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This 5 page paper compares the Russian mafia with Asian organized crime syndicates in the United States. Essential similarities and differences are noted. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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of which is the exposure to international forces of organized crime. According to Leiken (1996), the United States has become a new frontier for foreign criminal associations and systemic corruption
assists local criminal organizations. This has in some ways helped to convert major trading partners like China, Mexico, and Russia into crime-exporting countries (1996). In fact, cartels from Mexico and
Colombia compete right in the United States, along with the Russian mafia, Asian triads, and the more well known Italian Mafia (1996). In fact, the latter group is probably the
most well known where others, such as the Russian and Asian groups are obscured from public scrutiny. Yet, as trade grows, more and more people become aware of such criminal
organizations in the United States. It is quite tempting to group all of these organizations together but each is vastly different as they carry specific peculiarities, some of which are
cultural in nature. The Russian mafia, as it exists in the United States, found some of its victims and a good operating base in existent communities of
Russian Jews (Paddock, 1998). In recent times, it has been noted that there is a mounting Russian crime threat in particular areas such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and
New York (1998). Like Italian mafia cases, the FBI targets Russian bosses for prosecution. Not long ago they were able to imprison John Gotti, one of the most notorious crime
bosses of the twentieth century. In 1996, the U.S. government nailed Vyacheslav Ivankov, a top Russian crime boss in the U.S. (1998). According to FBI sources, in
Los Angeles, the Russian mafia is involved in protection rackets within the Russian community and also in fraud, like staged automobile accidents and bogus medical insurance claims (Paddock, 1998). Other
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