Tambov gang
The Tambov gang ( Russian Тамбовская преступная группировка Tambowskaja prestupnaja gruppirowka ) is an influential group of the Russian mafia . She comes from Saint Petersburg , where she became famous in the 1990s. Here she is said to have been active in the oil business, among other things. According to reports from the Russian television station Doschd , the antique dealer Ilya Traber is believed to be one of the heads of the organization. The former boss of Rosneft Eduard Chudajnatow is also said to be involved via the mailbox company Fort . The St. Petersburg businessman Vladimir Kumarin , who received a license from Vladimir Putin in 1994 to supply the city with petroleum products, is also considered a leading figure. He was arrested in Russia in 2007. Putin's confidante Gennady Petrov is said to be the new head .
Charges in Spain
Numerous alleged members have been charged by the Spanish judiciary. They were accused of concealment and money laundering when buying Spanish real estate worth 50 million euros. The Duma deputy Wladislaw Resnik and his wife Diana Gindin were charged, among others . They denied the allegations. The lawsuit was dismissed by the court in 2018 because the actual origin of the funds could not be conclusively proven. Petrov was also arrested in Spain in 2008, but was later able to flee to Russia.
Web links
Gangsters of the Mediterranean , Sebastian Rotella (ProPublica / The Atlantic)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mafia contacts of the ex-Rosneft boss Eduard Khudajnatow?
- ↑ Jens Hartmann: Now Godfather Wladimir is in jail. Die Welt, August 25, 2007.
- ↑ Barbara Kerneck: Laundering money on Lake Komsomol. TAZ, August 23, 2017.
- ↑ Russian 'mafia' group and MP Reznik acquitted in Spain.
- ↑ Major Russian mafia trial opens in Spain. BBC, February 29, 2018.