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This article is about ethnic Armenian organized crime in general, based mainly in Armenia and Russia. For the Armenian-American criminal organization sometimes known as the "Armenian Mafia", see Armenian Power.
Armenian mafia
Founding locationArmenia
TerritoryArmenia, Russia and post-Soviet states, United States
EthnicityArmenian
Criminal activitiesExtortion, racketeering, assault, murder, political murder, contract killing, money laundering, bribery, embezzlement, money laundering, tax evasion, political corruption
AlliesRussian mafia[citation needed]
RivalsAzerbaijani mafia[citation needed], Turkish mafia[citation needed]

The Armenian mafia is a general term for organized criminal gangs based in Yerevan, Moscow[citation needed] and other major Russian cities[citation needed], that consist of ethnic Armenians. It is spread over all post-Soviet states[citation needed]. The structure is organized in clans called akhperutyuns (brotherhoods).[1]

Armenia

See also

References

  1. ^ "Mean Streets: A rare look at Armenia’s Capital clans" - An ArmeniaNow Special Report by Vahan Ishkhanyan. March 3rd, 2006, ArmeniaNow. (Retrieved from the WebArchive, July 9th 2006)
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