trial in Guatemala, where he is accused of murder. March 30, 2011

"Mara 18" is the largest Latino gang in Los Angeles. She appeared in 1960 among immigrants from Mexico and still maintains ties with drug cartels in the country. The group consists of up to 90 thousand people working in the United States, Mexico and Central America.





One of the bosses of the Italian organized crime groups "Ndrangheta" Sebastiano Pelle after his arrest November 9, 2011.

"Ndrangheta" was formed in the poorest province of Calabria, Italy. It is considered one of the most successful Italian organized crime groups. According to some reports, income 'Ndrangheta "up to three percent of GDP.



One of the leaders of the Marseilles mafia 75-year-old Jacques Imbert after his release from prison April 8, 2005.

Imbert was a member of a gang of "Three ducks", which was very influential in 1950-60-ies. In 1977 it was attacked, which formed the basis of the film "22 Bullets».



The alleged leader of the Slavic criminal groups in Moscow Alexey Petrov, nicknamed Sly Lenya. September 19th, 2011

According to unofficial data, Petrov was elected leader of the Slavic groups in Moscow in 2009 after the murder of Vyacheslav Ivankov, also known as Jap.



One of the alleged leaders of the Tambovskaya criminal group Yuri Salikova lead to court the Spanish city of Palma de Mallorca. June 14, 2008

OPG Tambov appeared in St. Petersburg in the late 1980s and into the next decade is actually controlled the criminal life of the city. Its creators believe the businessman Vladimir Barsukov (coumarin derivatives), who is serving 15 years in prison for extortion.



One of the alleged leaders of the Tambovskaya criminal group Gennady Petrov led the court of the Spanish city of Palma de Mallorca. June 14, 2008

Petrov, as well as several Russian citizens have been detained by the Spanish authorities during the operation "Troika". They are considered by the organizers of the operation of criminal money laundering Tambov criminal group. Peter calls himself a businessman. He lived in Spain since the early 1990s. In 2012, Peter left for Russia and refused to return to Spain.



Boss Bonanno crime family in New York Vincent Basian nicknamed "Handsome Winnie».

Bonanno crime family is one of the five families of the Italian-American mafia who control the underworld of New York City. The rest of the family - a clan of the Gambino, Genovese, Colombo and Lucchese. Basian since 2011 serving a life sentence for murder.



The boss of the Genovese family from New York, Vincent Gigante. July 8, 1958

Gigante was the boss of the Genovese clan from 1981 until his death in 2005. In the early 1990s, he was considered the most powerful gangster America. To avoid trial, Gigante feigned madness, and often went to New York in a bathrobe and slippers, mumbling something unintelligible. In 1997, he was still sentenced to 12 years in prison and died in prison.



Retired yakuza boss Shinji Ishihara talks about his criminal past reporters. April 5, 2006

Ishihara served in one of the world's largest crime syndicate, "Yamaguchi-gumi", which has tens of thousands of members. The headquarters group is located in Kobe. Unlike many other organized crime groups, the members of the yakuza are allowed to "retire" as Ishihara joined after serving another term.



The funeral of the leader of the Taiwan group "Bamboo Union" Chen Chile nicknamed King Duck in Taipei. October 18, 2007

"Bamboo Union", or in Chinese "Chzhulyanban" - the largest organized crime groups in Taiwan. It refers to the triads exactly how Chinese gangs or secret societies. "Bamboo Union" maintains close ties with the nationalists of the Kuomintang and share their political platform.



The leader of a branch of the Hong Kong group 14K in Macau Wan Kvokkoya named Broken tooth taken to the Court of November 23, 1999

14K triad is considered the largest in Hong Kong and the world. It has about 20,000 members, and operates in Europe and North America. 14K controls the supply of opium and heroin from Southeast Asia. The group is known for clear management hierarchy and cruelty.



Tomb Aslan Usoyan, better known as Grandpa Khasan, on Khovanskoye cemetery in Moscow. January 20, 2013

Usoyan, believed to be led by the Caucasian ethnic criminal groups operating in Russia. However, aware of his clan conflicts with other gangs, led by natives of the Caucasus. Usoyan was shot dead by an unknown sniper in Moscow on January 16, 2013.



