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Reminds me of scenes from a Russian TV series about life in Moscow under Stalin. At any moment a bunch of guys dressed in black could burst in, arrest people, c
by memracom 13y ago
Reminds me of scenes from a Russian TV series about life in Moscow under Stalin. At any moment a bunch of guys dressed in black could burst in, arrest people, cart away papers etc. and there was no recourse. This was the NKVD, later called the KGB.
Unfortunately, eventually the criminal gangs discovered that they could do the same thing, and since their victims thought they were cops, the criminals got away with murder, intimidation, etc. After the fall of the Soviet Union, these criminals became known as the Russian Mafia and exported their criminal operations to more lucrative countries like the USA where they still operate today.
How hard is it for modern criminals to get a hold of uniforms and vehicles to impersonate a police SWAT team?
- lisp-and-seo 13y agoI can believe that, especially since NKVD was and Russian Mafia is to this day mostly Jewish.
- AJ007 13y agoThis is still seen in countries like Mexico. Just last week the NYTimes mentioned mafia dressed as Italian policemen dumping toxic waste ( http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/30/world/europe/beneath-southern-italy-a-deadly-mob-legacy.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/30/world/europe/beneath-south... ) The uses are for more than violence.
- taivare 13y agoThe underground movie 'Faces of Death' had a scene in which the authorities showed up to a small village household . In the Eighties, in a eastern block country (unnamed) .Took the head of household out, and drag & quartered the guy in front of his family. I forgot the amount ,taxes owed but it was low.Due to political pressure from the West,the actions were halted.
- darrenkopp 13y agoIt was less than $2 USD.