The leader of "Bamboo Union" Chen Chilean court of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. July 12, 2000

Taiwanese triad leader was forced to flee from his native island, where the authorities decided to limit the influence of gangs. Chen moved to Chile, Cambodia and even became an adviser to the government. He lived in a huge villa on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, where they found large stocks of weapons.



"An influential member of the" Sicilian "Cosa Nostra", who was arrested in Spain. February 19, 2010

"Cosa Nostra" is one of the most famous groups of the Italian mafia. She appeared in the late XIX century and is considered the inventor of the racket. The "Cosa Nostra" is not a rigid structure. The group is made up of many clans that control its territory.



Crime boss named Zachary Kalash Shakro young after his arrest in Spain. June 11, 2006

Abroad Kalashova often referred to by the representative of the Russian mafia, though sometimes the Georgian criminal authority. He began his criminal activity in the Soviet Union. He is considered a supporter of the late leader of the Caucasian clans Aslan Usoyan. Since 2010, the Kalash is imprisoned in Spain, which has already agreed to extradite him to Georgia, where he was sentenced to 18 years in prison.



One of the leaders of the Italian group "Ndrangheta" Pasquale Condell after his arrest. February 19, 2008

Condell was on the run for nearly twenty years. All this time, he lived in his hometown of Reggio Calabria. During his criminal career he could earn at least $ 57 million. In any case, this amount is estimated he owned property. Condell accused of killing the head of the national railway company of Italy.



A member of the cartel "Sinaloa" Juan Miguel Beltran Allier at a press conference at the headquarters of the police in Tijuana. January 20, 2011

US intelligence agencies believe "Sinaloa" the most powerful drug cartels in the world. He comes from the same state on the Pacific coast of Mexico. During the 1990s - 2000s, "Sinaloa" staged in the United States, more than 200 tons of cocaine. The cartel also produces significant amounts of opiates and marijuana.



Salvatore Miceli, who was in charge of the Sicilian Mafia for the international drug trade, at the airport of Caracas to the extradition to Italy. 30 June 2009

Miceli was considered in the "Cosa Nostra" a kind of foreign minister. He was responsible for deliveries to Europe of cocaine, heroin and other drugs produced in other regions of the world, especially in Latin America.



One of the leaders of the Tijuana Cartel, Gilberto Higuera Guerrero in Mexico City before the extradition to the United States. 20 January 2007

Tijuana drug cartel in the Mexican state of Baja California is the third largest drug trafficking in the United States. He is the principal rival cartel "Sinaloa". In the mid-2000s, a significant number of leaders of the Tijuana was arrested and given to US authorities.



Joseph 'Giuseppe' Bonanno - the founder of the eponymous crime family in New York. 1960

Bonanno is considered one of the main prototype Vito Corleone - the main character of the criminal saga "The Godfather." Bonanno of his stormy career had not been sitting for a long time behind bars. He died in 2002 at the age of 97 in Tucson, Arizona, from heart failure.



Corleone clan leader from the same Sicilian town Gaetano Riina in Palermo following the arrest of July 1, 2011

Corleone clan, who gave the name of the character's famous film trilogy, has long been a major family "Cosa Nostra". Its leaders have the title "boss of bosses". Corleone town with a population of 12 thousand people located in the hills south of Palermo, at a height of about 600 meters above sea level.



The leader of the department of organized crime groups, "Mara Salvatrucha" in the Salvadoran town Kesaltepeke nicknamed El Diabolik and leaders of the local branch of organized crime groups, "Mara 18" declare a truce in prison in the same city. January 31, 2013

"Mara Salvatrucha", or MS-13, is one of the most violent Latin American gangs. It was formed in Los Angeles among Salvadoran immigrants fleeing the civil war, operates in California and Central America and the totals according to various estimates from 50 to 80 thousand soldiers. A distinctive feature of the members of the "Mara Salvatrucha" are the numerous tattoos, often covering the entire body.



The police accompanied the criminal court in Bangkok Indian crime boss Rajendra Nikaldzhe nicknamed "Little Rajan" (Chota Rajan) after the attempt on his life. September 28, 2000.

Rajendra Nikaldzhe originally consisted of group crime boss Dawood Ibrahim, who the media called the D-Company. The gang operated in Mumbai, but then extended its influence throughout South Asia. After an argument with the boss Nikaldzhe collaborated with Indian intelligence agencies to weaken Ibrahim, in exchange for information about upcoming attempt on his life. Gangs Ibrahim and Nikaldzhe, like other Indian criminals launder money, putting them in the production of films in Bollywood.



The former leader of the Tijuana drug cartel Benjamin Arellano Felix.

Felix was arrested in March 2002 in Mexico and extradited to the United States. In April 2012, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison for extortion and money laundering. After serving his term is expected to return to Mexico, where he faces another 22 years in prison.



Indian crime boss Abu Salem led into the courtroom in New Delhi. May 22, 2007

Abu Salem initially cooperated with the Mumbai gang D-Company, but then began to act independently. He is accused of numerous murders and involvement in terrorist acts. In 2007, Abu Salem has given India Portugal. Subsequently, the Lisbon revised this decision, but refused to return to Delhi Abu Salem in Europe. The sentence he has not yet submitted.



The head of one of the families' Ndrangheta "Salvatore Kolluchchio after his arrest May 10, 2009.

Kolluchchio belongs to the influential mafia clans. His brother Giuseppe was one of the ringleaders 'Ndrangheta' in Toronto, Canada, and was engaged in the supply of cocaine to Europe. Salvatore was wanted for four years. It was discovered in a bunker equipped with an electric generator and equipped with significant reserves of water and food for stand-alone residence.



Deputy Gambino family boss Arnold Skiteri under escort in New York. May 9, 2005

Gambino clan was once the most powerful of the five Mafia families in New York. It is promoted as the gradual decline of civil strife, and attention from the FBI. The last major operation against the family, which led to the arrest of several capos, passed in 2011, when it was disclosed on the network forced into prostitution of women from Eastern Europe.



Vyacheslav Ivankov, nicknamed Jap leaves the building of Moscow City Court after a jury found him not privy to the murder of two Turkish citizens. 19 July 2005

Ivankov until his death in 2009, was considered the leader of the Slavic criminal groups in Moscow. In 1997, he was convicted in the US for extortion, and after serving his term in 2005, he returned to Russia. In July 2009, he was severely wounded in the assassination attempt and died a few months later from complications of injury.



One of the leaders of the Tijuana drug cartel, Eduardo Arellano Felix in custody in Mexico. October 26, 2008

After the arrest of the three brothers Arellano Felix, that is Eduardo, Javier and Benjamín and death in a shootout with police Ramon, the cartel headed by younger brother Louis named engineer. For help in his capture Mexican authorities promise to pay 2, 5 million dollars.



George Lerner, who is known as the boss of the Russian mafia in Israel in court. March 22, 1998

A graduate of the Moscow State University Journalism School Lerner served in the Soviet Union 11 years for financial fraud in student construction teams. In 1998 he was convicted of stealing money from Russian banks. Since 2006 he is in an Israeli prison for the creation of financial pyramids and the theft of money of depositors.



Former Deputy Gambino family boss Salvatore Gravano named Sammy the Bull takes the oath at the trial of corruption in professional boxing. April 1, 1993

In 1991, Gravano was the highest-ranking member of the Mafia, who broke the silence, "Omerta" and went on to cooperate with the authorities. Based on his testimony to the life imprisonment he was sentenced Gambino crime boss John Gotti clan. In 1995 he moved to Arizona Gravano refused to participate in the witness protection program. He published an autobiography, and then engaged in drug trafficking, for which he was sentenced to 20 years in prison. He is serving his term in 2002.



Former Bonanno boss Joseph Massino family.

Massino is the first boss of the five New York families who made a deal with the investigation. In 2004, he was sentenced to death on the testimony of his companions, including his deputy, Salvatore Vitale. In 2011, Massino to earn the right to life, in turn, gave a witness on the case of his successor Vincent Basian.



Boss largest yakuza syndicate, "Yamaguchi-gumi" Kenichi Synod after serving a six-year prison sentence for illegal possession of a pistol. April 9, 2011

Synod is kumitё title or supreme "godfather", the largest group of Japanese mafia. He is the sixth boss "Yamaguchi-gumi" since its founding in 1915. Synod characterizes seemingly democratic style of leadership. In particular, he prefers to travel by public transport instead of a limousine with a chauffeur.



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